Calendar Program? 4e game

[fireinthedust]

So I want to make up a calendar to measure the campaign. Specifically travel times, weather patterns on particular days, dates of major adventures, and dates of major events in the setting (festivals, full moons, time locks on dungeons, etc.).

However, thinking about it, I want to be able to:

1) rename the Months to be those in my setting
2) name festivals
3) open up each date to log rest times and suchnot, in case no one keeps track of things when underground; what time do they rest, how long, explore for a while, how long; then what day is it when they leave.

I want to print them out in pages, like a desktop calendar, but the opening up of a calendar on my laptop while I run the game owuld be handy.

 

[LostSoul]

You could use Outlook...

 

[fireinthedust]

You could use Outlook...

...?

Tell me more of this "outlook" of which you speak, where on my PC laptop I may find it, etc. etc.

 

[LostSoul]

Microsoft Outlook. Just go to the date that you want your imaginary month to be, make a note of the month's name and what's going on.

edit: I use outlook for all sorts of crap like this.

 

[Vorput]

Google Calendar might work

http://www.google.com/calendar

It's free, easy to use, and printable. The problem would be not being able to rename the months of course.

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

Software? No, I know of no such that does what you're asking. I don't think it would be terribly difficult to write, but nobody seems to be keen on doing it. Probably because when it comes down to it, it's easier, faster, cheaper to just do it on paper.

I wrote a bit on the subject of calendars some time back and included a printable generic calendar page that should basically do what you need.
Calendars (Scroll down, it's near the bottom.)

Even if that doesn't work for you (more/less days in the week, etc) you can draw this kind of thing yourself on a blank piece of paper with a ruler and pen, or probably even use MS Paint (I use Campaign Cartographer) to draw something that WILL fit your needs precisely. Then just scan/print as many copies as you need. I've used such handy sheets for well over a decade, and unless you're needing to make a lot more notes than it sounds you won't really NEED the software (though it'd be fun to have).

 

[Alan Shutko]

I wrote something like this for my campaign. It implements the Mystara calendar and BECMI turn-based timekeeping. I can add festivals, tax day, etc. It keeps track of phase of the moon and I can put in effects with their duration and it will keep track.

The only problem in terms of distributing it is that it's written as Emacs Lisp and won't work outside of Emacs. That was for ease of my development....

 

[darjr]

I wrote something like this for my campaign. It implements the Mystara calendar and BECMI turn-based timekeeping. I can add festivals, tax day, etc. It keeps track of phase of the moon and I can put in effects with their duration and it will keep track.

The only problem in terms of distributing it is that it's written as Emacs Lisp and won't work outside of Emacs. That was for ease of my development....

And the cool factor. Never forget the cool factor.

Wasn't there an EMACS lisp runner around somewhere?

 

[King Nate]

Here is a Forgotten Realms Calendar tool. I can't remember if you can change things in it or not. It's been a while since I've looked at it.

Also here is an Eberron Calendar tool, again I can't remember anything about it.

I remember seeing other tools for this as well, but I can't recall where. If I remember I'll post them.

 

[Rabulias]

Masterplan (Masterplan) also includes a calendar portion where you can create your own months, days, events, seasons, etc.