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Found a cool notebook

Started by Mystery Man, September 22, 2006, 08:27:43 PM

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Mystery Man

September 22, 2006, 08:27:43 PM
It came in the mail today.

I've been looking for something useful to write my campaign notes in. I can't use the computer (because I have no self control) whenever I get on to work on my campaign I end up surfing the web and coming to places like...here. :) So, I got tired of shifting between notebook and graph paper and after sifting around the web (none of my local bookstores had exactly what I wanted) I found this.

Grid Notebook

The horizontal lines are a heavier gray than the vertical lines so when I need to, any page becomes a graph. Very nice! Just thought I'd share.

p.s. I got the 240 pager.

p.p.s. The pages are numbered.
 

Dr Rotwang!

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September 22, 2006, 09:05:08 PM
Swank!

Do you spend inordinate amounts of time at Staples and Office Depot, like I do?
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September 22, 2006, 09:35:14 PM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!Swank!

Do you spend inordinate amounts of time at Staples and Office Depot, like I do?

:lol:

And here I thought I might be the only one with an unnatural draw to the stationary section of a department store...
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#3
September 23, 2006, 04:37:00 AM
As Kovalic says, office supply stores are toy shops for grown ups.

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#4
September 23, 2006, 05:32:31 AM
Heheheh. My fiancee literally has to drag me away from office supply stores, sections of department stores, discount runs of looseleaf...

When she doesn't drag me in there herself. :D
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#5
September 23, 2006, 06:13:05 AM
The default exercise books in spain seem to be squared paper, I pick up one or two every time I go over. I have pocket books, A4 size spiral bound, all sorts. It's a perk I didn't realise I would get from marrying a spanish bride.
 

joewolz

#6
September 23, 2006, 09:09:10 AM
I've seen these before Mystery Man, but never used them.  They are pretty cool!

I can get them for the same price you got yours at our local textbook store, these kind of notebooks are still required by some old science profs.
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jrients

#7
September 23, 2006, 09:59:23 AM
I'm suddenly in love with the idea of having all the notes for a campaign in one nice hardbound volume sitting on the shelf next to the rulesbooks.
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cnath.rm

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September 23, 2006, 10:33:08 AM
Have any of you checked out the "GameMastery Campaign Workbook" that Paizo is coming out with? I've been seing thier ads in either dragon or dungeon, I can't remember offhand. http://paizo.com/store/paizo/gameMastery/campaignTools

The grid notebook looks sweet, and would be more easier to use for different systems however.
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September 23, 2006, 11:01:13 AM
I like the world map page, that's quite a nice innovation that I haven't seen anywhere else but I'd be put off by the idea of a book with as clumsy a neologism as "GameMastery" stencilled on the front of it.

They could have gone for a Victorian explorer look or the navigationa charts of a Spanish explorer but no... a nonsense word and the kind of deteriorated cheap-looking red leather you seldom see away from the house of lords or the corsets of aged and pox-ridden prostitutes.

A vulgar and tasteless trinket thrown up by an increasingly moribund industry desperate to wring a few final cents from its easily manipulated and witless customer base.

Mystery Man

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September 23, 2006, 11:31:53 AM
That NPC page sample looks like takes up an assload of room, my NPC stats usually take up two lines of notebook paper.

Quote from: joewolzI can get them for the same price you got yours at our local textbook store, these kind of notebooks are still required by some old science profs.

What kind of textbook store? Try as I might I could not find a local provider of what I was looking for.
 

JongWK

#11
September 23, 2006, 11:36:49 AM
That's a pretty, pretty notebook.
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mattormeg

#12
September 23, 2006, 12:04:08 PM
Quote from: Mr. AnalyticalI like the world map page, that's quite a nice innovation that I haven't seen anywhere else but I'd be put off by the idea of a book with as clumsy a neologism as "GameMastery" stencilled on the front of it.

They could have gone for a Victorian explorer look or the navigationa charts of a Spanish explorer but no... a nonsense word and the kind of deteriorated cheap-looking red leather you seldom see away from the house of lords or the corsets of aged and pox-ridden prostitutes.

A vulgar and tasteless trinket thrown up by an increasingly moribund industry desperate to wring a few final cents from its easily manipulated and witless customer base.

Bingo, Mr. Analytical.
However, that notebook that the original poster bought is might fine. If I didn't have a predilection toward more eclectic methods of organization, I'd say I'd grab it today.

joewolz

#13
September 23, 2006, 01:55:33 PM
Quote from: Mystery ManWhat kind of textbook store? Try as I might I could not find a local provider of what I was looking for.

Well, the ones I've seen these particular notebooks in are my university textbook store (in the Student Center) and 710 Bookstore in downtown Carbondale, IL.

@jrients

You may have just convinced me to buy one of these things, because they would look damn good on the shelf!
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jrients

#14
September 23, 2006, 05:23:22 PM
The GameMastery book's world page is nifty, but if I was going to do a whole planet for a campaign I'd probably use the Traveller hex-and-triangle projection.  Also, I'm annoyed with this line from the ad copy:
Quotesmall enough to carry with you at all times but big enough to handle all your campaign planning needs.
Spare me the flowery talk and give me the actual dimensions of the book, please.
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