After you have created your Game Template, you need to create an Adventure and schedule a Session! Here is a step-by-step guide to creating your first adventure.
How to Get to Your Listings page
1. Click on the GM Navigation Icon (shaped like a book) in the upper right-hand corner
2. Click on Listings on the left-hand side of the screen
How to Create an Adventure
1. Click on the black Add adventure button
Note: This button will only appear on approved Game Templates.
2. Fill out the information in the Add adventure page
Number of Players:
The "Number of Players" section is where you'll choose the lowest number of players you need to run your game and the highest number of players you're willing to have.
Note: Players in scheduled sessions will be charged, even if the minimum player count is not met. For more information, check out this FAQ page!
Day:
Choose the day of the week that your game will run on
Time:
Choose what time your game will start.
The time of day the adventure will start is configured to your time zone.
To make sure you have the right time zone, check your Player Profile Settings.
Frequency:
Choose how often your game will meet - weekly, bi-weekly, once a month, or another custom schedule.
Learn more about this in this FAQ!
Cut Off Time:
Choose how many hours notice you need to prepare a player for your game
Right now, this feature will not prevent a player from joining your game after the cut off time. However, it will warn players that they may not be able to play in today's session:
Prep Materials and Links:
Read all about Prep Materials and how to use them in this FAQ Page!
Game Style:
Read all about Game Style Tags and what they mean in this FAQ!
Publicly Listed:
If you want your adventure to be searchable to players on the StartPlaying site, the "Publicly listed?" box must be checked.
Instantly Bookable:
Players will be automatically approved for your game if this box is checked. They can see whether an Adventure is instantly bookable in the Game Search.
If the box is not checked, you must pre-approve all players who request to join your Adventure.
Special Event:
StartPlaying runs monthly events in partnership with charities and other TTRPG companies.
If you know you are creating an adventure specifically for a special event, you can check this box and select the event you are joining.
You can always go back and edit this on the Edit Adventure page
How to Schedule a Session
1. Click on the name of your Adventure, or click on the 3 dots and click Edit
2. Under the Schedule section, click Add session or Add multiple sessions
3. An Add Session or Add multiple sessions popup will appear for you to add your date/time. Once you've added your date(s) and time(s), click Add
That's it! You've scheduled your first session!
Campaigns and One Shots:
There are two types of games on StartPlaying:
Campaign: A campaign is a series of connected adventures set in the same world. The Game Master will create a backstory, settings, and Non-Player Characters to help the story progress.
One-Shot: A one-shot is self-contained adventure that takes players through a story arc within one game.
Campaign and One-Shot are listed separately for billing purposes. A campaign implies multiple sessions, which means if a Player signs up they will be added to all future sessions of that game. A one-shot assumes there is only 1 session, so a Player will only be charged once.
An adventure can only be scheduled as the Game Type that is indicated on the Template you are scheduling it for.
Read more about the Types and setting them up on your Template in this FAQ!