2008-10-11 Taking Notes

Note taking... I started using little pocket books to take notes. One book per campaign. There are tons of these nice old-fashioned empty books out there. I find that these work better than taking notes on a wiki. I tried. ¹

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Here are some of the nicer pages from the end of the Monday game. ²

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=> Notes on an enemy camp where the red dragon ruled | Notes on a fight with a dragon | Notes on a teleport trap | Two locations on a plane ruled by Pazuzu | Notes for my speech at the beginning of the last session

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Hey!! :D i love this blog-post.. really.. i always wanted to SEE how other GM do their job.. and this is a great one i think.. cute drawings even if not too precise.. nice calligraphy, not very clean.. but essential...

really really a good post! :D

– Giorgio Vezzini 2008-10-12 00:33 UTC

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Thank you very much! 😄

I find that I need just enough information so that I can improvise the rest at the table.

– Alex Schroeder 2008-10-12 19:17 UTC

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Very nice notes! I’m always envious when I see someone else’s beautiful notebooks.

The only digital notetaking tool that’s ever worked for me is org-mode. But that would never allow for the beautiful drawings you’ve made.

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– Matt 2008-10-13 12:37 UTC


Thanks. It tuns out that I like to write down notes for adventures while riding the train, lying in bed, waiting for a cake in the oven – which is another reason not to use a computer. Lying in bed with a laptop is awkward, IMHO.

– Alex Schroeder 2008-10-15 08:17 UTC

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