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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 2635461" data-attributes="member: 158">Imagine there's no Tact-Tiles,It's easy if you try,No grids below us,5 foot steps, goodbye,Imagine all the playersacting without wait..Imagine there's no minis,It isnt hard to do,Nothing to count the squares for,No measuring-tapes too,Imagine all the monstersdying oh, so quick...Imagine no wet-erase,I wonder if you can,No ink stains or wet-wipes,Nothing but clean hands,Imagine all the markersSitting in the box... un-usedYou may say I'm a munchkin,but I'm not the only one,I hope some day you'll join us,And the battlemaps will be undone.----------------------------We will sometimes use no battlemaps for smaller battles in D&D, but for most times we'll do it because we enjoy it, and it doesn't slow us down, because in addition to using initiative cards to keep track of turns, I institute a loose time-requirement rule - if a player can't make up their mind in 15 seconds or so, then I'll count off with my fingers, "5... 4... 3... 2... 1" and they lose their turn in indecision. Having the players go along with this as a group, it makes combats VERY fluid.</blockquote>