For the last year, Apollo has earned around half of his income playing tabletop fantasy role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). The professional game master, who lives in Cobh, runs multiplayer games in which he acts as a facilitator, storyteller, and referee. I’ve played D&D on stage many times which is always wild. Usually one person will take on the role of the game master or dungeon master, and everybody else will be a player. The game master creates the world and the environment and challenges.

Source: Irish Examiner February 03, 2026 16:05 UTC