Getting started
Your first two weeks of edition-migration literacy
A calm path for groups deciding which grim & perilous text is canonical this campaign.
Day one
Talk which text is canonical before the first injury roll under a mixed shelf.
Pick a scope
Readable delta notes and clear version labels beat pretty PDFs with silent changes.
Teach the table
Readable delta notes and clear version labels beat pretty PDFs with silent changes.
After session one
Guides for deltas; Glossary for migration terms; Resources for reading lists. Then lock the text.
One-page migration sheet. Repeat edition fights get ink—then lock the text.
Date which text you locked and which legacy careers stay house-only. Guest GMs need a version.
Label which edition a thread assumes. Separate migration talk from fiction talk.
Cite designers and errata authors when you share migration notes. Credit is culture.
Even veteran tables blur reprint vs revise. Revisit the delta list on purpose.
Related desks in this neighborhood
Cross-check brand, org, crate, store, and powered-by siblings for the rest of the neighborhood.
Keep notes short enough to reread before a session. Long wikis that nobody opens are not preparation; they are archaeology.
When in doubt, run the smaller scenario, teach one procedure well, and leave room for player ideas that were not in your outline.