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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Siberys" data-source="post: 4908050" data-attributes="member: 30619">Here's my setup;As with bh2, Each PC is color-coded. I only have 3 players, so one is red, one blue, and one green. Enemies are assigned purple, yellow, and orange. Initiative is tracked on a dry-erase board, where I write conditions (something I'll admit I've stolen from bh2).The actual gaming table I use has a plexiglass surface, so I write on that with wet-erase markers (dry erase soaks in and stains it).[sblock]<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=41255&stc=1&d=1251167062" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />This is the DM desk. Spacious. The computer has a program I made called <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4e-fan-creations-house-rules/264076-scratchpad-d-d-4th-edition.html#post4908047" target="_blank">Scratchpad 4e</a>, which takes the place of scratch paper for HP, etc.The desk would have adventure notes, a color guide for my alea tools, and my DM copies of character sheets and power cards, but I don't have those quite finished yet. I didn't pull anything out, just shifted the furniture to where it'd be during a game.My DM screen will have some custom tables on it, too, plus all errata, once I find a color printer.Before you ask, yes, Regdar is wearing a fedora. I'd say he's hard-boiled enough to.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=41256&stc=1&d=1251167047" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Directly to the right of my DMing desk is a second desk. I keep my library of 4e and Eberron books here for easy perusal.The silver rectangle there is a dry erase board. I use it much like the Gamemastery combat pad, and bh2's condition board; in fact, after seeing this thread, I consciously patterned it off of those. For special initiative actions like delaying, I'll just take the magnet for whoever's delaying off of the board and continue playing, moving the magnets up one space at the beginning of their turn, until the delayer decides to move.Also kept here, during games at least, is my alea tools case. It holds the alea tools (of course), dry erase markers (for the sideboard), wet erase markers (for the grid), various tokens (for AoEs, ongoing damage, and flight altitude), and poker chips; red for action points, and blue for re-rolls (I allow each player one free re-roll per session, plus I have one that the players can force me to use). There is also a Line-of-sight indicator - it's actually a trinket designed to prevent name tags from being lost, but after a little bit of fiddling with, it works perfectly. I got four for less than two dollars, and they were conveniently black (for me), and red, blue, and green, for the players.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=41257&stc=1&d=1251167047" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />This picture shows the card table where the players sit. It's positioned so I can easily see dice rolls; It's rather clear now, but during game, it'd have character sheets, dice, and power cards (and likely snacks) covering it.That pole's placement, unfortunately, means the players have to stand up to move stuff around the battlemat. This isn't much of a problem, as they like to stand around it anyways.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=41258&stc=1&d=1251167047" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />This picture shows the battlemat table and the dry erase board. The players are free to scribble notes there.[sblock]The table was designed and built by me; it's bar-height and has a plexiglass top with a grid underneath. Once I've got time, I'll be making four normal-height tables that can be arranged around it, making this the raised center of a larger table. These sub-tables will have cup holders and cubby-holes for books and dice. Once those are built, this rather awkward three-table setup will be replace by a more elegant single-table-made-of-five-lesser-tables setup. It'll be like the Voltron of game tables![/sblock][/sblock]EDIT @ BobTheNob: I may have to try that out sometime. Our group mostly plays in person, though, so I'm not sure how much utility it'll be to me.</blockquote>

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