Thought-Records was the internet's first weblog devoted to Nobilis. A weblog is a website frequently updated with dated entries. Thought-Records contains both campaign-specific and general interest posts, frivolous items and - we hope - items of substance. The site is organized to allow you your choice of approaches to it:
Blog view - get the whole stream of activity in weblog form; that is, in the order in which it was published. This is the "raw" version of Thought-Records.
Traditional Website View - If blogs are not your thing, or not your thing yet, this portal is for you. It's a site index page that mimics the organization of traditional websites. It contains a link to each category archive, plus item-specific links to the five most recent articles in that category. Topping it all off is a list of the five most recent items in all categories.
Campaign-Free Blog View - Some people like gaming blogs, but hate reading about other people's campaigns. If you follow the campaign-free view, you'll avoid the "What happened last Wednesday" posts. You may also miss "This is the cool thing we've decided to do with anchors" posts that you'd otherwise enjoy.
If you normally read the campaign-free view but want to dip into campaign-specific stuff, you can click the appropriate category archives in the sidebar. The monthly archives mix campaign and non-campaign items in date order. There are no campaign-free monthly archives.
If you're new to Thought-Records, and new to weblogs, you might want to start with trad view and start following the blog version once you've found everything of interest in the categories that appeal to you. Or you may want to stick with trad view forever. The trad site index dynamically updates as new content is added, so even if you stay trad, you're covered, particularly if you check in frequently. We recommend blog view for
o Players in our campaign
o People who like weblogs
o People who want to make sure they don't miss anything.
Some items may appear only in blog view, because of the way our Categories system works. Those will be throwaway items. But they may also be kind of fun.
To see old items in blog form, click the appropriate Monthly Archive in the sidebar.
Thought-Records is a fan site aimed to enhance Nobilis purchasers' enjoyment of the game. Nothing in this site is intended to challenge the copyrights and trademarks of the owners of Nobilis. All Thought-Records articles are copyright by individual author.
Nobilis is a roleplaying game of hidden reality, designed by R. Sean Borgstrom, edited by Bruce Baugh and published by Guardians of Order. Player-characters take on the role of what we might call "replacement gods." Each Noble cares for and embodys an element of reality - e.g. Night, Forests, Roads, Music - while the Greater Powers of Creation deal with an invasion from...beyond. Antecedents include Neil Gaiman's Sandman, Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light and Creatures of Light and Darkness and Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality, among many others.
Nobilis is a beautiful book and a beautifully-functioning game.
