Merge branch 'main' of github.com:lskh/Grenzland-Zine

issue02/Grenzland2.tex

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 \usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
 \usepackage{coelacanth}
 \usepackage{pdfpages}
+
+% needed for phf session form article
+\usepackage{fourier-orns}
+\usepackage{wasysym}
+\newcommand{\monster}{\textxswup}
+\newcommand{\torch}{\sun}
+\newcommand{\lantern}{\CIRCLE}
 \setlength{\leftmargini}{1em}
 \begin{document}
 
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 \end{multicols}
 
 \input{halloween}
+\input{sessionform}
 
 \section{Impressum}
 
-\textit{Grenzland} wird editiert und 
+\textit{Grenzland} wird editiert und
 herausgegeben von Laurens Kils-Hütten,
-a.k.a. Wanderer Bill 
+a.k.a. Wanderer Bill
 email: wandererbill@betola.de, web: https://betola.de/wandererbill
 
-Alle Inhalte stehen unter der Creative Commons Lizenz 
-Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International 
+Alle Inhalte stehen unter der Creative Commons Lizenz
+Namensnennung --- Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International
 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
 

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+all: Grenzland2.pdf
 
-%.pdf: %.tex Frontcover.pdf Backcover.pdf Makefile halloween.tex wbzine.cls
+%.pdf: %.tex Frontcover.pdf Backcover.pdf Makefile halloween.tex wbzine.cls sessionform.tex
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issue02/sessionform.tex

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+% Barrowmaze Session Form
+% Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Peter H. Froehlich <peter.hans.froehlich@gmail.com>.
+% License terms: CC BY-SA 4.0
+
+\section{Barrowmaze Session Form}
+
+I use this form to track the two-hour Barrowmaze sessions I run for our little
+multi-DM D\&D-ish open-table campaign around Selina's Harbor. I print them two
+to a page, four to a sheet. So what's what here?
+
+\textbf{Date:}
+%
+Literally just the date of the session.
+%
+In our game ``campaign time'' is the same as ``real time'' so there's usually
+no confusion.
+
+\textbf{Players:}
+%
+Names of the (up to) three players in ``initiative order'' for their side.
+%
+I have players roll a d6 \emph{ahead of time} as often as necessary to get them
+into a linear order for the session; less rolling during combats and less chaos.
+%
+In the very rare case that there's a fourth player, I just squeeze them in
+somehow.
+
+\textbf{Turn Tracker:}
+%
+Each box represents a ten-minute game turn and I've never needed more than
+eight hours total.
+%
+At the top, every \emph{other} column is marked \monster{} for random encounter
+checks; at the bottom, every \emph{sixth} column is marked, the first three
+\torch{} because torches would burn out then, the final one \lantern{} because
+both torches and lanterns would burn out then.
+%
+I roll eight hours worth of random encounters ahead of time and fill in the
+turns in which they will happen with red pencil; that way I can foreshadow an
+encounter if appropriate; other ``pre-rolled random-ish events'' can be marked
+using a second (or third) color.
+
+\textbf{Room Numbers:}
+%
+The left-hand column is used to track the party's route through the dungeon;
+this is mostly useful \emph{after} the session when it comes to restocking.
+%
+I only make ``restock rolls'' for rooms the party \emph{saw empty}, not for all
+rooms that in fact \emph{are empty}.
+
+\textbf{Marching Order:}
+%
+The right-hand column has the party's \emph{marching order} including who
+carries what kind of \emph{light source} (L = lamp, T = torch, M = magic); I
+encourage single-file simply because it means fewer PCs falling into bottomless
+pits, but I am flexible if players \emph{insist} on walking next to each other
+(I just put a line next to ``pairs'' on the far right).
+
+\textbf{Random Notes:}
+%
+The middle column is for free-form notes of \emph{any} kind; I usually track
+hit points of monsters there, but also reminders of treasures found and other
+changes the party makes to the dungeon.
+%
+There is also a \emph{round tracker} but I only use it when I have to, for
+example because a monster they just killed will get up again or because a
+character only has a few rounds left to live.
+
+% use 270 if it's an odd page instead?
+\includepdf[angle=90]{vendor/session-form.pdf}