Start Playing

StartPlaying (startplaying.games) is the largest online marketplace connecting tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) players with professional Game Masters for systems including Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Starfinder, Warhammer, and many more. Players discover, book, and join online sessions filtered by system, platform, genre, playstyle, and GM reviews, while Game Masters build careers by hosting paid games across virtual tabletops. The platform also offers gift cards, learn-to-play one-shots for beginners, kids' games, and corporate team-building events. Surfaced as an a16z portfolio company and added to the API Evangelist network; enrichment found a consumer web product with no public developer API.

Start Playing is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Gaming, Tabletop RPG, Marketplace, and Entertainment.

Start Playing’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 7 more developer resources.

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14.9/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyGamingTabletop RPGMarketplaceEntertainmentCommunityBookingConsumer

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Composite quality — 14.9/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Login

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Careers

Careers

Source (apis.yml)

aid: start-playing
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/start-playing.png
name: Start Playing
description: StartPlaying (startplaying.games) is the largest online marketplace connecting tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG)
  players with professional Game Masters for systems including Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Starfinder, Warhammer, and
  many more. Players discover, book, and join online sessions filtered by system, platform, genre, playstyle, and GM reviews,
  while Game Masters build careers by hosting paid games across virtual tabletops. The platform also offers gift cards, learn-to-play
  one-shots for beginners, kids' games, and corporate team-building events. Surfaced as an a16z portfolio company and added
  to the API Evangelist network; enrichment found a consumer web product with no public developer API.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/start-playing/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Gaming
- Tabletop RPG
- Marketplace
- Entertainment
- Community
- Booking
- Consumer
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/start-playing-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://startplaying.games/
- type: Blog
  url: https://startplaying.games/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://startplaying.games/blog/contact-startplaying
- type: Login
  url: https://startplaying.games/login
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://startplaying.games/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://startplaying.games/privacy-policy
- type: Careers
  url: https://startplaying.games/careers
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/start-playing-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 3
  pass: local-v1