Survive the Dead: A Story-Driven Campaign

Creating your character

We will create player survivors, NPC survivors, the regional area and the haven in the first session. Players are free to refer to the core rule book for The Walking Dead Universe Roleplaying game. I will guide everyone and there is no need to prepare ahead of time or know the rules.

Preparing for the session

Please create a free account on https://app.alchemyrpg.com Please install Discord and login. https://discord.com/download Being on webcam is greatly appreciated and improves immersion for everyone.

What Your GM Chandler brings to the table

Please come with a collaborative spirit and bring your imagination. I'm looking for players who can share the spotlight but also can clearly lead at times and be in the spotlight. This is a storytelling game. I will ask you to narrate at times. For example, you are surprised by walkers while scavenging a gas station market, you roll well to deal with them and I say "Nice roll, tell us how you dispatch them." You then describe in detail what you do, including as much vivid detail as your imagination allows. Prepare to LEAN into your survivor and their wants, needs and issues. If your survivor's sister needs medical supplies to live, a democratic vote to go searching for food instead isn't going to cut for you. Conflicts will arise and I will arbitrate them carefully, ensuring all players feel safe and free to really roleplay. Each session will begin with a personal check-in where I go 'around the table' and see how each person is feeling, if anything major is going on at the time, me included. This way we get to know one another and build a community that encircles our game.

Homebrew rules

I like the relationship map from the solo rules so we will be using that as well as some other spark tables for some things as they come up but the core rules of the game remain intact RAW.

How Your GM Chandler creates a safe table

Before we even meet, I will have each player complete a filter using the Deck of Player Safety. https://app.demiplane.com/dops Then we'll review it together at the start of session zero. This will make sure everyone knows our boundaries and it's done anonymously. Then during the game there is an X-card feature players can use to anonymously let everyone know the current scene is pushing a boundary. I will then fade the scene to black and move us along. I am open to other suggestions and tools as well.