I'm trying to weave player backstories into my campaign — and to each other if possible to further engage them in the action and storyline. Are there helpful tools or techniques for doing this other than some word processor notes? It kind of makes it hard to visualize the relationships between things/people/events. I almost envision one of those "string diagrams" tropes in TV police investigations. Thoughts appreciated. TIA!
Pen and paper works to :-) When you are satisfied, create a chart in your favorite program :-)
Vampire the Masquerade's city-sourcebooks had very nice relationship maps of all the different factions of the city (for instance Chicago by night). They worked really well. One of the "tricks" is to not try to create ONE very big map, but rather more and smaller (and rather have a person appear in more of them). That makes the different maps to make "sense".
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I'm trying to weave player backstories into my campaign — and to each other if possible to further engage them in the action and storyline. Are there helpful tools or techniques for doing this other than some word processor notes? It kind of makes it hard to visualize the relationships between things/people/events. I almost envision one of those "string diagrams" tropes in TV police investigations. Thoughts appreciated. TIA!
Check out the category of tools known as "mind maps". I haven't found the right one for me, but I'm looking for one.
Have a look at CMap tools (https://cmap.ihmc.us/) it's similar to mind mapping but more for concepts and relationships. It's also free.
Pen and paper works to :-) When you are satisfied, create a chart in your favorite program :-)
Vampire the Masquerade's city-sourcebooks had very nice relationship maps of all the different factions of the city (for instance Chicago by night). They worked really well. One of the "tricks" is to not try to create ONE very big map, but rather more and smaller (and rather have a person appear in more of them). That makes the different maps to make "sense".
Ludo ergo sum!