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ShortQuests -- individual adventure modules! An all-new collection of digest-sized D&D adventures designed to plug in to your game.

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Droogie" data-source="post: 573139" data-attributes="member: 1298">I'm kind of against too many high-tech toys at the gaming table. Not only are they expensive and cumbersome, but they defeat some of the charm of a pnp rpg. I like being able to contain an entire world in a single backpack with just books, paper, dice, pencils, and maybe some counters. The most high-tech thing we have at the table is a calculator. If the game gets so complicated that a laptop is required, we might as well bring some LAN cables and play a game of Neverwinter Nights. Don't get me wrong- computers are valuable tools in game preparation- I have a copy of Campaign Cartographer that I use quite a bit, and lets not forget the wealth of info on the net, and the online communities like you fine people (although I'm more of a lurker myself). However, I would like to be able to play my games by candlelight  during a black-out if need be. End Boring Rant.But to address your question finally, I feel your pain. Drawing the map on a big vinyl pad is time consuming, and breaks up the rythym of the game. As buttercup mentioned, I nice lo-tek solution is to chop up the map and lay it down in tiles. Depending on how big you make the sections, you might still end up revealing too much, but maybe you could leave certain areas blank and draw them in as they're found. Another lo-tek method might be to draw the entire map on graph paper. Lay it down in a shallow cardboard box, and sprinkle some flour on it. Use your finger to wipe away the flour as the dungeon is explored. Mind you, I haven't tried any of these methods. If the flour idea doesn't work, bake some cookies with it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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