For an even SMALLER adventure.
1: one piece of graph paper
2: Fold in half, bringing the long edges together
3: Fold in half again, bringing the short edges together
4: Fold the top layer in half, back to the "spine"
5: Repeat for the bottom layer
6: Counting the front and back pages, you now have a six page booklet
And when it's full, unfold it to step one, reversing the first fold and continue as instructed. There upon you may continue the adventure, or begin anew.
One of the interesting aspects of the A# paper sizes is that when folded in half along the long edge, they retain exactly the same aspect ratio of width to height while exactly halving their surface area. The # in A# is the number of times the virtual page has been folded from A0 (poster size, exactly 1 square meter). So A4 is 4 folds away from A0.
ReplyDeleteStephan Beal Cool! I had been thinking of looking up the whole A# page size thing since I started doing these a few days ago. But you have saved me the trouble. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteIt's all on Wikipedia in greater detail, including the exact aspect ratio.
ReplyDeleteThe difference with US sizes is that they change shape (aspect ratio) when folded, whereas DIN sizes don't.
ReplyDeleteDon't listen to them, it's sorcery! :-)
ReplyDeleteWhy no pocketmod?
ReplyDeleteFabian Khalil This idea was originally inspired by Lunar Gin. I like his idea, and execution, but I just don't have the time right now to do it properly. Thus inspired, I decided to do it my way, and share it with Lunar Gin and others. I can't speak for Lunar Gin, but I find that this idea is absolutely inspired by the pocketmod design. My problem with the pocketmod is that the cutting and extra folding always looks messy when I do it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, as you can see on his post, the idea here is not so much for just a character sheet, but for complete solo adventure booklets. slip it in your pocket and your good to go. Personally, I plan to do a character sheet on the front page.
plus.google.com - The Template I tried to make it as simple as possible. Don't hesitate to ask
Indeed, a pocketmod out of standard paper without glue and cutting-tools looks a bit sloppy...
ReplyDeleteIf you staple the spine and cut the folds, you get more pages
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