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<blockquote data-quote="pogre" data-source="post: 933077" data-attributes="member: 6588"><p>Yes and no. The miniatures are always on the table to at least show the party order, or if they're split-up to reflect that.</p><p></p><p>The trouble with having figures out for combat only is it tips the player and funnels the action - I hate a visual clue telling the players 'oh ho, we're to fight here!' Unless an encounter is very clearly non-combat I have the players roll up initiative as well. Is this going to be a pleasant parley or a fight? should be a result of players' decisions and NPC reactions.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The latter for the most part. It goes very quickly - we have all of the mastermaze in drawers and organized by type. I retrieve pieces and describe the room as I hand them to my players to arrange. I make any necessary last second adjustments and place the figures. I own about 20 sets of mastermaze, so we can put almost anything on the table.</p><p></p><p>One other thing I do is build pre-made rooms out of <a href="http://www.hirstarts.com/" target="_blank">Hirst Arts Blocks</a> and my own custom pieces. The tomb is an example of this. My brother constructs most of the outdoor buildings and I paint them.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Currently, in game. I'm contemplating changing that, as sometimes I wish I had a shot of something, but did not take it. The other thing is, while setting up terrain and miniatures does not really cost any extra time, taking pictures does.</p><p></p><p>One of the things that got me into this was Wulf Ratbane's story. Ben Durbin is a friend of mine and he ran a site called <a href="http://www.batreps.com/" target="_blank">Batreps</a>. It's nothing but 40K battle reports with lots of pictures. So I guess you could say Wulf is responsible for the format of the story as being kind of like battle reports. I wish I could write as well as him, but at least I can out paint him <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Although with <a href="http://www.badaxegames.com/" target="_blank">Badaxe Games I doubt he touches a brush these days!</a> </p><p></p><p>Back to the paint bench for our adventure tomorrow! Thanks for the comments and questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pogre, post: 933077, member: 6588"] Yes and no. The miniatures are always on the table to at least show the party order, or if they're split-up to reflect that. The trouble with having figures out for combat only is it tips the player and funnels the action - I hate a visual clue telling the players 'oh ho, we're to fight here!' Unless an encounter is very clearly non-combat I have the players roll up initiative as well. Is this going to be a pleasant parley or a fight? should be a result of players' decisions and NPC reactions. The latter for the most part. It goes very quickly - we have all of the mastermaze in drawers and organized by type. I retrieve pieces and describe the room as I hand them to my players to arrange. I make any necessary last second adjustments and place the figures. I own about 20 sets of mastermaze, so we can put almost anything on the table. One other thing I do is build pre-made rooms out of [URL=http://www.hirstarts.com/]Hirst Arts Blocks[/URL] and my own custom pieces. The tomb is an example of this. My brother constructs most of the outdoor buildings and I paint them. Currently, in game. I'm contemplating changing that, as sometimes I wish I had a shot of something, but did not take it. The other thing is, while setting up terrain and miniatures does not really cost any extra time, taking pictures does. One of the things that got me into this was Wulf Ratbane's story. Ben Durbin is a friend of mine and he ran a site called [URL=http://www.batreps.com/]Batreps[/URL]. It's nothing but 40K battle reports with lots of pictures. So I guess you could say Wulf is responsible for the format of the story as being kind of like battle reports. I wish I could write as well as him, but at least I can out paint him ;) Although with [URL=http://www.badaxegames.com/]Badaxe Games I doubt he touches a brush these days![/URL] Back to the paint bench for our adventure tomorrow! Thanks for the comments and questions. [/QUOTE]
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