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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 580568" data-attributes="member: 812">It's funny, I was in a similar rut to you, JC, and Saturday's game totally kicked butt. It was twelve hours of high-flying action. The funny thing is, in stark contrast to most of the posts here, it was the battlemat that made the night.Or rather, my customized arena floor battlemat.I ran a version of the gladiator adventure in the current Dungeon magazine and pitted the party against a series of tougher and tougher opponents, culminating in a "naval" duel with the party on rafts fending off a couple of massive "hull rippers" (from Monsternomicon). Great balance checks from the rogue, a Nantucket sleigh ride, inspired use of an iron maiden (also from Monsternomicon) and all combined to create a wild and wooly night.So beforehand I printed off a set of six pages to create a to-scale map of the area floor, complete with stands and everything. Even the players who weren't in the current battle moved their figures around in the stands so they could watch the action and shout encouragement.It was good dumb fun, is what it was.</blockquote>