Do you keep a gaming journal?
I keep all my important gaming information on various random envelopes instead of a specific notebook. Often it's some form of math for rpgs or a list of items I want or need for quests. Maybe a puzzle if it's especially tough
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I tried to write journals once (not only about games), quickly got overwhelmed and I just couldn't continue. So I'm still using my brain as best journal, or short notes.
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This is something I've thought about doing (mainly for RPGs) but never got around to doing it. Also I'm very poorly organized, and my writing looks incredibly terrible so the result would probably not be great.
What I've started doing recently is keeping of what games I finished, but it just makes sad when I see I don't play as much as I'd like
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That's the coolest thing ever... it's like a real life version of OneNote
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I used to do that in a notebook but now I tend to use alt-tab/dual monitor with text files and/or jpgs to keep notes for games. though there's much fewer games these days that require notes, either because there's methods in game of storing info (which is good) or because there's no info needed (not so good)
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Not usually, no...so if I come back to a game I'd been playing a while ago, I usually end up starting fresh.
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I used to, especially for RPGs. I've filled entire notebooks with hand-drawn maps, dialogue transcriptions, clues, leads and so on...
But then RPGs "evolved" and now they basically play themselves.
Quests have become:
You must find the hidden artifact which is buried in a secret location that nobody knows. Here, let me mark it on your map. You can also teleport there, so you don't need to travel. Actually, here's the artifact. And all the loot.
Do you accept?
1- Yes.
2- A rephrased yes.
3- Sarcastic no that actually means "yes".
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I've never tried such an effort for gaming, especially like the notebook image you've picked here.
It's lovely.
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I keep seeing beautiful note pages, either on Reddit, Pinterest or Tumblr, but at the time of writing the first post, I couldn't lay my hand on any of the really spectacular ones. But I'd love something like this ( if only my handwritting and drawing skills were up to par ):
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Surely these are something. Gorgeous.
The OP's image is more text centered. I like both.
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When I was a kid, note taking was pretty much a requirement for RPGs :) grid paper to draw dungeon maps, writing down things people say (because they won't say it again) etc... This was before the WWW existed so you couldn't just go read a walkthrough or FAQ or something. You were truly on your own.
and the games that had their own in-game language or something, i don't remember which ones but that was always hell to keep track of :P
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I have a notebook I use just for gaming stuff(mostly 3DS games) but it's just text because I can't draw. I do use different colours for writing though. :P
You should give it a try if you think you'll enjoy doing it. :)
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I've been trying to justify my habit of constantly buying notebooks, because I currently have stacks of them, and never use them, and I stumbled upon something of an idea.
So, y'know when you just start a new game, and you're not quite sure what that icon means, or how to read the map, or the quirks of weapons or you don't understand the in-game lore? Or maybe sometimes you start a game and then due to whatever reasons, life getting in the way and what have you, you don't get to play for another week or so...but when you return, you've totally forgotten what you were up to, and the ingame log is vague or unhelpful?
So, my plan is, to take one of these blank notebooks and journal my progress, my thoughts about quests and the mechanics as well as possibly making sketches of maps or characters. I've always been super jealous of folk who had those organisers, that were all layed out neat, and had sections for everything, and doodles and cute stickers and junk, similar to the attached photo.
So, is this something anyone has attempted before? Is there a community of folk into this?
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