Thursday, June 2, 2011

A Great Book for Gaming

I was at a Borders I now need to drive over an hour to get to and despite the drive I really like it.  I found this book in the journal section and thought it was absolutely perfect for gaming.  My initial thought is to use it for our Monday Night games for my character and journal the entire campaign.  I am also planning on buying a couple more for other things that I haven't even thought of yet.  Anyway here are a few pictures of the book with a little help from Sleestak Sammy.


It's a black hardcover.  I like it.  Those are Sammy's feet.


Sammy tried to help out but got tangled in the thing that I don't know what it is called that keeps the book shut.


And the cool thing is it is all graph paper baby.  So I can use it for notes, sketches and dungeon layouts.  Now in my mind this will be cool as hell, but in reality it might just turn out to be a huge dinosaur sized turd.  But I really dig the graph paper pages.


Final shot.  Just thought this would make a great book during gaming sessions as a player and a thinking journal for a GM.
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Posted by Gothridge Manor at 12:16 AM
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11 comments:

  1. Kristian CeeJune 2, 2011 at 12:27 AM

    Oh, that is a nice one. Guess I'll have to break down and go to the last surviving Borders locally!

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  2. Robert ConleyJune 2, 2011 at 1:07 AM

    I have a similar book that I got in High School and it preserves many of the oldest dungeons I drew.

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  3. ArkheinJune 2, 2011 at 1:07 AM

    Uh. Want.

    - Ark

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  4. JimJune 2, 2011 at 2:05 AM

    I agree. That is a nice book.

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  5. DanJune 2, 2011 at 6:03 AM

    You should be able to find similar books at Staples or Office Depot. I love the things.

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  6. Keith SloanJune 2, 2011 at 7:50 AM

    I use blank paged ones for my DM journal...they are quite handy, though the rubber-band-like page holder on mine break down sooner or later and I end up cutting them off.

    I have a graph paper one for jotting down dungeon ideas, though I'd almost forgotten about it!

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  7. christianJune 2, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    Fill it up!

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  8. Dyson LogosJune 2, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    I'm a journal junkie. It pains me that it is very difficult to find a good hardcover one with graph paper inside. Congrats!

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  9. DocStoutJune 2, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    My initial reaction was "Eh... so what?" Then, I saw the graph paper interior. Now I want one.

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  10. The DruneJune 4, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    I've used these for games for years, moleskins and cheaper knock offs, and also for archeological field notes at work. Perfect for sketch maps and plan illustrations. Plus I can expense them...

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  11. PaulJune 4, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    That looks like a Piccadily notebook, a brand Borders started carrying instead of (or in addition to?) Moleskine notebooks. I haven't bought a Piccadily yet, but I wish the paper in Moleskines was thicker and took ink better. The paper in the drawing notebooks is better, but isn't available with grid lines.

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