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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BeauNiddle" data-source="post: 4207950" data-attributes="member: 836">I have a large(ish) stack of minis at home but before the session I go through the adventure and pick out the creatures they'll be fighting this week (while also refreshing myself on tactics and positioning).As long as they are stored out of sight (so people don't know whats coming) but in order it's relatively easy to grab the right set.Some get a lot of reuse (if you have 6 goblins in the first room then 8 and a worg in the next you don't need to take along 14 goblin models) but mostly you just work through the box. Special monsters you've finished with go back into the box. Mundanes you might need again go behind the DMs screen.Also my minatures are second hand / cheap so I don't worry about damaging them so I'm quite quick setting them up. I've a few of the DDM models and they are almost indestrucible so I can be quite fast with them.Of course if you are into a more freestyle form of DMing (or you don't know what the PCs are going to be fighting that session) then it can be more of a hassle.I don't have any tiles myself (I use a map board and pens) but my DM in another game used them in much the same way - layout the map beforehand working out which tiles you need then put them on the side in ordered piles.</blockquote>