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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwiceBorn2" data-source="post: 8726159" data-attributes="member: 7017725">I use a combination of #1 and #2. For the most part, I cover rooms with cut-outs that match their size. I do, however, add additional random sized pieces to cover the entire mat -- including "non-encounter/blank areas" -- if only to misdirect players into think there might be more to a location/dungeon than they think.Secret/hidden chambers are a bit trickier... but since I often fill in all blank sections of my mats with solid black marker and do the same for secret chambers until found by PCs, the players don't normally take "blocks of solid black marker" as proof that they're blotting out a hidden chamber. And more often than not, there is no hidden chamber... so they normally don't search for such things unless I've provided them with fairly obvious clues, or they've found info elsewhere strongly suggesting that a secret chamber should be present (fortunately, my players aren't the kind who search for secret chambers everywhere they go, which they find tedious... they also know that I myself get really annoyed at dungeons stocked full of improbable secret passages and chambers). If they do find their way into a secret chamber, I then dry erase the solid black fill to reveal it.</blockquote>