I’m spotting a pattern with my purchases recently. Not in what I am purchasing but in being totally unprepared for how much bigger than I thought they were.

The most recent such example of this was a new dice bag I bought to store all the dice, tokens, and life counters that may or may not be needed whilst playing MtG.

I wasn’t expecting such a large dice bag. It’s nearly as big as a football! It could be a hat or wouldn’t look out of place hanging in the end of stick used by a hobo.

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It’s way too big for using at store tournaments or when table space is at a premium. But damn it’s great having everything in one convenient place.

As you can see in the photos above I have a few spin down counters. That’s despite giving some to Gavin. The 16mm white d6 will grow in number soon. I have 120 in the post somewhere.

But enough of this, let’s get on with the hashtag.

Memory is something I’m going have to make good use of in the coming weeks. In particular when it comes to remembering where we were in our campaign.

Luckily I won’t have to rely solely on my failing memory. I have some great ramblings on here in my session planning and post mortem posts. Which I will be revisiting to refresh my memory. I have notes in the GoodNotes app on my iPad that I can also go back to.

I also have burnt into my memory the over arching story arc, and a couple of future plot points that could be hit.

As a DM I’m grateful now after such a long hiatus that I built into my routine note taking and recording my thoughts for the campaign. But even without a global event enforcing a long break, what I did in writing the posts here, or making notes in GoodNotes is good practice. I then have something to refer back to in between sessions to aid my memory and future planning.