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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mr. Lobo" data-source="post: 2041355" data-attributes="member: 7694">Hard to answer. If by homebrew you mean:A) Plot layout only - then about 2-3 pagesB) Plot layout with maps (both home made and pirated from other sources), notes, detailed NPC's, notes about the participating PC's, gods, etc at the start of the campaign then about 30 pagesC) How I do it in real life: A+B+ intra/inter-session notes with plot development (or misdirection - sigh), NPC development, PC development with continuing background expansion, etc. I ran a 1 and half year campaign with about weekly meetings and just happened to go through my notes this past weekend. I had two 3" inch binders jammed with notes and a 1" binder containing the "one-shot" adventure (that wasn't) at about half full. I didn't count the pages but there are easily over one-hundred. I've often wondered if the amount of notetaking and making I do is overkill (relatively speaking). I really admire those DM's that have their world all tucked away in their heads and manage to keep track of everything. I know it's possible - I've seen it done. Alas, it is not possible for me.P.S. To be fair my players (who were all VERY good) made up a lot of notes that they passed on to me that are included in my tallies above (B and C).</blockquote>