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<blockquote data-quote="jbear" data-source="post: 5383367" data-attributes="member: 75065">Yeah, definitely. How I do it is completely based on description and imagination up until the moment an encounter that requires a battle map begins. I usually have these prepared beforehand and its just a question of taking out the relevant one. I print off to scale grid marked a4 paper and then cut and glue sheets together to make the proper size. I then draw the area with marker pens. The detail and care taken depend on the time i have free.I also have a number of 'dungeon tiles' that came with a game called descent. It was expensive (around 100 euros I think) but it also came with loads ana loads of fantastic plastic minis and neat little tokens that I use to mark conditions. I use these tiles when I have to quickly build an encounter that has ocurred that I wasn' t prepared for. If they aren't suitable (the encounter is in a forest for example) I use my big blank grid map and build the detail with play dough or plastecine.I think deciding to begin with Essentials is a good idea. If I understand correctly in January a book is coming out that rereleases most of the PHB core classes and forms a bridge between Essentials and Core 4e. That may be what you are looking for insofaras expanding options. January isn't far away and I'm sure that with either of the Heroes of the... books you have plenty to start a cool game with. We just had our first child/parent game this weekend. I tailormade the characters based on what I have seen in the Essentials previews and we all had a blast. So here's wishing you many enjoyable moments shared with your son!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jbear, post: 5383367, member: 75065"] Yeah, definitely. How I do it is completely based on description and imagination up until the moment an encounter that requires a battle map begins. I usually have these prepared beforehand and its just a question of taking out the relevant one. I print off to scale grid marked a4 paper and then cut and glue sheets together to make the proper size. I then draw the area with marker pens. The detail and care taken depend on the time i have free. I also have a number of 'dungeon tiles' that came with a game called descent. It was expensive (around 100 euros I think) but it also came with loads ana loads of fantastic plastic minis and neat little tokens that I use to mark conditions. I use these tiles when I have to quickly build an encounter that has ocurred that I wasn' t prepared for. If they aren't suitable (the encounter is in a forest for example) I use my big blank grid map and build the detail with play dough or plastecine. I think deciding to begin with Essentials is a good idea. If I understand correctly in January a book is coming out that rereleases most of the PHB core classes and forms a bridge between Essentials and Core 4e. That may be what you are looking for insofaras expanding options. January isn't far away and I'm sure that with either of the Heroes of the... books you have plenty to start a cool game with. We just had our first child/parent game this weekend. I tailormade the characters based on what I have seen in the Essentials previews and we all had a blast. So here's wishing you many enjoyable moments shared with your son! [/QUOTE]

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