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Public observers

Two different people can end up watching your table without playing at it.

  • Invited observer — a member you added and gave the observer role. You chose them.
  • Public observer — anyone on the internet, self-served. They find your table and click Watch as observer.

This page covers the second kind, and what both can do once they’re in.

Opening your table to the public

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Public watching is off until you turn it on.

  1. On your rooms list, open the room’s Edit panel (owner only).

  2. Tick Allow public observers — “Anyone can preview this table, and your live sessions appear on the feed’s live-games rail. Viewers join as read-only observers — they can watch, never touch. Individual sessions can override this.”

Individual sessions can override that. In the Schedule Session modal, set visibility to Inherit room, Public, or Private — the session’s own setting wins, otherwise the room’s applies.

What a stranger sees before joining

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Someone who isn’t a member gets a preview page: a status pill reading LIVE or Open to observers, a line reading Run by ravenquill · 4 players · 2 at the table now, your current or next session, and three sections — The party, Overheard at the table, and Recently at this table. A Watch as observer button sits at the top.

Signed out, that button says “Sign in to watch this table.” Signed in, you get “You’re watching as an observer.” and you’re in.

What observers can do at the table

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Once they join, observers get the full seven-tab hub — the same landing page as anyone else. The restrictions bite in the tabletop:

  • No commands.
  • No moving tokens.
  • They can’t broadcast dice rolls. They still see everyone else’s.
  • The toolbar drops to Select, Measure, settings, and help.
  • A badge in the corner reads Observer Mode.

Observers don’t consume seats, so letting people watch never costs you a player slot.

How people find your table

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Open tables surface on the social feed’s Live & Upcoming panel — “Watch or join” — with Live Now and Starting Soon tabs and a Watch button on each entry. It lists sessions running right now plus scheduled ones starting within the next 48 hours.

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  • Members and roles — giving someone the observer role directly
  • Scheduling — setting a session’s visibility when you schedule it
  • Paid seats — selling a place at the table rather than giving one away
  • Social — the feed where live tables appear