Keeping track of your entire world can be a big ask- remembering who that farmer with the funny accent back in Starter Town was, why it's important that someone handed a player character a silver ribbon at the Grand Ball, and what's happening over in that creepy deserted town across the river, can be a LOT to handle.
Having just resumed one of my games after an isolation-based break of about 2-3 months, I've had to comb through all my notes and remember what was going on. And I've wanted to make all of that available to my players, so they can remember it, to. So I started a Fandom Wiki to keep track of it. It's free and able to be edited by your players as well, so you don't even have to do all the work yourself (but do remember that it's available to other people who stumble across it and can edit/read it). You can add pictures, crosslink articles and make it like a real wikipedia article to keep track of who those guys were, why the red bandannas were important, why those bandits broke away from the Kingdom, who won the War of Forfeiture 1700 years ago, and why the captain of the Lucky Lady hates (checks notes) the Wizard, ultimately leading (as always) to Kevin Bacon. So have a look, see if it's for you. It might make keeping track of your own notes much easier and referenceable, and help you keep track of which names you've used. If you move on to another game in the same universe, you can just build more content onto the same Wiki, making adding in references to previous games and characters much easier. The site is at: https://www.fandom.com/ , and registering for your own account is pretty simple. Give it a look, it might not be for you but you'll never know without giving it a try. Also posted on Game Masters Stash on 30 May 2020. Comments are closed.
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