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Creating Your First Match

Step-by-step guide to creating a match in gd streamer, adding players, and configuring game settings.

Last updated: 2026-03-23

Create a match#

A match is the core unit in gd streamer. It holds all the data your overlays need: players, scores, rounds, timers, and game settings. Here's how to set one up.

Log in, open your matches page, and hit New Match. A five-step wizard walks you through the setup:

Basics

Name the match and pick its game system:

  • Warhammer 40K 10th Edition: full support with secondaries, battle tactics, and WTC scoring
  • Warhammer 40K 11th Edition: force dispositions, asymmetric primaries, secondaries scored from the card, and WTC scoring
  • Age of Sigmar 4th Edition: beta support

The game system determines which scoring fields and overlays are available. It is locked once the match is created, so pick the right one here. For tournaments, a name like "Round 1 - Table 3" or "Semi-Final A" works well.

Players

Set names, factions, colors, and team names for both players. Every field is optional. You can also add players later from the match dashboard.

Settings

Set the scoring options and a round timer. These all have defaults, so you can skip this step.

Event

Add an event name and link so they show on the overlays. Skip it for a one-off game.

Review

Check the summary and create the match. You land on its dashboard, where every value can still be edited.

In a hurry? The wizard also has a Create now button that creates the match right away with whatever you have filled in so far.

The match dashboard#

After creating your match, click it from the matches page to open the match dashboard. This is your control center with a sidebar navigation to configure everything:

  • Overview: quick glance at player scores, mission info, share links, and team members
  • Match setup: choose the mission, deployment zone, attacker/defender roles, secondary type, and WTC scoring
  • Players: set player names, factions, subfactions, colors, and team names
  • Event: pre-configure a tournament schedule with upcoming matches studio
  • Scores: enter round-by-round scoring for both players
  • Timer: set a countdown duration or a target end time
  • Overlays: change the overlay style and copy overlay URLs. New matches use your account's default style.
  • Stream Deck: export a Stream Deck profile for physical button controls standard
  • Automations: arm and fire timed overlay sequences during the stream studio
Tip
Everything is editable at any time. Change player names, factions, missions, or any other setting mid-stream. Your overlays update in real-time.

Copy overlay URLs#

Once your match is created, go to the Overlays tab on the match page. Each overlay has its own unique URL that you'll add to OBS as a Browser Source.

Click the copy icon next to any overlay to grab its URL. Each URL includes your match ID, so the overlay knows which match data to display.

Info
Overlay URLs are public and don't require authentication. Anyone with the URL can view the overlay, which is how OBS accesses them.

Free tier limits#

On the free tier, you can create 1 project with access to basic overlays (scoreboard, player, and game overlays). Scene overlays, utility overlays, player input, and Stream Deck require a Standard or Studio subscription.

What's next?#

Your match is set up and your overlay URLs are ready. Head to OBS Setup to learn how to add them to your stream.