Last year, I got excited about the idea of tracking realworld time over downtime . Shortly after I implemented it in my campaign, and it served the entire table, very well.

The Perspective Flip

Real-time RPGs look strange if you look at them from the wrong end. Let me turn it around for you:

1. The players are just …

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'Session 0' is the pre-game evening to talk about the game, without having the game. I don't see any reason for five people to lose an evening, planning future evenings.

The notion of a session 0 has become so ubiquitous that blogs and vlogs seem to assume it. They say 'during your session zero', not 'if you have a …

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Pre-Game

• Post a link to the rules pdf (but assume nobody will read it)
• Get snacks (or make dahl if you're feeling fancy - everyone loves dahl)
• Put water and glasses on the table
• Dice, rubbers (or 'erasers' in American), pencils, and coins
• Plan smoke-breaks (even if you don't have smokers)

Intro

Hide the beers until …

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