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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 2506536" data-attributes="member: 20741"><p>Something kind of odd has happened in our game session lately which is on point.</p><p></p><p>As you may recall, I'm the guy who posted the Digital Projection pics on the "Coolest. Gaming Setup. Evar." thread.</p><p></p><p>For a number of reasons, I've been running my games at home instead of our usual location for the past four sessions (five including tonight). The first four I ran at home I ran on my backyard patio. Nice chairs, umbrella, BBQ, moonlights. It was nice for a change - but no projector.</p><p></p><p>I noticed - the past two sessions in particular which were dungeon crawls -that the game had really bogged down. Drawing out the dungeon on the battlemat was the chief suspect.</p><p></p><p>Tonight - we moved the game back indoors and used the projector.</p><p></p><p>It was night and day. There was no comparison in terms of speed. We got through our combats *twice* as fast - easily. Exploration was MASSIVELY faster.</p><p></p><p>Anyways - moral of the story: pre-drawn areas on your tabletop are night and day faster. Whether that's through tact-tiles or , better still, a projector - pre-drawn is the only way to fly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 2506536, member: 20741"] Something kind of odd has happened in our game session lately which is on point. As you may recall, I'm the guy who posted the Digital Projection pics on the "Coolest. Gaming Setup. Evar." thread. For a number of reasons, I've been running my games at home instead of our usual location for the past four sessions (five including tonight). The first four I ran at home I ran on my backyard patio. Nice chairs, umbrella, BBQ, moonlights. It was nice for a change - but no projector. I noticed - the past two sessions in particular which were dungeon crawls -that the game had really bogged down. Drawing out the dungeon on the battlemat was the chief suspect. Tonight - we moved the game back indoors and used the projector. It was night and day. There was no comparison in terms of speed. We got through our combats *twice* as fast - easily. Exploration was MASSIVELY faster. Anyways - moral of the story: pre-drawn areas on your tabletop are night and day faster. Whether that's through tact-tiles or , better still, a projector - pre-drawn is the only way to fly. [/QUOTE]
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