Set the table: players, characters, premise and a first session

A new campaign shows a Set the table checklist in the middle of the table until the four things a first session needs are in place. Each item ticks itself when it's done, and the count beside it says how many of the four are done.

Before you start

1 · Pull up a chair (add players)

1. Open the add form

   At the table, press the empty seat marked Pull up a chair. (On the classic page, press + beside Party.)

2. Add someone by username

   Type their name in Add member by @username, choose Player or Co-GM, and press Add. They appear at the table straight away, and the campaign's chat opens up to them.

2 · Bring your characters

Each player links one of their Character Vault characters to the campaign themselves: in their dock (No character linked yet.) or under Who you're playing in Table settings. Send them play your character if they're new to it. The checklist counts how many are linked until it reads Everyone has a character.

3 · Give it a premise

1. AI-run campaigns: run Session Zero

   Open GM screen, go to Setup and press ✨ Session Zero. Describe the campaign in a sentence or two under Premise and press Generate. The AI drafts an Opening scene, NPCs, Locations and Open threads and seeds them into the Game Master's memory (1 AI credit). Press Done to keep them, or Regenerate for another draft.

2. Human-run campaigns: the description

   The premise is the campaign's description, written when you created it. It ticks as soon as the campaign has one.

4 · Schedule the first session

Press Schedule on the placard in the middle of the table, or + Schedule a session under the Plan tab, and fill in the new session — it opens already linked to the campaign. To pick a night everyone can make, have the party fill in their availability under Plan first — see scheduling.

If something's off

“No member @…”

Check the spelling of their username; it's the one on their profile, without spaces.

“Membership is locked. Unlock it in Campaign Settings to add members.”

Turn off Lock membership under Access & permissions in settings, add them, and lock it again if you like.

“They're already in this campaign.”

They're seated already; look for them at the table or in the party list.

The premise item won't tick on a human-run campaign

It ticks from the campaign description, which can't be added after the campaign is created. It doesn't stop you playing — the checklist is a guide, and Look at the table anyway on the placard takes you past it.