# Quick Start Guide

Three steps. About 45 minutes of your time, plus the wait for approval.

## Step 1: Request your event

<a href="https://kc7cyber.com/gameon" class="button primary" data-icon="rocket">Request Your Event</a>

The form takes about 5 minutes. You'll need your organization name, an event date, and a rough headcount.

Approval usually lands in 1 to 2 days. While you wait, plan the logistics.

## Step 2: Walk the platform yourself

When approved, you'll get an email with two links.

**Host Dashboard** (`kc7cyber.com/intro/XXXX`) is your control center. Spend 15 to 20 minutes here:

* Watch the intro videos you'll show participants
* Read the host guide
* Open the live scoreboard and analytics tools
* Find your tenant dashboard for adding future games

**Participant Link** (`kc7cyber.com/go/XXXX`) is what you share with your group. Test it as a participant:

* Create a test account and walk the sign-up flow
* Read the opening of "A Scandal in Valdoria"
* Solve a few challenges
* Find the hint buttons so you can point stuck participants to them

## Step 3: Run the event

Share the participant link with your group. They land in the scenario and start investigating.

Watch progress from your host dashboard. Most participants take about 90 minutes. Some finish faster, some take longer, both are fine.

Your job is to encourage people, not to teach cybersecurity. The platform handles the instruction.

## Want more depth?

* [Full Planning Guide](/hosting-an-event/planning.md) for marketing templates and detailed logistics
* [Tenant System Guide](/using-the-tenant-system/overview.md) for ongoing classroom use
* [Discord Community](/community/discord.md) for real-time help from other hosts

[**Request your first event →**](https://kc7cyber.com/gameon)


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