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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 3019039" data-attributes="member: 99">My success with using the cards alone probably has a lot to do with the fact that most of my games tend to be relatively low level.&nbsp; At those low levels the critters they face tend not to have so many special abilities or attributes that they don't fit on the card fairly easily.The funny thing is that I had the opposite problem you did.&nbsp; I'd be running the game with the Monster Manual open next to me and I'd glace over at my monster du jour and I'd see...a big block of text.&nbsp; In the middle of the game and all the stuff I'm juggling in my head, I could barely read what was on the page in those little typed words.&nbsp; I'd forget all kinds of stuff.But with the cards, it was right in front of me and, vastly more importantly, written in my own (poor) handwriting.&nbsp; And honestly it doesn't have all that much to do with it being on the card and everything to do with the fact that I wrote it there.&nbsp; I'm one of those people who can read something and two hours later I can barely recall any of it.&nbsp; But if I write it myself then it sticks with me with crystal clarity.&nbsp; So perhaps more than anything else, the cards are handy for me in that they give me a vehicle to write my notes on that is easily handled and maniplated in a variety of manners during the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 3019039, member: 99"] My success with using the cards alone probably has a lot to do with the fact that most of my games tend to be relatively low level. At those low levels the critters they face tend not to have so many special abilities or attributes that they don't fit on the card fairly easily. The funny thing is that I had the opposite problem you did. I'd be running the game with the Monster Manual open next to me and I'd glace over at my monster du jour and I'd see...a big block of text. In the middle of the game and all the stuff I'm juggling in my head, I could barely read what was on the page in those little typed words. I'd forget all kinds of stuff. But with the cards, it was right in front of me and, vastly more importantly, written in my own (poor) handwriting. And honestly it doesn't have all that much to do with it being on the card and everything to do with the fact that I wrote it there. I'm one of those people who can read something and two hours later I can barely recall any of it. But if I write it myself then it sticks with me with crystal clarity. So perhaps more than anything else, the cards are handy for me in that they give me a vehicle to write my notes on that is easily handled and maniplated in a variety of manners during the game. [/QUOTE]

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