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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 6733311" data-attributes="member: 6701872">I am an advocate of using the right tool for the job - which means that I do both theater of the mind and use miniatures and maps and other forms of visual or tactile aid, but the use depends on the exact situation.I don't, for example, form a map and select minis and set up an encounter that is invariably going to be very brief and not involve much need of accurate positional representation because I can run the entire encounter in theater of the mind style in less time than that set up would take.I do, for example, get out a map and minis when keeping track of all the moving parts in my head would result in confusion for the players or myself, and when accurate positional details like how many kobolds are actually within some area or another, or precisely who can be affected by that breath weapon at the same time.Basically, the metric on deciding when to use or not use maps & minis comes down to only using them when their set up time doesn't increase the amount of time needed to go from start to finish of the encounter (typically because the set up time is less time than constant questions or repeated clarifications would take).</blockquote>