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<blockquote data-quote="Iron Sheep" data-source="post: 463770" data-attributes="member: 4965">My wife and I purchased a cheap, big pad of about 50 sheets of 1-inch ruled, poster-sized paper from Office Max (the sort of pads out on stands and used in business presentations, but not the expensive Post-It brand ones).&nbsp; We lay this down flat on the table, end either draw the dungeon out as the players move through it, or we pre-draw the map and then cut it up and lay down the rooms as the PCs get to them.&nbsp; Because it's one inch grid, it's ideal for using miniatures, and because it's a pad with a thick cardboard back, it all stays together pretty well.&nbsp; The biggest problem is, since we use Sharpie pens to get a good clear line, if you press too hard it bleeds through to the next sheet.&nbsp; A few sheets of scrap paper under the sheet you are writing on fixes that problem.I tried a geomorph system using that paper, cut up into small chunks, but I find it hard to keep track of all the pieces. I find myself shuffling through to find the right shaped passage way to connect what's already down on the table, and it really slows things down.&nbsp; Drawing as you go is quicker, but more wasteful than this.We've also used whiteboards in the past when we weren't using miniatures, both with and without a ruled grid.&nbsp; They were pretty good, but had the problem that when we were running multiple, alternating games, the GMs had to keep on re-drawing their maps from scratch before each game.We haven't tried battle-mat type systems, because we figured they'd likely have the same problem as whiteboards: you'll end up having to re-draw your maps almost every time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iron Sheep, post: 463770, member: 4965"] My wife and I purchased a cheap, big pad of about 50 sheets of 1-inch ruled, poster-sized paper from Office Max (the sort of pads out on stands and used in business presentations, but not the expensive Post-It brand ones). We lay this down flat on the table, end either draw the dungeon out as the players move through it, or we pre-draw the map and then cut it up and lay down the rooms as the PCs get to them. Because it's one inch grid, it's ideal for using miniatures, and because it's a pad with a thick cardboard back, it all stays together pretty well. The biggest problem is, since we use Sharpie pens to get a good clear line, if you press too hard it bleeds through to the next sheet. A few sheets of scrap paper under the sheet you are writing on fixes that problem. I tried a geomorph system using that paper, cut up into small chunks, but I find it hard to keep track of all the pieces. I find myself shuffling through to find the right shaped passage way to connect what's already down on the table, and it really slows things down. Drawing as you go is quicker, but more wasteful than this. We've also used whiteboards in the past when we weren't using miniatures, both with and without a ruled grid. They were pretty good, but had the problem that when we were running multiple, alternating games, the GMs had to keep on re-drawing their maps from scratch before each game. We haven't tried battle-mat type systems, because we figured they'd likely have the same problem as whiteboards: you'll end up having to re-draw your maps almost every time. [/QUOTE]

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