You graduated from DeSoto High School in DeSoto, Texas, in 1999. You’ve since gone on to a very successful life in your chosen field, as have your five closest friends from high school. Every year since graduation the six of you have gotten together for a reunion, despite college, jobs, moving across country, whatever.

This year, it’s Bobby Jinks’ turn to host the gathering. Jinks is a medical informatics scientist at Baylor Medical Center Data Systems in Dallas. He doesn’t spend a lot of time talking about the work he does, but apparently the job pays well. He has a house in Highland Park, a beautiful girlfriend (Lisa), two cars (a Prius and a Silverado) and he hosts a high stakes poker night once a month with hospital bigwigs.

For this year’s gathering, Jinks has invited everyone down to Hotel Zaza, about 30 minutes south of Love Field on Leonard Street.

Every campaign gets an Adventure Log, a blog for your adventures!

While the wiki is great for organizing your campaign world, it’s not the best way to chronicle your adventures. For that purpose, you need a blog!

The Adventure Log will allow you to chronologically order the happenings of your campaign. It serves as the record of what has passed. After each gaming session, come to the Adventure Log and write up what happened. In time, it will grow into a great story!

Best of all, each Adventure Log post is also a wiki page! You can link back and forth with your wiki, characters, and so forth as you wish.

One final tip: Before you jump in and try to write up the entire history for your campaign, take a deep breath. Rather than spending days writing and getting exhausted, I would suggest writing a quick “Story So Far” with only a summary. Then, get back to gaming! Grow your Adventure Log over time, rather than all at once.