A DM’s most precious item is their notebook. All their ideas, quests, and encounters are all in their trusty notebooks. My DM has themed books for what he’s running. I’ve gone to the dollar store and found Star Wars books for all our different games we’ve run through the year but his most favourite book is his Strahd notebook. A huge tome with his notes for the module, some changes he has made (or that we forced him to make because we like to run away from the story), and his quick references so he doesn’t have to go through the module book.

We got his book from Chapters/Indigo (the Barnes and Noble of Canada) for around $30* and it has been the gift that keeps on giving. On the higher priced side for notebooks, this one has 240 pages which gives enough room for everything a DM could ever want!



You don’t have to go crazy for the amount of money to spend on one notebook (I am a fiend for these things so I don’t mind that price) but a well made, decent sized notebook will provide a great notebook for your next adventure for the new year!





Themed Dice:

You can never have enough dice and whether you’re a player or a DM a good set of dice is necessary to save yourself or have something amazing happen to your characters. In our group, our DM’s dice is too good. He has a thing for theme so blood red dice for Strahd not only creates a great atmosphere to the table but also has been a good luck charm for our DM. Getting a new set of dice for your Dm is a nice gesture (and if you happen to curse it slightly for your benefit… who will know??!)