Looking for some sort of note-taking online tool that allows sharing, and is easy to scroll through notes (notes being a convenient metaphor for NPCs, gangs, locations, and things of that sort)
Facebook group certainly isn’t it, evernote isn’t it, google docs isn’t really it. Ironically enough, I’ve not looked at doing a google group. Trello looks like a definite maybe.
Anyone have a good go-to for this?
I was going to suggest Trello before I even finished reading your whole post.
You could set up Lists for locations, PCs, NPCs, Factions, and crosslink everything by attaching Cards to each other. Throw an image on as an attachment so you can put “cover art” on things that merit it, link to character sheets, hell keep a List of Scores and make a Card for each job as it’s being planned, then mark it with a “done” label and slide it down to the bottom of the List.
I’ve never heard of Trello before but it looks great. An easy way to keep everyone in the loop with factions, scores, etc. Can you have “hidden” boards for GM-only stuff?
You can make another board, which only you’re a member of (and therefore, only you can see), and then move cards over to the public board when they’re revealed in game.
Microsoft OneNote or Scrivener
I have a campaign wiki at pbworks.com – Capture knowledge, share files, and manage projects within a secure, reliable environment | PBworks – Online Team Collaboration Software for posting stuff like NPCs met, game world background, current XP earned, etc. I don’t use it during play but it provides a handy off-line resource for everyone.
Have you heard of Padlet? We’ve used it in a couple of games as a big whiteboard.
Dave Walker I’m using OneNote at the moment, works pretty well. I love Scrivener but I’ve never used to it track an RPG campaign before though…
Josh McGraw was wondering how to use the trello in action. Could you post up some screenshots to show how you use it in context?