{"id":1428,"date":"2012-03-20T21:44:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T21:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2015-08-17T00:39:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T00:39:27","slug":"1428","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=1428","title":{"rendered":"The Art of the Session Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We are pleased to announce the release of The Art of the Session Recap<\/em>, 28 pages of creative roleplaying session summaries, featuring selected submissions by\u00a0Don Hupp, Panzer Leader, Oneinchsquare, Matt Harris, Lt. Col Colin Callahan, and 3 entries around\u00a0a race of sci-fi beings known as the Watchers from S.D. Hilderbrand, Tom Walton, and Frank J. Kim.. \u00a0Get it here for free<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of today\u2019s gamers, especially those with young families, can\u2019t make every session of a weekly, multi-year roleplaying campaign. \u00a0I find it much easier to keep up with and interested in a campaign if a fellow player or the DM posts a recap on a\u00a0wiki, a\u00a0bulletin board, or even sends out a summary via email. \u00a0In addition to keeping players in the loop, these recaps provide players with a chance to digest the session\u2019s material and to prepare for the upcoming session.\u00a0 Furthermore, session recaps provide a more in-depth description of events, allowing the players to add the richness of the story, either in character or taking their turn as the narrator.<\/p>\n

I find these journals, logs, and correspondences to be great time capsules of the campaign and memory logs when remembering adventures with friends. These annals provide additional flavor to the campaign world, and add perspective.\u00a0 After all, no fun roleplaying world is purely the thought of one individual.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, in most campaigns, not every session is logged, transcribed, or otherwise captured by the DM or players.\u00a0 DMs are often swamped making sense of dice rolls and character actions, while planning the next moves of the challengers in a given encounter.<\/p>\n

Here are a few methods and ideas for inspiring players and DMs that you game with to keep an ongoing log of the adventure.<\/p>\n