24-Hour Tabletop Gaming Hideout
It's like a 24-hour gym, but for people who play TTRPGs (and other tabletop games too).
COMING SUMMER 2026
To Louisville, KY
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WE NEED YOUR HELP!
By letting us know your level of interest, we'll be able to better match the ambition of our opening to the interest of the community.
Investors
Interested in helping us get started?
We're more than happy to set up a time to meet & talk about our vision, goals, and ways that you can help.
Beyond finances, community investors might contribute:
- Volunteering Hours
- Pro Bono Services
- Supplies & Furnishings
- donate@thievesrun.com
Members
To our future members, let us know what you want from TTRPG spaces!
This endeavor will live and die by our ability to meet the wants and needs of the community, so we want to start off right by listening to what y'all have to say!
The good ideas, the bad ideas, the big ideas, the small ideas... tell us your hopes and dreams so that we can make the best space possible!
ABOUT THIEVES RUN
Why Thieves Run & Why Now?
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We're TTRPG enthusiasts with a heart for sharing the love of the game and the warmth of communal spaces with new and old friends.
Independently, Cali & Marty have been dreaming of a safe & inclusive TTRPG-centric space for years, and recently they found each other through Cali's Wednesday night TTRPG community The Awry Guild.
Right about the same time they met, The Awry Guild started running out of space at their current location due to ever increasing attendance. Now, the time feels right to step out and make a 24/7, TTRPG first community space.
Meet Cali
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Cali is a Louisville based game master with a background in community leadership and media. While his day job sees him driving around the Bluegrass State as he guides guests along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, on Wednesday nights you can find him facilitating a TTRPG community.
Born and raised in Kentucky, Cali's full lore drop sounds like an NPC backstory the GM had to make up on the spot because the party started asking too many questions...
From becoming a flight attendant for United, to leading ghost tours in Old Louisville, to becoming a service bartender in a fancy French restaurant, to co-running an ultimate frisbee camp in northern Iraq, to running three TTRPG specialty camps, Cali believes in chasing community and following opportunities as they present themselves. Opportunities like Thieves Run.
Meet Marty
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A Kentucky native based in Louisville, Marty brings a background in entrepreneurship and supply chain management—and a lifelong love of tabletop gaming that started with old-school D&D in the ’80s.
By day, his “cover identity” is a supply chain manager, solving logistical puzzles and keeping complex operations running. By night, he trades spreadsheets for story arcs—building worlds, rolling dice, and bringing people together around the table.
For Marty, tabletop role-playing games have always been more than a hobby. They’re a way to build community, spark creativity, and create shared experiences people carry with them long after the game ends. He believes everyone deserves a place where it’s easy to sit down, feel welcome, and belong to a community. That belief is what led to Thieves Run—a space built for players, storytellers, and anyone looking for their next adventure.
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