Instructions: Starforged Notebook

This is not an official Ironsworn: Starforged product.

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This file contains an unofficial booklet to use with Ironsworn: Starforged.
There are four (4) files contained within the zip, along with this INSTRUCTIONS.pdf.

Starforged_Notebook_SPREADS.pdf
Starforged_Notebook_PAGES.pdf
Starforged_Notebook_COVER.pdf
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PAGES.PDF
This file contains the booklet as single-pages. They are still half-pages (5.5x8.5).
If you were sending anything to a print-on-demand service, it would probably be this file.

SPREADS.PDF
In this file, each page is 2 pages of the booklet. It is designed to be printed on both sides
of landscaped 8.5 X 11” paper. Then folded. Thus, a single-sheet will create 4-pages.

This file is imposed which means the pages are not arranged sequentially. It is ordered
so that when all the pages are printed, folded and nested correctly, the final booklet will be
paged sequentially (see Notebook Binding). This allows a single point to staple (or 3 in
the case) to keep the entire booklet of 40 pages together, while only printing on 10 sheets
of paper.

COVER.PDF
This file is optional. Both the PAGES and SPREADS file contain a cover, however this
file contains some extra bits to jazz up your booklet if you desire. There are a number of
stock images (mainly taken from game-icon.net) that you can add to your cover to
distinguish different campaigns. Make sure to show Layers to access them.

See the Notebook Cover Instructions page for more details.

OPTIONS
Both the SPREADS and the PAGES file Prologue (p11)
have the following options. Show Layers This page defaults to the title Prologue
to see them: contained in a block of its own with more
spaced out lines. You can remove this block
Cover Page and/or the text to create either a page
The cover page allows you to add/remove identical to the rest, with or without the
the following text: Prologue title.

Campaign Notebook Epilogue (p36)

Logbook Like the Prologue, the Epilogue allows you
Book __ of __ to replaced the title with a Continued if
you're moving to a new booklet or have no
By default Campaign Notebook is on. title at all. The default is the Epilogue title.

This work is based on Ironsworn (found at www.ironswornrpg.com), created by Shawn Tomkin, and licensed for our use
under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
 Instructions: Starforged Notebook Cover

Still not an official Ironsworn: Starforged product.

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The Cover file contains more options than found in the PAGES or SPREADS file. Select Visibility Layers
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OPTIONS
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BLOCKS: This is the main elements of block and lines on cover. The Sector Map and
Key on the back. There are two other blocks that work in conjunction with
the ICONS, to help fade or erase the hexagon background.

TEXT: Same options found in the other files. Change Campaign Notebook
to Logbook; add a Book __ of __ or have nothing.

GUIDE: Three lines to help with staple placement.

ICON: This is real meat of the cover. There are 12 icons and their inverted twin,
giving you 24 possible elements to print out for your cover. Create different
notebooks and give each campaign its own style.

LINE: A solid line to outline the ICON block.

Be sure to
LEFT: Elements of the left-facing page. This is for the inside pages of the cover, as
the changes are for the entire page. See below. hide unwanted
RIGHT: Elements of the right-facing page. This is for the inside pages of the cover, layers or
as the changes are for the entire page. See below.
printing will
Inside Cover Options be messy
The inside cover of the notebook defaults to what is used in the other files. The cover
has the Stats page and rear cover inside is the Location Data for the Sector Map on
the back. However, you have the following options as well for each page:
assets: This will display a page of 4, blank assets cards where you can record
your character’s draws.

character: The character sheet blocks.

lined: This will create a simple, lined page similar to the rest of the notebook.

location data: Creates the Location Data blocks

stats: Your character’s stat

Try printing the cover on lightly colored cardstock. Using lightly colored papers can
really make a difference, as well as make different notebooks for different campaigns
really stand out.
This work is based on Ironsworn (found at www.ironswornrpg.com), created by Shawn Tomkin, and licensed for our use
under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
 Instructions: Starforged Notebook Binding
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Fold

Apply staples to the center of the booklet. If you don’t have a long-reach stapler, it This step is utterly optional.
3a Staple from the outside in, so that the 3b is possible to curl one half of the booklet 4 This project is designed to
folded staples are in the middle of the so it fits under the regular stapler. This be somewhat disposable,
booklet and not facing outward. There does create a bit of a crease in the curled so this is truly unnecessary.
are 3, light-grey staple guides on the pages, but this can often be somewhat
cover. smoothed out. If you have access to a paper
trimmer, slicing off the excess
paper from the edge will give the
notebook a more professional
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Be aware that a cover printed on cardstock will

have a more pronounced crease. The best option
is to leave the cover off and staple the booklet.