Building a New Dungeons and Dragons Campaign Diary #13 – Organizing

photo credit: kirk lau

(The above pic has NOTHING to do with Building a new campaign.  I just liked it, thought you might like it too.) 

Up to this point, I (and hopefully you) have just a ton of materials, some of which are related to one another, and others that aren’t.  I decided this weekend that it was worth taking the time to get things a bit organized.  So, I bought myself a 2″ 3-ring binder, some binder tabs, and got organized.  Here’s what I did;  if you’re feeling a bit scattered, you can try it too:

• Print out all of the Lenryn campaign materials that I have only in digital format, being certain to label them so that I know the file name they came from.
• Gather the written materials that I’ve got (really just a couple of notebook paper pages worth of notes, and a poorly-drawn map.
• Create my Campaign binder categories.  I recommend these categories, but you can, of course, use your own:
  • The 41 Questions
  • The World
  • Maps
  • Geography
  • Cities and Towns
  • Races and Classes
  • Important People
  • Encounters and Ideas
  • Adventures
  • Handouts
  • House Rules
  • Miscellaneous
• I also added three tabs at the back:
  • Freewriting
  • Inspirations
  • Other development notes

So, there you have it.  Someplace to put everything else going forward!

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