I have just started playing the game and I'm only a few minutes into it. I can't get the journal to come up for some reason... I've tried moving the mouse to the left corner of the screen, hitting the "j" key as well as keys 1 thru 6 and nothing....
maybe I have to play further in to get a journal? it would be nice to see some info on all the stuff I am picking up in the game
Otherwise lots of fun old school rpg'ing!

Yes, you have to go a bit further to get the journal. Not too far though.

Awesome thks for the info!