Prelude to Play

What is the Prelude to Play?

We love to play games with our friends! While the goal of everyone should be to have a fun time, sometimes personalities clash, misunderstandings happen, and bad memories are re-lived. While none of those are good for a game many are easily solved by taking just a little time before the game starts. 

Some people call it Session 0, but it doesn’t have to be an entire session. It could be a half hour before the first game or an online conversation in the days or weeks before the game starts.

For Game Masters and Narrators:

Prelude to Play can be used in any home game. It lays out the basics of a session 0, starting with discussing the game and expectations then providing a simple checklist the players can fill out so the narrator can tailor a game around their beliefs, and finally a simple 3-step in game system to ensure that a players can be comfortable at the table. 

These safety tools at the game table are just a simple and quick way to help make sure everyone is at the right table and can fun fun, because, really, that's why we all get together to play these wonderful games!

For TTRPG Creators

But Prelude to Play can be so much more than just a tool for individual tables. In 2023 it's silly for any game to be released without some sort of attempt to create environments that are good for everyone, so game creators are encouraged to drop the Preludes of Play into their own game systems either using one of the pdfs included here or the plain text that can be found at www.fighterguystudios.com/safety

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