How To Guide
How to Use World Table Campaigns
World Table campaigns are living, massive-multiplayer worlds — dozens of players sharing one persistent setting, forming their own parties, and steering where the story goes next. Here is how to run one, from creation to the first expedition.
Step 1
Choose World Table at Creation
When you create a new campaign, choose the World Table type. This is a creation-time choice that shapes the whole campaign — a persistent West Marches-style world built for many players and multiple co-GMs with full parity. Decide up front for the worlds you want to grow big.
Step 2
Invite Your Players
World Table shines with a crowd. Invite as many players as your world can hold — the campaign is built to carry dozens at once. Everyone joins the same shared world, ready to head out on their own adventures.
Step 3
Players Form Parties
Players organize themselves into parties — creating, joining, or leaving as they like, with one party per character. Each party gets its own party channel for planning and play. As the GM or co-GM, you can always read every party channel, so nothing in your world happens off your radar.
Step 4
Stage the Overworld
Lay out your world on the overworld map. Drop pins for locations, shops, and quests, and set each one to hidden, rumored, or discovered. Players see the world unfold as they explore and earn word of what lies beyond, so discovery feels earned rather than handed over.
Step 5
Vote on What Is Next
When it is time to choose the next adventure, a party holds a ranked-choice vote on where to strike next. Everyone ranks the options, Convoke tallies the winner, and the chosen quest is dispatched to the party automatically — no tie-break arguments, no manual assignment. The world responds to what your players actually want to do.
Step 6
Build a World Worth Returning To
That is World Table: one persistent world, player-made parties, a map that reveals itself, and votes that set the course. Create your World Table campaign, gather your crowd, and watch the West Marches come alive.