Ironsworn: Starforged session notation sigils
The sigils cover a variety of technical terms/concepts in Ironsworn: Starforged, that I found I use commonly in my journaling of this game (for a visual explanation, see an image below). Notably, this includes:
- mechanical stuff:
- roll results (e.g. Strong Hit; Miss with a Match)
- character stats (e.g. Edge, Heart, Iron)
- condition meters (e.g. Momentum, Health, Spirit)
- some notable moves (e.g. Swear an Iron Vow; progress-related; expedition-related)
- some other commonly encountered and noteworthy mechanical stuff (e.g. Momentum reset; a progress move of any kind).
- world stuff:
- space encounters - especially the notable ones, that I would want to mark on a map (Planets; Settlements; Derelicts; Stars)
- notable actors (NPCs) I interact with (Persons; Factions)
An annotated list of the sigils, in a graphical form:
The whole idea was inspired by someone’s post
on the Ironsworn discord
(unfortunately I no longer remember whose).
Big thanks to the person who shared that idea!
(If you’re that person, or know who that was
and can send me a link to prove it,
I’d be super grateful and happy to update this post!
The best way to reach me is probably on mastodon
as @akavel@merveilles.town,
or on Ironsworn discord as @akavel.
I’m also happy to add links to other such systems
if anyone of you knows some!)
As an extra, here are various drafts and in-progress sketches and notes I made while designing and testing the sigils:
And below you can see some examples of using them in actual gameplay notes:
(By the way - should you be curious about the progress track in the last image, it’s my other creation: Starforged Vows stamp.)