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<blockquote data-quote="T-Bone JiuJitsu" data-source="post: 4454275" data-attributes="member: 24286">Here's what I have been doing...I got some black foam-core poster board. Actually they had some 10&quot; x 12&quot; small boards which I thought would be perfect.I'm running Keep on the Shadowfell, and we just started the dungeons below the keep. I took the first encounter area and broke it down into 4 pieces that aproximated what the PC's could see. I made 4 &quot;map-boards&quot; out of the Foam-core boards and used this blue clay-like, kinda gummy stuff called Poster Tack. I roll up little tiny balls of this blue tack and used it to stick the tiles in place on the foam-core boards. I can also stick feature tiles on top of the floor tiles which make them kinda 3-D. Anyhow, the four foam-core boards could be placed next to each other as the battle moved from room to room.It took some time to prep it, for sure, but doing it ahead of time and having them ready was wonderful. I ran into a few snags trying to find the right combination of tiles to make the rooms. I too decided that the exact dimensions of the rooms was not critical, and diverged from the printed dungeon map a little here and there.What I learned... 1. I need to have at least 3 encounter areas prepped ahead of time to be safe.2. I need more tiles. The more I prep, the more I will need. I already have DT1 x1, DT2 Arcane Corridors x2, DT3 Hidden Crypts x2, DT4&nbsp; Ruins of the Wild x1, TD5 Underdark x1, DT6 Dire Tombs X1, DT7 Fane of the Forgotten Gods x1, DT8 Against the Giants x1. That's 10 sets. I think I HAVE to have at least 2 of each. DT7 &amp; DT8 are the next duplicates to get for me.3. The &quot;black&quot; tiles are actually very useful, but not very plentiful. I need to make some 2x2 and 2x3 cutouts out of black foam-core board to place on top of big room tiles to shape rooms. These are obviously to show &quot;walls&quot;.4. Using the blue poster-tack to stick real 3-D dungeon features to the tiles is great. I used some Mage Knight pilars and some Dwarven forge crates and Barrels and stuck them on with the blue stuff and it worked beautifully&nbsp; and looked fantastic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="T-Bone JiuJitsu, post: 4454275, member: 24286"] Here's what I have been doing... I got some black foam-core poster board. Actually they had some 10" x 12" small boards which I thought would be perfect. I'm running Keep on the Shadowfell, and we just started the dungeons below the keep. I took the first encounter area and broke it down into 4 pieces that aproximated what the PC's could see. I made 4 "map-boards" out of the Foam-core boards and used this blue clay-like, kinda gummy stuff called Poster Tack. I roll up little tiny balls of this blue tack and used it to stick the tiles in place on the foam-core boards. I can also stick feature tiles on top of the floor tiles which make them kinda 3-D. Anyhow, the four foam-core boards could be placed next to each other as the battle moved from room to room. It took some time to prep it, for sure, but doing it ahead of time and having them ready was wonderful. I ran into a few snags trying to find the right combination of tiles to make the rooms. I too decided that the exact dimensions of the rooms was not critical, and diverged from the printed dungeon map a little here and there. What I learned... 1. I need to have at least 3 encounter areas prepped ahead of time to be safe. 2. I need more tiles. The more I prep, the more I will need. I already have DT1 x1, DT2 Arcane Corridors x2, DT3 Hidden Crypts x2, DT4 Ruins of the Wild x1, TD5 Underdark x1, DT6 Dire Tombs X1, DT7 Fane of the Forgotten Gods x1, DT8 Against the Giants x1. That's 10 sets. I think I HAVE to have at least 2 of each. DT7 & DT8 are the next duplicates to get for me. 3. The "black" tiles are actually very useful, but not very plentiful. I need to make some 2x2 and 2x3 cutouts out of black foam-core board to place on top of big room tiles to shape rooms. These are obviously to show "walls". 4. Using the blue poster-tack to stick real 3-D dungeon features to the tiles is great. I used some Mage Knight pilars and some Dwarven forge crates and Barrels and stuck them on with the blue stuff and it worked beautifully and looked fantastic. [/QUOTE]

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