TTRPG Content

These are ongoing shows Lauren is currently performing on, links to the content she has published, and her full time, professional experience working for major companies in the TTRPG space.

Ongoing Shows and Appearances:

Five headshots in ship portholes among blue waves with white text. Players & Book, Sundays at 6pm EST twitch.tv/PlayersAndBook

Four friends are finishing their senior year at the Mystic Mariner’s Academy, the Premier Navigator’s college. But their studies are interrupted by sea monsters, shocking historical revelations, and a Frog in a Wizard Hat.

Lauren is the Dungeon Master for this long running bi-weekly podcast, which began in October of 2015. The show features five friends who get together to talk about their drinks and play TTRPGs! Recently Campaign 2 began, a 5e Spelljammer adventure set on the Radiant Citadel!

When bandits and fire threaten the balance, four unlikely folk risk everything to make things right! Lauren plays Astuto, the vulpin wizard who just wants to be a ranger in this weekly Humblewood D&D campaign!

Lauren has been playing the dragonborn cleric Orkira Illdrex in several series as well as guest spots on other shows over several years. Orkira is also a playable Champion in Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms.

Here’s her (mostly) chronological list of show appearances:

Lauren appeared on many of the livestreams and shows for Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms and D&D Beyond. Check out the CNE Games Twitch, CNE YouTube, and Idle Champions YouTube as well as the D&D Beyond YouTube, for a variety of appearances. She also regularly streams TTPRGs and video games for the Dungeon Scrawlers!

Published TTRPG Content:

  • Little Game Masters cover

    This brand new, ENNIE NOMINATED tabletop role playing system is designed for kids ages 4-9 to play. The Frozen Tower is a campaign designed for this game system, and Lauren wrote one of the adventure modules!

  • The cover of the album Gods of Metal Ragnarock OST

    Gods of Metal: Ragnarock is a unique heavy metal RPG. The OST is 12 epic rock tracks to use during your games. Lauren’s the featured oboe performer on Elevator To Mundania, the track to be used when your players are forced back to the real world.

  • The cover for Kobold Press' Vault of Magic

    The Vault of Magic from Kobold Press is a huge collection of magic items for 5e D&D. Lauren contributed the Teapot of Soothing to this collection of magic items from Kobold Press.

  • The cover of Anansi's Tapestry of Lives

    This is a collection of NPCs, magic items, size quests, and locations to supplement any game. Lauren contributed an NPC as well as the voice acting for that NPC!

A gold dragonborn in blue tartan wraps smiles as she holds a glowing Scrying Spectrometer in her hands. This art is over a sepia toned background of fancy filagree with the orange words "Orkira's Oddities" on the front along with the DMs Guild logo.

Orkira’s Oddities is a collection of weird and wonderful magic items, assembled by a kind dragonborn who just wants to help people and enjoy some snacks.

The cover for The Pie Fight by Lauren "OboeLauren" Urban showing a crème pie come to life.

This one shot D&D adventure features fun pie related events and games, a desert related conspiracy, and a battle with a unique legendary monster!

A stylized drawing of a Phoenix in flight

This cleric subclass is a 5e D&D homebrew available for free on D&D Beyond, available for both the 2014 and 2024 version of the Cleric.

Lauren Urban’s TTRPG Resume

These are my most recent full time positions with gaming companies. A full list of my production and actual play experience is listed in Completed Campaigns, and my classical music resume is listed in Music.

  • Content Manager (2022-Aug 2024) - Created and maintained a full Twitch streaming schedule, coordinating with internal and external performers and moderators. Produce, edit, and host streams. Craft promotional written and video marketing content.

    Community Manager (2021-2022) - Interact with the community in all relevant social spaces. Deliver information to the public about updates to the game, and interact with the community in all relevant online spaces. Compile feedback and trends from the community to pass along to the rest of the team. Handle difficult interactions and escalated complaints. Oversee all social media content.

  • Community Manager - Lead a team of moderators answering questions and providing assistance in all relevant online spaces. Deliver information to the public about updates to the website. Compile feedback and trends from the community to pass along to the rest of the team. Handle difficult interactions and escalated complaints. Oversee all social media content. Create and participate in livestreams on the Twitch channel. Attend conventions as a representative of the company.

  • Twitch Moderator - Interact with the Twitch chat during all Dungeons & Dragons streams. Moderate comments as needed, and provide answers to frequently asked questions. Create and update bot commands with details on each show.