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<blockquote data-quote="p_johnston" data-source="post: 9287153" data-attributes="member: 7016849"><p>1) for quick and easy combat encounters I do theater of the mind or just randomly set the player/enemy tokens out on the map without drawing walls/features just so we can get a sense of distances.</p><p>2) for important/planned/boss encounters I'll take draw out the room on one of my dry erase map tiles while players are planning a little ahead of time (quick tip I bought a pack of a bunch of one inch white dry erase tiles from amazon for enemies and they are great. I'll generally draw a number and letter on them to distinguish enemy type and number and then keep track of the damage taken by them on the side/bottom of the map so the players can see it and I don't have to pick up the tile each time the damage an enemy. I picked up some standing ones to represent my players/important npcs and it makes setting up a quick battle map super easy)</p><p>3) If I know they are going into a big dungeon that I have the map for (Like a premade adventure) I sometimes draw it out ahead of time on my big wet erase map. I tend to do that less nowdays because to often I go through all the work and then they end up just bypassing or only exploring a small part of the dungeon.</p><p></p><p>If I could I would do a digital map via TV screen and roll 20 but since we don't run the game at my house it would be more of an annoyance then a benefit to set up.</p><p></p><p>P.S. I will say for many years before the tiles I used the remains of a lord of the rings risk game for minis and they worked great. A little on the smaller side but I got 2 colors with various small, horse, ogre, and shield figures that worked as a nice budget minis collection. If you can find any sort of fantasy themed board game on the cheap they're a great source of makeshift minis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="p_johnston, post: 9287153, member: 7016849"] 1) for quick and easy combat encounters I do theater of the mind or just randomly set the player/enemy tokens out on the map without drawing walls/features just so we can get a sense of distances. 2) for important/planned/boss encounters I'll take draw out the room on one of my dry erase map tiles while players are planning a little ahead of time (quick tip I bought a pack of a bunch of one inch white dry erase tiles from amazon for enemies and they are great. I'll generally draw a number and letter on them to distinguish enemy type and number and then keep track of the damage taken by them on the side/bottom of the map so the players can see it and I don't have to pick up the tile each time the damage an enemy. I picked up some standing ones to represent my players/important npcs and it makes setting up a quick battle map super easy) 3) If I know they are going into a big dungeon that I have the map for (Like a premade adventure) I sometimes draw it out ahead of time on my big wet erase map. I tend to do that less nowdays because to often I go through all the work and then they end up just bypassing or only exploring a small part of the dungeon. If I could I would do a digital map via TV screen and roll 20 but since we don't run the game at my house it would be more of an annoyance then a benefit to set up. P.S. I will say for many years before the tiles I used the remains of a lord of the rings risk game for minis and they worked great. A little on the smaller side but I got 2 colors with various small, horse, ogre, and shield figures that worked as a nice budget minis collection. If you can find any sort of fantasy themed board game on the cheap they're a great source of makeshift minis. [/QUOTE]
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