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Jubensha guides
Play Jubensha with the Anzir app, prepare and host a game, manage a venue or create in Studio.
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Getting started
Understand Jubensha and how the app supports the experience.
What is Jubensha? Start with the experience
Understand what you do in a Jubensha game through character reading, conversation and a shared story.
What do the Anzir app and Studio do?
See how creation, organising and player participation fit together, and choose your starting point.
Understand per-session story usage fees
Understand the story usage fee for a game and how it relates to your own participant admission price.
How does paperless play work?
See how digital character reading, host materials and content delivery fit together, and what still needs preparation.
Playing a game
Join your group, choose a character and take part in the story.
Preparing & hosting
Choose a story, prepare its materials, rehearse and host.
Choose a story for your first game
Start with participants and hosting conditions, then check your menu, available materials and fees.
Prepare a story from reading to rehearsal
Turn the host manual into a stage, delivery and event plan, then verify what players actually see.
Plan a playtest and rehearse in the app
Distinguish a creator’s test version from host rehearsal, and verify versions, delivery and participation.
Host your first game with the app
Choose a venue and story, then create a room, invite players, review cost and run the game.
Running a venue
Explore partnerships, set up a venue and manage access and payments.
Find a cooperation path for your venue or community
Consider your space, organising experience and participants when bringing Jubensha into your activities.
Create or join a venue in the app
Follow the right route as a venue operator or host, from applying to confirming access.
Manage your venue, hosts and games
Keep venue details, story menus, team permissions and game states ready for ongoing operation.
Check balances, play access and payment outcomes
Know which account and access to check, and what to do if a payment outcome is unclear.
Writing & partnerships
Start writing a Jubensha and explore creator or publisher cooperation.
Creating in Studio
Use the Jubensha workspace to write characters, organise materials, playtest and prepare a release.
Studio components: what each tool does
A map of the creation workspace and game management. Select a component to see where to find it and how to use it.
Make your first playable segment in Studio
Follow real English screens to start a game, find a character and first chapter, then check saving and the phone reading preview.
Find your way around the Studio workspace
Know where to plan the story, set public details, write player materials and return to game management.
Write characters and use the chapter editor
Separate public profiles, private character notes and player chapters, then format, save and preview your writing.
Create clue cards and item cards
Use evidence for discovery and items for things players hold or use. Organise both before configuring delivery.
Group cards and configure content delivery
Build decks from existing cards, then decide what each character receives at each delivery step.
Prepare media, the GM guide and GM resources
Put reusable media, running instructions and GM-only attachments in the right places.
Use Arc and the whole-game AI tools
Set creative instructions, choose a reading scope and review proposals before putting them in the manuscript.
Collaborate, playtest and prepare a release
Use game management to work with collaborators, submit independent versions and read feedback and settled earnings.