Running a game

An evening, from the DM’s chair

You prepare a little before the night, then run it at the table. Nothing has to be written from nothing: describe what you want in a line, and the assistant drafts it for you to keep or change.

1Prepare in the Workshop · describe it in a line, keep the draftUnfold ▾
2Put tonight in order · slides on the storyboardUnfold ▾
3Invite your players · a quest notice for each friendUnfold ▾
4Open the lobby · seats, voice and ReadyUnfold ▾
5Run a scene · cue it, narrate, give someone the floor, call a checkUnfold ▾
Start a fight
Step 6 of 9
Start a fight from its slide and the grid arrives over the map. The boss marks where it will strike before it does, a Tell, and it always does the same thing in the same situation, a Pattern, so the party can learn it. You bring in its next Phase when you choose. A party that falls starts again from the last Phase it reached.
In the Codex:TellPatternPhase
Plain names here. Opened from a campaign they are rule cards that lead to its Codex.
Heavy Tell · lands next Round
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BOSS
Wren steps out of the marked squares before it lands
The board kit, as the table draws itsame board state, same Pattern, every time
← 5 · Run a scene 7 · Call a rest →
7Call a rest · a Respite, the save pointUnfold ▾
8When the table goes off script · Improvise, at the tableUnfold ▾
9After the session · the recap, drafted for youUnfold ▾

What nowReady? A new game takes a few questions, and gives you a first scene and an invite link.

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Running a game

An evening, from the DM’s chair

You prepare a little before the night, then run it at the table. Nothing has to be written from nothing: describe what you want in a line, and the assistant drafts it for you to keep or change.

1Prepare in the Workshop · describe it in a line, keep the draftUnfold ▾
2Put tonight in order · slides on the storyboardUnfold ▾
3Invite your players · a quest notice for each friendUnfold ▾
4Open the lobby · seats, voice and ReadyUnfold ▾
5Run a scene · cue it, narrate, give someone the floor, call a checkUnfold ▾
Start a fight
Step 6 of 9
Start a fight from its slide and the grid arrives over the map. The boss marks where it will strike before it does, a Tell, and it always does the same thing in the same situation, a Pattern, so the party can learn it. You bring in its next Phase when you choose. A party that falls starts again from the last Phase it reached.
In the Codex:TellPatternPhase
Plain names here. Opened from a campaign they are rule cards that lead to its Codex.
Heavy Tell · lands next Round
V
BOSS
Wren steps out of the marked squares before it lands
The board kit, as the table draws itsame board state, same Pattern, every time
← 5 · Run a scene 7 · Call a rest →
7Call a rest · a Respite, the save pointUnfold ▾
8When the table goes off script · Improvise, at the tableUnfold ▾
9After the session · the recap, drafted for youUnfold ▾

What nowReady? A new game takes a few questions, and gives you a first scene and an invite link.

Playing, tooStart a new game