Behold The GM's Binder!

Thought I'd share this over here, too. I finally got my GM's Binder put together. I had scans, pdf printouts, and notes over a ton of folders.



Here's the end result:







I imagine it'll contract or grow a bit depending on what setting/system I'm running, but here it is, ready for my Castles & Crusades Forgotten Realms game. It's running right around 274 pages total. Here's the Table of Contents:



Zack's GM's Binder Table of Contents



Cover Page



Character Creation/Getting Started

-Castles & Crusades Character Creation Guide (Homebrew)

-Forgotten Realms Random Class/Race Table (Homebrew)

-Forgotten Realms Approved Deity List (Homebrew)

-C&C Character Sheet Examples

-Additional Starting Item Table (Homebrew)

-Standard Adventuring Charter (Homebrew)

-Homebrew C&C Classes

-SIEGE Engine Notes (Homebrew)



Charts and Tables

-Character Background Pages & Tables (Epic Role Playing)

-Random Physical Features (Colin Chapman)

-Background Occupations (Adamant Entertainment)

-Exchange Rates/Gem Types (Judges Guild)

-100 Treasure Chest Stuffers (Top Fashion Games)

-100 Marketplace Goods (Top Fashion Games)

-Libraries (Dragon Magazine #37)

-Hireling Traits/Generation (somewhere online)

-Drunken Debauchery (Colin Chapman)

-Random Dog Table (Swordfish Islands)

-Ship Names (Jon Brazer Enterprises)

-Adventure Generators (New Big Dragon Games)

-Quick Treasure Hoard Generation (New Big Dragon Games)

-Gems and Jewelry (New Big Dragon Games)

-Gems and Valuables (Hackmaster 4e)

-Magic Item Reference Sheet (Zenopus)

-Mundane Items Table (somewhere online)

-100 Whispered Insults About The Adventurers (Top Fashion Games)

-Treasure Map Destinations (Jeff Rients/Miscellaneum of Cinder)



Monsters & Encounters

-Random Encounter Charts for C&C (Homebrew)

-Excerpts from Appendix C: Monster Encounters (AD&D 1e)

-Monster Mutations (Jeff Rients/Miscellaneum of Cinder)

-Forgotten Realms Regional/Location Encounter Tables (Based on the lists from Realms 3e)

-One Hit Point Monsters (Zenopus)

-Orc Encounters (Troll Lord Games)

-100 Exciting 1st Level Encounters (James Mishler)



Equipment & Arms

-Magic Items, I-VI (New Big Dragon Games)

-Miscellaneous Treasures (Kellri's CDD #4)

-Additional Items (Homebrew)



Forgotten Realms (Note: New Section)

-Maps and Annotations of the Savage Frontier/Moonshae Isles/Sword Coast (Various)

-Forgotten Realms Trade Map (Wizards of the Coast)

-Forgotten Realms Calendar, Holidays, and Notes (Fan-created/kismetrose.com)



Worldbuilding

-Bars, Bartenders, Gamers, and Wagers (Hackmaster 4e)

-The Development of Towns in D&D (Best of Dragon, Vol. I)

-Settlements & Inhabitation by Population Density (New Big Dragon Games)

-Generating Towns and Cities (Expeditious Retreat Press)

-Settling Down (Dark Dungeons)

-War! (Dark Dungeons)

-Construction Costs and Time Required (Judges Guild)

-Assorted Ready Reference Sheets (Judges Guild)

-Trade Goods (Silk Road, Expeditious Retreat Press)



Travel

-Travel distance in the Forgotten Realms (Various)

-Travel tables and references (Hackmaster 4e)

-Weather Conditions/Events (New Big Dragon Games)

-Off-Course Determination (New Big Dragon Games)

-Hunting/Foraging (New Big Dragon Games)

-On The Road (Kellri's CDD #4)

-Living Off The Land (Kellri's CDD #4)



Names

-Sobriquets (Dungeon Crawl Classics)

-Names of Middle-Earth (Colin Chapman)

-Holmesian Random Names (Zenopus)



Plots and Rumors

-The Big List of RPG Plots (S. John Ross)

-Rumor lists from old modules (TSR)



Random Matters and Appendices

-Movements and Encumbrance (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)

-"The Campaign" (from AD&D 1e Dungeon Master's Guide)

-Appendix T: Titles (Dungeon Crawl Classics)

-Giant Rolemaster Herbs List (somewhere online long ago)

-Tavern Menus (Small Niche Games)

-Writing Notes

-Middle Isles Map and bits from Majestic Wilderlands (Rob Conley)



Additional References and Inspiration

-Various blogs, forums, links, and online references

-Appendix N





It's nice to finally have everything back in one binder. I don't even want to guess how many ink cartridges I went through.



Now to put one together for my next Supers game...



Does anyone else have a GM's Binder they use, and a table of contents to go along with it?

Behold The GM's Binder!