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<blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 5056256" data-attributes="member: 66434">I prefer to describe first, and place the toys later. A cool scenery piece or great mini will distract players and they might miss important detail while being preoccupied with the props. &nbsp;If an area is large/complex I like to have it drawn up ahead of time so it can be slid under the plexiglass for more instant action. &nbsp;Doing it the other way around can also be misleading to the players. If they enter an area and I immediately lay down the map and get minis it is a cue that combat has started. By describing everything first, &quot;battle scene&quot; isn't being silently shouted to the players. They have thier information and may act on it without any preconceived expectations. &nbsp;The players do not need to know that I spent 2 hours drawing an awesome custom battle map. If they choose to negotiate/parley with the area's inhabitants then thats how it plays out. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="ExploderWizard, post: 5056256, member: 66434"] I prefer to describe first, and place the toys later. A cool scenery piece or great mini will distract players and they might miss important detail while being preoccupied with the props. If an area is large/complex I like to have it drawn up ahead of time so it can be slid under the plexiglass for more instant action. Doing it the other way around can also be misleading to the players. If they enter an area and I immediately lay down the map and get minis it is a cue that combat has started. By describing everything first, "battle scene" isn't being silently shouted to the players. They have thier information and may act on it without any preconceived expectations. The players do not need to know that I spent 2 hours drawing an awesome custom battle map. If they choose to negotiate/parley with the area's inhabitants then thats how it plays out. :D [/QUOTE]

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