How to Solo TTRPG Journal making
journaling TTRPG is a combination of the game in your head and the resulting notes. writing down notes beautifully and neatly is the completion of the game.
First of all, look at these lovely journals. I established my own dice system yesterday with 6 small candles, 4 spell jar, and 12 gemstones. In that case, the number of dice that are attached together is the value of the throw. I conceived this system from the bone-throwing fortune-telling. I feel sorry for them, but I carefully imagined what it would be like to apply this good experience to the game.
Today's article is about how I've lived so far. I've been running journaling on my notes, not on Substack here. Two games already have a note cover! It's <Fox curio's floating bookshop> and <Tending>. As we look at how these two games have been played, I'd like to talk about how it is good to journalize and fill in your TTRPG notes.
fox curio's floating bookshop
Let's take a look at this first. I also follow the illustrations in the rulebook of this beautiful game and transfer them to a journal. This way, you don't have to open the rulebook or open the PDF file, just move your eyes to the front page of the journal.
Illustrations or settings to import from Rulebook to Journal
Scenes with a set period, such as a date or time. (Bring a calendar or timetable and moving it)
Sketch of the background space's floor plan or ideal-looking place. (Easy to think of a scene)
Description of where you have moved or where you are moving (let's set the tone and manner of what will happen in the future)
Most important. The synopsis, settings, backstory. Let's write this down on the next page of the game's title. As you play the game, you forget what the game you remember at the beginning means and get stuck in your head. Recalling by watching this can make it not only easy, but also a way to use your head properly.
This page describes the process of fishing on a boat by the protagonist, Moss. It's a mini-game in this game, and the mechanism of fishing is sophisticated, so I think it will be great. In order to write down notes neatly, it is recommended to freely conduct a session using a computer notepad or notion and write down the results of the session in a notebook.
Many people might think that this is not the right way to play, but in the first place, I think journaling TTRPG is a combination of the game in your head and the resulting notes. writing down your notes beautifully and neatly is the completion of the game. That's why I think there's a misunderstanding about the genre of journaling to freely scrawl the main ideas for games that come out sporadically like notes on your notes.
Things to Know About Journalizing Games
Go with the game and the resulting journal.
TTRPG games in the journal field include clean writing down journals.
Always think about the gap between reading the results of the game later and reading an autobiographical novel.
I've played this game until session 8 but now I've transferred it to my journal until session 4! I think I'll probably concentrate my mind slowly and slowly to complete the outcome of this game.
Tending
Let's apply an example and look at the result of the game called <Tending>. First of all, I did a light collage to match the atmosphere of the game, and below that, I wrote down the main synopsis of the game. From the next page, the individual characteristics of my holy place that came out by rolling the dice were drawn in a box shape and schematized. After that, I pulled out a card and wrote down what happened in the holy place.
That question arises to me. Will my game journal, which will be completed later, be a creation (novel) of a personal journey completed according to the fingerprints specified by the game maker. Or will it remain a game. I think it will decide whether to reread the outcome of the game or not. If I don't read the outcome of the game, it's brainstorming production.
That said, I have no intention of throwing these results away. Rather, I will fill it up until the end of the game and keep it until the journal disappears. That's why I'm confused and worried about whether I really enjoy the game and the gap. I think that's the blind spot of solo TTRPG journaling and what to discuss.