Player-Safe Views
The reason most Game Masters keep two sets of notes is that one of them has the answers in it. Keep one world instead, and decide per entry what your table can see.
Hide Any Entry
Visibility is a property of the thing itself, so the traitor can sit on the map with the betrayal hidden.
- Entities and relationships
- Events and whole eras
- Owner-only map annotations
Preview Their Seat
Answer "what does my table actually see?" by looking, instead of by remembering what you marked.
- Flip the map into player preview
- Check the timeline the same way
- Flip back and keep working
Hand One Over
ProExport a player-safe document that leaves the hidden entries out of the file itself, not merely out of the view.
- PDF or Word, formatted to read
- Hidden entries never reach the file
- Give it to players without a second copy
Common workflows
A shared map the table can browse
Let players explore the world between sessions without handing them the plot.
- Hide the entries that answer open questions
- Check it in player preview
- Share the map, then reveal as the story reaches them
A handout that survives contact
Print the gazetteer your players are allowed to have, from the same world you run from.
- Export the collection player-safe
- Leave your annotations owner-only
- Re-export whenever the world moves on
Tips
- Hide the relationship rather than the character. A player knowing two people have met is usually fine; how they met is the secret.
- Hide an era to keep a whole age of history back until the campaign reaches it.
- Check player preview before a session, not after. It takes a moment and it is the only way to catch the thing you forgot to mark.
Related examples
Collaborative Session
Running a game from a map everyone at the table can see.
See the Collaborative Session exampleGreat Houses
A political web where half the connections are things nobody admits to.
See the Great Houses exampleMore on this: all features · pricing · FAQ. Signed in? The help button in the corner of the app has step-by-step articles, a keyboard reference, and a guided tour for every page.
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