How I use Obsidian to prepare for and run my DnD games
Channel: Paul Jacobson
Date: 2021-02-05

After exploring Notion and Dynalist for my game preparation for Dungeons and Dragons games, I have settled on my favourite notetaking app, Obsidian, as my preferred tool. There are other amazing tools for sure. This is the one that best fits how I like to prepare my games, and I thought I'd share that in this video.

If you'd like to watch how to use Notion for D&D game preparation, the best demonstration I have come across is this one by Mike Shea, also known as Sly Flourish: https://youtu.be/8AfbMNAsyr4

I am working on refining my game preparation using the approach encapsulated in Mike Shea's book, The Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master: https://slyflourish.com/returnofthelazydm/

You'll see elements of that in my Obsidian notes, although I rarely achieve the levels of simplicity that Shea advocates. This is very much a work in progress.

For more information about each of these apps, take a look here:

- Obsidian: https://obsidian.md
- Dynalist: https://dynalist.io
- Notion: https://notion.so

You can find me here:

- https://pauljacobson.me
- @pauljacobson on Twitter