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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5266607" data-attributes="member: 90804">Well, you don't have to use pre-made battlemaps.  The "traditional" approach is to use something like a Chessex wet-erase map and just draw maps on it as you go.  If you want to print your own, you can use something like MapTool to draw the map as you wish, save it as an image file, format it to a one-inch per square scale and then use PosteRazor to print it out on regular paper that you can tape into a poster (<a href="http://onlinedm.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/running-my-first-in-person-living-forgotten-realms-game/" target="_blank">that's what I did</a> for my most recent in-person game).As for particular adventures to recommend, if you're looking for something to go all the way to 10th level you're probably looking for a full campaign like War of the Burning Sky or the H1-H2-H3 adventures from Wizards of the Coast (Keep on the Shadowfell - Thunderspire Labyrinth - Pyramid of Shadows).  My advice is to pick something that seems a little interesting to you but then just use it as inspiration, not a program of exactly what the party will do at any given time.  <a href="http://onlinedm.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/war-of-the-burning-sky-session/" target="_blank">I'm doing tha</a>t with War of the Burning Sky right now, and going my own way has made it way more fun.Of course, you can also feel free to use some of the Dungeon adventures that look good to you, link a few together, and see what happens.  You don't have to have a full campaign planned out from day 1, and I personally think it's better to have an idea of what will happen in the next couple of sessions but to let things develop naturally from there.Good luck with the new campaign!</blockquote>

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