I was wondering if there were any sites or tools people used for keeping track of Fronts?  I know I’ve considered…

I was wondering if there were any sites or tools people used for keeping track of Fronts?  I know I’ve considered…

I was wondering if there were any sites or tools people used for keeping track of Fronts?  I know I’ve considered using a kanban board, something like Trello, but I’m always interested in seeing new approaches. Thanks!

7 thoughts on “I was wondering if there were any sites or tools people used for keeping track of Fronts?  I know I’ve considered…”

  1. Beyond the sheets included? I don’t have any specific tools that I use. I find those or writing them down in Word is easy enough. What kind of tracking did you have in mind?

    An alternative to Fronts is Conspyramids which I’ve heard many great things about. Not sure how many folks use them for DW but the setup and purpose is the same. You can learn more about them here (http://goo.gl/yt28xc).

  2. I keep Fronts as well as all my other notes in Evernote. After each session I write notes about the session, and each front.

    Marques Jordan will check out the conspyramids as well. Thanks.

  5. I know a lot of folks around here use Google Docs but that is for its easy sharing capabilities. I too use Evernote (http://goo.gl/IMuafo) every day but I’ve never kept any DW related stuff in it. It is a fantastic note taking tool. Access your notes anywhere, on any device. However, in terms of layout tools there isn’t much beyond basic Microsoft Word capability.

    For Kanban style note keeping there is Kanban Flow (http://goo.gl/OIk3lB). For mind-mapping style note keeping there is FreeMind (http://goo.gl/obnG1a). A lot of people use Scrivener which is intended for writers who are keeping track of all aspects of their stories as they develop them. It isn’t free though but they have a 30 day free trial (http://goo.gl/bBT4cB). A less visually impress alternative to Scrivener is yWriter and it is free (http://goo.gl/gseY5X).

    Obsidian Portal is a full fledged wiki option aimed specifically at Tabletop gamers but it is probably overkill for tracking just the Fronts (http://goo.gl/0lDFcf). While designed for D&D 4E the program Masterplan would be able to track fronts quite nicely (http://goo.gl/QyvAiB). That same author put out a program specifically aimed at tracking plot threads called Labyrinth which might be useful(http://goo.gl/utjbyb).

    I’ve heard great things about TiddlyWiki (http://goo.gl/Frh3pc).  TiddlyWiki. It’s a wiki in a single file, which saves edits to itself using Javascript. It’s quick and very flexible. You can create a short article on each thing in the game that you want to track: every magic item, game session, player, character, adventure, dungeon room, and so forth. By categorizing articles using tags, you can make it very easy to find obscure information.

    These are all of the digital tools that come to mind. There is a whole world of possibilities if we’re talking about physical note taking. Stationary is king ^_^

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