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 (http://www.bookfactory.com/grid_notebooks/grid_notebooks.html)
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.
Swank!
Do you spend inordinate amounts of time at Staples and Office Depot, like I do?
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...
As Kovalic says, office supply stores are toy shops for grown ups.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
That's a pretty, pretty notebook.
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.
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 (http://www.seventen.com/(1tmq4v2k2h5owc3u0jqpzjnh)/Default.aspx) 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!
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.
At thirteen bucks, it's the same as the moleskine I use as a diary. It's also cheaper than an Applebee's steak dinner.
Piss on the hate, I'm buying one after the first. I'll submit a review after a month or so.
Quote from: Mr. AnalyticalA 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.
Sounds like a lot of hyperbole to me. I mean, really, the truly "vulgar and tasteless" thing I'm seeing here is the unnecessary insulting of anyone who, y'know, might actually like the look of the thing. It's the kind of thing that gives gamers the image lampooned by the shamefully-absent-from-this-board's-smileys image below. The name isn't bad, unless one is ashamed to admit one games. The faux-leather cover isn't that bad either, from the looks of it. Paizo has thus far produced nothing but quality, so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Quote from: jrientsSpare me the flowery talk and give me the actual dimensions of the book, please.
Not sure the actual dim on it, but the ad copy for Dragon 347 says the pic is actual size, and it looks just a bit smaller then a normal mass market paperback book.
Quote from: ColonelHardissonPaizo has thus far produced nothing but quality, so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
I just the hardcover of the first Adventure Path and it rocks, they have given me nothing but good service, and fast responce from customer service too.
I'm not a huge fan of the red and I wish they offered other colors, but I don't have a huge prob with it.
GameMastery is the name they have given to the line of products that they put out themselves, so it only makes sense to put it on thier notebook.
Quote from: ColonelHardissonThe faux-leather cover isn't that bad either, from the looks of it. Paizo has thus far produced nothing but quality
I think those two are mutually exclusive and if you think my opinions about the book are insulting to the people who like it then I compliment you on your perspicacity, sir.
Anyone with a jot of taste would be repulsed by such a gaudy and over-priced piece of nonsense. The OP's notebook is simple and yet luxurious, the Paizo one is vulgar and garish and "Gamemastery" is a horrible neologism anyway you cut it. "Camptain Notes" would have been far less silly.
Quote from: Mr. AnalyticalThe OP's notebook is simple and yet luxurious....
Well, I don't know about luxurious. I mean I won't be rubbing it all over my glorious naked body or taking it with me to a 5 star restaurant. :D I would call it sturdy and functional without a bunch of fluffy stuff I won't be using. I wouldn't want to turn this into a Paizo bashing contest. It looks like their trying to provide something useful to their customer, it just seems they didn't think things through far enough. Too bad they didn't ask me. :cool:
Personally, it does seem a bit overpriced for a hundred pages. And if the photo really is actual size it would be way too small, I can barely read my own handwriting as it is.
Re: The Paizo notebook. The NPC sheets and grids sounds like a pretty cool, useful combo. I would find the world map nigh useless, though. I'm totally on board the technology express when it comes to world mapping.
I'd buy the notebook in the OP, but it would certainly be only if I still had some money left in my gaming budget after game books I am interested in. That's not likely to happen any time soon.
If you're in the US, Slaad, you can pick up grid notebooks in any Barnes & Noble in their Moleskine display.