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<blockquote data-quote="Kheti sa-Menik" data-source="post: 4266232" data-attributes="member: 22721"><p>Oh, I don't know. Maybe he got it from here:</p><p></p><p>4e DMG p. 6:</p><p>"What You <strong>Need</strong> to Play</p><p>A place to play</p><p>Rulebooks</p><p>Dice</p><p>Paper and pencils</p><p><strong>Battle grid or D&D Dungeon Tiles</strong></p><p>Dungeon Master’s Screen</p><p><strong>D&D Miniatures</strong></p><p></p><p>Useful Additions</p><p>Character sheets</p><p>Snacks</p><p>Laptop computer, PDA, smart phone, or digital camera</p><p>D&D Insider"</p><p></p><p>Bolding mine.</p><p>Yeah, DMG says these are necessary items. </p><p>Now, sure, any old hand can ignore this, but for the "new players" that 4th edition hopes to rope in, this advice may be taken as gospel.</p><p></p><p>I feel dirty for just looking at the 4e stuff so I am going to dry heave and wash my hands.</p><p></p><p></p><p>At any rate, as far as "battle mats" go, I must second (third?) the big easel type pads of paper with 1 inch grids on them. They're fairly inexpensive. I don't use them all the time, but we game at my pal's house, and if I need an extensive set piece for a game that I don't want to draw on the spot because it's too coomplex or will slow the game down, I draw it out on the easel paper. It's handy for stuff you will reuse..like a ship the PCs are on for a long time where combat may take place. But after their time on ship is over, I can toss out the ship and not feel guilty cause it's paper. </p><p></p><p>Oh, the pal whose house we game at...he has created a battle surface of sorts: he took one of the gray grid maps that came with the DDM Starter Kit a while ago, and taped it down to his conference table where we play and taped all across it with packing tape. We can draw and erase on it. I map on this when I don't care about mapping in the middle of game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kheti sa-Menik, post: 4266232, member: 22721"] Oh, I don't know. Maybe he got it from here: 4e DMG p. 6: "What You [B]Need[/B] to Play A place to play Rulebooks Dice Paper and pencils [B]Battle grid or D&D Dungeon Tiles[/B] Dungeon Master’s Screen [B]D&D Miniatures[/B] Useful Additions Character sheets Snacks Laptop computer, PDA, smart phone, or digital camera D&D Insider" Bolding mine. Yeah, DMG says these are necessary items. Now, sure, any old hand can ignore this, but for the "new players" that 4th edition hopes to rope in, this advice may be taken as gospel. I feel dirty for just looking at the 4e stuff so I am going to dry heave and wash my hands. At any rate, as far as "battle mats" go, I must second (third?) the big easel type pads of paper with 1 inch grids on them. They're fairly inexpensive. I don't use them all the time, but we game at my pal's house, and if I need an extensive set piece for a game that I don't want to draw on the spot because it's too coomplex or will slow the game down, I draw it out on the easel paper. It's handy for stuff you will reuse..like a ship the PCs are on for a long time where combat may take place. But after their time on ship is over, I can toss out the ship and not feel guilty cause it's paper. Oh, the pal whose house we game at...he has created a battle surface of sorts: he took one of the gray grid maps that came with the DDM Starter Kit a while ago, and taped it down to his conference table where we play and taped all across it with packing tape. We can draw and erase on it. I map on this when I don't care about mapping in the middle of game. [/QUOTE]
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