What People Get Wrong With Session Zero - RPG Philosophy
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Session Zero is a fantastic tool to get everyone on the same page before the campaign begins and prevent many of the issues that might arise during play. However, there's a few misconceptions about how and where they should best be done. So here's how I do Session Zero.
Here's the 2003 RPG.Net forum where the term "Session 0" likely originated - Original https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threa...
Here's the 6,000-word Session Zero Checklist from Reddit - / session0_topic_checklist_and_guide
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00:00 Intro
02:37 Ad Sponsor
03:53 Session 0 in Theory
10:01 We Don't Need No "Session"
14:36 Session Zero Never Ends
15:57 Outro