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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8039625" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>Maybe it is and I'm just used to it, but I'm not sure it's any more than anyone else does.</p><p></p><p>To me the key is up-front prep, as in spending a lot of time on setting design and history etc. before the campaign even starts such that once the puck drops you only have to worry about the day-to-day stuff and the background will largely take care of itself. The only time I have to revisit this later is if-when some PCs go into a whole new region of the world (or worse, a whole new world) and stay there long enough to oblige me to provide local info e.g. maps, pantheons, cultures, etc.</p><p></p><p>After each session I type up the game log (takes half an hour maybe, largely done from memory) and put it online as the record of the game. My during-session bookkeeping is atrocious as I just can't talk and write at the same time and I don't want to stop every little while to make notes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8039625, member: 29398"] Maybe it is and I'm just used to it, but I'm not sure it's any more than anyone else does. To me the key is up-front prep, as in spending a lot of time on setting design and history etc. before the campaign even starts such that once the puck drops you only have to worry about the day-to-day stuff and the background will largely take care of itself. The only time I have to revisit this later is if-when some PCs go into a whole new region of the world (or worse, a whole new world) and stay there long enough to oblige me to provide local info e.g. maps, pantheons, cultures, etc. After each session I type up the game log (takes half an hour maybe, largely done from memory) and put it online as the record of the game. My during-session bookkeeping is atrocious as I just can't talk and write at the same time and I don't want to stop every little while to make notes. [/QUOTE]
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