diff --git a/docs/print/STANDING_ORDER.pdf b/docs/print/STANDING_ORDER.pdf
index 2f73bf5..19f1c54 100644
Binary files a/docs/print/STANDING_ORDER.pdf and b/docs/print/STANDING_ORDER.pdf differ
diff --git a/tools/make-pdf.mjs b/tools/make-pdf.mjs
index 1aaf17c..61193e4 100644
--- a/tools/make-pdf.mjs
+++ b/tools/make-pdf.mjs
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
  * headless print is a real renderer with real page rules, so that is the engine.
  *
  *   node tools/make-pdf.mjs docs/scenarios/STANDING_ORDER.md [--out <path.pdf>] [--keep-html]
+ *
+ * --compact drops the page break before each section. A scenario wants one section per page,
+ * because a GM turns to a section and reads it; a two-page update note does not, and giving
+ * it one printed eight pages with a paragraph on each.
  */
 import { readFileSync, readdirSync, writeFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync } from "node:fs";
 import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
@@ -22,6 +26,7 @@ const ROOT = path.resolve(path.dirname(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname.replace
 const argv = process.argv.slice(2);
 const SRC = argv.find(a => !a.startsWith("--"));
 if (!SRC) { console.error("usage: node tools/make-pdf.mjs <scenario.md> [--out file.pdf]"); process.exit(1); }
+const COMPACT = argv.includes("--compact");
 const outArg = argv.indexOf("--out");
 const OUT = path.resolve(ROOT, outArg > -1 ? argv[outArg + 1]
   : path.join("docs", "print", path.basename(SRC).replace(/\.md$/, ".pdf")));
@@ -147,8 +152,9 @@ body { margin: 0; line-height: 1.45; }
 h1, h2, h3, h4 { font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; }
 h1 { display: none; }                      /* the cover carries the title */
 h2 { font-size: 15pt; letter-spacing: .04em; text-transform: uppercase;
-     border-bottom: 2pt solid #7a1f1f; padding-bottom: 2mm; margin: 0 0 4mm;
-     break-before: page; break-after: avoid; }
+     border-bottom: 2pt solid #7a1f1f; padding-bottom: 2mm; margin: ${COMPACT ? "7mm 0 4mm" : "0 0 4mm"};
+     ${COMPACT ? "" : "break-before: page;"} break-after: avoid; }
+h2:first-of-type { margin-top: 0; }
 h3 { font-size: 12pt; margin: 6mm 0 2mm; break-after: avoid; }
 h4 { font-size: 10.5pt; margin: 4mm 0 1mm; break-after: avoid; }
 p { margin: 0 0 2.4mm; orphans: 3; widows: 3; }