Face-to-Face Setup

[Primitive Screwhead]

My primary tool is a DDM map that I got laminated.. like the Gamer Printshop will do for ya...

For my current campaign I am sending them the module battlemaps to get printed/laminated. Well worth it for the price. I would like to stick to the color versions but when the battlemaps cost more than the entire campaign

I have also recently ordered a couple sets of thier endless terrain sets as I plan on having a running encounter through some forest terrain... instead of a full map its just 4 tiles that can be flipped and added at the 'working' end of the encounter.... I expect to be buying at least 2 sets of each terrain type he puts out {H Forest, L forest, Swamp, etc...}

For mini's I have a small number of DDMs, and have used dice, MnMs.. and recently a Twizzler {Made for a good Wall of Fire }

A time consuming process I used once was to print a bunch of paper with grids and would lay out each page as the group progressed. It actualy worked very well in play but tended to get a bit messy. This method allowed me to have encounter notes on the map and to surprise the players with the things around the corner... but, like I said, very time consuming.


I second the plug for Sparks.. those are decent additions to the game...
And a final re-plug for Gamer Printshop..best resource on the web for non-map makers like me

 

[RFisher]

This worked alot better for GURPS and other games than for DnD

(^_^) That makes me laugh since I never used minis regularly until I started playing Gurps.

I can see what you mean, though, since Gurps does/did have its "basic combat system" while the current edition of D&D can give one the impression that minis are required.

Although my group hasn't had any trouble playing 3.5 mini-less. Personally, I prefer just asking the DM if I can maneuver into flanking position w/o drawing an AoO instead of plotting a route & counting squares.