We're starting Endless Night soon, and I still don't have all the noble houses straight in my head. How much have other people referenced them?
Anyone made a cheat sheet? A) What did you put on it? B) May I please have a copy?
Failing that, what are the types of points I need to remember about the different families? What did your players actually do in Zirnakaynin?
I would recommend the first and last page of each SD AP ;) as a starting point. There, you can find the names of the drow houses, their runes and the corresponding demonic patron. I'm not really sure you need more than that, and would leave out all but choice details taken from the Zirnakayin article. Your players will have LOTS of things to worry about; I doubt they will bother with learning the specifics of each and every drow noble family. Write down one or two points that are memorable about each house, and, if necessary, drop them as 'gossip' conversation the players can pick up. Other than that, I'm not quite sure what you'd need.
I would recommend the first and last page of each SD AP ;) as a starting point.
That what I had been doing, but I kept thinking, "Wait, which one is that again?"
Since I was flipping to the article a bunch to look them up anyway it seems like it wasn't doing it for me. I think I'll probably just print out a separate copy of the write-ups and keep it handy.
You could photo-copy/print out the inside front and back covers, then annotate them by hand (based upon the relevant information about the noble houses, etc.). Just write small! :)