DM's Notes

[MonsterMash]

Ya know, I forgot perhaps my most important tool. After each session, I type up a 3-4 page "summary" of the events played out in the game. Its a short abbreviated narrative, and includes all the NPCs they met, clues they discovered, battles fought, items found... I try to get everything in there that the PCs would want to remember.

I email this out to my group, and they might get back to me with questions or clarifications. Its been a GREAT tool for keeping us all organized and interested.

Of course, we game only every other weekend at best, so I have time to indulge in this sort of nonsense. Usually... I'm a bit late on the current one...

-Reddist

I try to keep a story hour going with what happened in each session, but have allowed this to fall behind, but will bring this up to date, but before each session I email the players a brief recap to try to keep things together as it can be over a month between our sessions.

 

[MonsterMash]

As well as the story hour I try to keep my own annotated version with all the additional information that I need and keep notes in a ring binder and in word documents and spreadsheets.

 

[S'mon]

I expect my players to do the Story Hour - and give them XP.

 

[Chingerspy]

I have fondly taken to using my laptop and a copy of GoldenSection Notes. Do a Google for it.

 

[Mystery Man]

Using OneNote for just about everything now.

A have a three ring notebook.

Over 25,000 posts I would have thought you'd have figured out you have a computer by now.

 

[Southern Oracle]

Besides using my laptop to keep files on the campaign, I also maintain a Yahoo groupsite where I store pictures, prestige classes allowed in the game, new equipment or spells the PCs have encountered and are now part of the game, etc., etc. This gives the players a central location where they can access info when they have the time to do so, in between games, so we can avoid spending in-game time shopping, taking characters up a level, etc.

 

[Ellie_the_Elf]

I'm another user of MS OneNote which convieniently enough came free with my laptop

We also have a campaign messageboard, which I keep plot summaries of preivious sessions, NPC lists and the like on so everyone can refer to them between games.

My players are pretty good at keeping notes themselves too which helps!

Ellie.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Here is a link to some programs to help out.

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=81852