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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1762444" data-attributes="member: 99">I do this as well and I recommend it highly.  The time I spend writing out these cards pays big dividends in terms of how organized it keeps me during the session and in helping me organize things for the following session too.  Also, with recurring NPC's or monster types, it is less work than you may think.  I got to a point where my "card library" was big enough that I only had to write maybe 2 or 3 cards up for any given upcoming session.Aside from that, I bring a ton of crap to the session.  I always have my dice, pencils, pens (for regular writing and wet-erase for the battlemat), extra index cards and so forth.  Figures are not an absolute essential but I almost always use them (and our collection stays at the house we play at so I don't usually have to lug too many of these around).  I'm also big on terrain features for the battlemat.  I love chunky bits of stuff to place out there for the PC's and baddies to play around on.  I've got so much specialized terrain for my one-off game that I'm running at the next NC Game Day, it is going to take me two trips to the truck just for that stuff!  But I find that it makes for fun and memorable sessions, so what's a couple extra minutes and 4 flights of stairs, right?But I, like Henry mentioned, would never cancel a session just for lack of some of the accessories.  All that junk certainly adds to the fun, but the players always contribute the majority of it.</blockquote>

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