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Hey just a question for the folks with a lot of Pathfinder books. How do you sort them?
I am a bit OCD about my books and have them sorted by product line and date of publication. The changes in logos and spine printings bother me when I look at them in this fashion. Also I have a hard time with the companions being so thin.
Does anyone sort their books in a different manner?
By color.
Sort? what is this sort you speak of? It sounds like heresy.
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This question speaks to me on more levels than I care to admit. My schema is as follows:
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First by edition (3.5 Pathfinder followed by PFRPG Pathfinder products)
Then by binding strength (Hardcover, then Softcover, then Staple-bound), which results in all the Core books being shelved first among the PFRPG titles.
Then alphabetically by product line title (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Campaign Setting, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Modules, etc.)
Then numerically by adventure number (for the books that have them, like the Adventure Path)
Then alphabetically by item title (Academy of Secrets, Hollow's Last Hope, Tomb of the Iron Medusa, etc.)
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It may seem unduly complex, but the system helps me find whatever I need in just a few seconds since I know almost immediately where to look.
Hope this gives you some ideas!
I divide them up base on themes rather than product lines. I've got a bunch of magazine holders which each contain 2 APs plus the map folios. I've got one full of "monster stuff" (bestiaries plus revisited books and the lords of darkness books) one with mythic stuff, one for 'secrets of Golarion' and another for nation books (both campaign setting and player guides). I've also got a bunch of player guides sorted into two groups - those I think my group might be interested in and a second batch I think they wont.
Map packs are kept in A5 folders so I can flip through them easily at the table (also themed with 5 similar packs per folder), Flip mats in three art folios (dungeon/outdoor/urban). I store pawns in a couple of big lever arch folders filled with business card holders.
I divide them up base on themes rather than product lines. I've got a bunch of magazine holders which each contain 2 APs plus the map folios. I've got one full of "monster stuff" (bestiaries plus revisited books and the lords of darkness books) one with mythic stuff, one for 'secrets of Golarion' and another for nation books (both campaign setting and player guides). I've also got a bunch of player guides sorted into two groups - those I think my group might be interested in and a second batch I think they wont.
Map packs are kept in A5 folders so I can flip through them easily at the table (also themed with 5 similar packs per folder), Flip mats in three art folios (dungeon/outdoor/urban). I store pawns in a couple of big lever arch folders filled with business card holders.
I really like the idea of doing it by theme; it must be very handy for running an AP when all the books, player's companions, and additional materials are all in one place.
James May, I think this also goes to show just how much the kind of storage you're using impacts your organization.
As for flip-mats, I have them all in a 3" binder, tucked into transparent sheet protectors.
Grouped by publisher.
Paizo books sorted by line (player companion, campaign setting, roleplaying game) then release date. Companions and campaign settings are not in any real order. Adventure paths have their respective peripheral materials next to them. Pawns go in their boxes with dividers sorting them by size then number. Beginner box material is within the box with unsorted pawns.
Third party material is sorted by publisher then by GM or player use. No real order beyond that. PDFs sorted by GM or Player use and then into folders based on what kind of product.
The shelf is sorted by system type (D20, GURPS, variable, freeform, etc). Within those sections, it is sorted by subject and then by system. The rolling cart I take to game days, however, is always a single system. The cart contains three levels containing hard back books, supplements, and scenarios, in descending order. Although, I will soon be forced to add another layer for scenarios. I like to bring everything that I have previously prepped with me to game days, as there is frequent need for a pick-up table in addition to the regularly scheduled tables. Both shelf and cart are sorted alphabetically or numerically, depending on the specifics of the section (rules supplements vs scenarios).
By the amount of damage they do to recalcitrant players, which puts the core rule book at the end.
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Rules hardcovers on one shelf, CRB followed by APG/ARG/ACG, Ultimates, Bestiaries, NPC Codex, GMG. RotRL Deluxe Edition, Wayfinder hardcopies, and Gygax magazines also on this shelf.
Golarion stuff on another shelf. Campaign Setting, ISWG, then Campaign Setting and Player Companion books (and their predecessor lines all the way back to Guide to Darkmoon Vale and Guide to Korvosa) intermingled by topic. Modules on this shelf, too. Early modules by J1-4, LB1-2, etc. by code. Later modules by level, except for series like the Crypt of the Everflame series.
APs on a third shelf, with AP Chapters 1-6, Player Guide, and Map Folio.
Fourth shelf is 3PP.
A different bookcase is bound PFS scenarios.
I have a filing cabinet for flipmats and 5x8 index card boxes for map packs. This filing cabinet is inside a closet. Also in this closet are rolled hand-drawn maps that I have made for various PFS scenarios and APs. Once I finish an AP, I roll all the maps together so if I ever run it again, or a friend runs it, I have the maps.
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By system. Within the system core rulebooks are kept separate. Then within that I separate out into themes and regions. I work from west to east on the map of Golarion and put everything together including APs, player companions and campaign setting books and modules. And its also organised like that with my PDFs.