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Getting Started
Inviting Players
Getting someone into your game takes a few steps between the two of you: the host shares a code, and the player joins with it. Then the player creates their own character, or the host assigns them one they made.
Each step below is one of those handovers.
Quick Notes
- The name you use in this game isn't your character's name. You can change your name later.
- A joined player can create their own character, unless the host switched that off in Settings.
- Hosting a game is a Base feature; joining one is free.
Host: share the invite code
Open Game Settings. If the game has no code yet, Create Invite Code makes one; if it already has one, the refresh action replaces it with a fresh code.
The code can be hidden while you are on a call or streaming, and copied when you are ready to send it.
Player: join with the code
From the Joined dashboard, Join Game asks for two things in order: your Name in This Game, then the Invite Code.
The host and other players know you by the name you choose for this game, not your character's name.
Player: create your character
After joining, the room is empty until you have a character. Character creates your own, and your first one joins the party right away.
If your host makes the characters in this game, the room stays empty until they assign you one.
You can select Change Name in This Game here if you want to use a different name.
Host: get the character into the game
The character has to exist in the game's Characters table before it can be assigned. Create it there, or upload a character file the player has sent you.
Then add that character to the Players page, which is the list of who is actually at the table.
Host: assign the player to their character
On the player's card, Assign User links the joined account to that character. Unassign User undoes it if you assign the wrong one.
Until this step, the character exists but belongs to nobody.
Player: open your character
The assigned character now appears in the game room. Opening the card gives you the full character sheet with edit control over it.
Bringing an existing character in
A player who already has a character elsewhere can download it from its Bio page and send the file to the host.
The host uploads that file into the game's Characters table and assigns it exactly as above, so the last two steps are unchanged.