Since I wrote this, I guess this pretty much sums up what I do:

https://opensource.com/article/17/6/open-source-gaming

I also have a "DM Notes" notebook, and I have recorded the audio of about 99% of the sessions I've DM'd f2f.
 

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Brock Savage wrote:

What tools do you use for campaign management?  I'd love to hear everyone's tips and tricks
 
At the time of writing my "DM Bible", hacks, adventures, notes, pdf documents, and damn near everything else is organized in Microsoft OneNote. My hundreds of OSR docs are stored in Google Drive.
 
When I run a game I use 3x5 cards, 3-ring binders, and ye olde pen & paper along with hardcopy rule books and miniatures. My girlfriend and I are tactile gamers and don’t use electronic media at the table (it just doesn't work for me, for the same reasons I prefer tabletop games to Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds).
 
I recently bought the World's Greatest Screen and it's decent. You might get sticker shock at the price but I find value in its long-term utility and flexibility.  I'm also too lazy to kludge something together myself. 
 
When I need to share a document with players, I use Google Docs.
 
Right now I handle downtime, adventure seeds, post-game wrap-up and announcements through email but I'm looking for something better. Obsidian Portal looks okay but I am open to suggestions.

I use a product called Campaign Logger to record various campaign items, places, and NPC's and how they interact with each other. 

I use the ref sheets from the free resources.

During a game I record some notes, forget to record most, then wait too long to write them down during the week then several days before the next game I ask my oldest daughter what happened.....

Morgan
 

mabon5127 wrote:

 then several days before the next game I ask my oldest daughter what happened.....

 

YEP!!

Just an FYI, I have been tracking our campaign logs in Obsidian Portal for a while, like it a lot, and got them to add AS&SH to their game filter system, so you can actually select it now as the game system you're playing, and they now link to the hyperborea.tv website too if you click on the image in the campaign front page section