Session Zero: The 90 Minutes That Saves Your Campaign
Here’s how a campaign actually dies. Session four is scheduled for Thursday. On Tuesday, someone posts in the group chat: “hey, work thing came up, can we push to next week?” Everyone says sure, no problem. Next Thursday, someone else has a birthday dinner. The week after that is fine, you play, it’s great. Then two more reschedules land back to back, a month has passed since anyone rolled a die, and the DM quietly stops prepping because prepping for a game that keeps evaporating feels bad. Nobody ever says the campaign is over. The group chat just changes subject. ...