Published Apr 29, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT

Dungeons & Cabins merges tabletop gameplay with classic summer camp activities

This D&D summer camp lets real-life actions shape the story

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At Dungeons & Cabins , a weekend-long adult summer camp in Southern California, winning a game of archery might make your character stronger. Losing it might make the final boss harder for everyone.

That’s not a metaphor. That’s literally how this unique fusion of Dungeons & Dragons and a classic summer camp works.

Adventurers bunk up in premium, temperature-controlled cabins for four days and three nights in San Bernardino National Forest, located about three hours from Los Angeles. There, they’ll play hours of D&D punctuated by summer camp-style events, including tavern nights where the mead flows. Campers split into multiple adventuring parties, playing through the same story at once.…