How do you keep track?

I just realized that, in addition to a couple of primary plot lines, our game currently has more than a dozen separate threads (diverging story lines) all happening at the same time!

The question becomes: How do you keep track? Of your own character(s)? Of the ones you're interacting with? Of what's going on around you that will affect your play down the road? Fort River isn't the largest of cities, but there's an awful lot going on especially behind the scenes. What happens in a small dark basement in Sector 5 can affect everyone's lives throughout the city.

Some players keep their own private game journals, noting down post #s of pivotal events so they can refer back to them later.

Some players keep & refer to the story-digests as they're published. (Problem there is, I'm responsible for the digests & they're usually several game-weeks behind current action.)

Some depend on our "game historians." We have at least 2 players who are so focused on the details (or just have really, really good memories) that we can use them like librarians when we're trying to keep storylines straight.

Others (like me) just wing it. I mean, let's face it--we have more than 5,000 separate posts after almost 18 months of gaming! That's a lot of details, a lot of story. So if you can stay focused in the moment, and just read all the posts as they hit the game, you can usually be pretty accurate about what's happening.

And, hey, if one of us goofs & gets something wrong? There's usually another player or 2 quite willing to let us know immediately. :)

Whatever works for you! -Chyna

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