A big kick in the pants for updating this blog more frequently was the roll-over from a home campaign to my current Barrowmaze game. Initially I had a lot of fun writing the session reports, but as time went on I found that the way I was writing with how I remembered the sessions did not necessarily line up. I also kind of felt bad about the games that I did not do session reports for, primarily only writing for my two open table games.
That said, I look back over the gap of Barrowmaze and feel bad that I didn’t at least minimally note every session. Sure I have scribbles in my GM notebook, but I often forget to annotate the date, and honestly if I don’t consciously have to comb over these notes immediately after session they become near unusable down the line.
I think I want to start writing session reports, but with the idea that they may not be read at all, not even by me. But mostly as a means to mark a date and time, say who it was with, what we played, and maybe a few sentences about what I thought about that. This way I can be look back and be reminded of all the cool people I had the opportunity to game with, or make note of all the various games I am fortunate to play.
What I will change is not trying to write for other people. I also won’t feel bad if I don’t remember every awesome quip or jokes the players have. I love the creativity, but its too hard to catalogue in the moment. That said if you read this blog and are a player in my game and want to highlight moments, definitely comment and I will add them.