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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowslayer" data-source="post: 4772833" data-attributes="member: 8400">-Get the 1 inch graph paper.-get some normal graph paper.-Draw each suspected encounter room on the large. Be as pretty/ugly with it as you need. Cut the room out.-During play, map the dungeon out on the small graph paper. When they come to a room with monsters, describe the room and its inhabitants. Once they decide to fight...plunk down the room made of big graph paper. Have your fight. Remove room, and go back to the small graph paper.Save your rooms for future dungeons.This can be a bit of a pain for published modules. (WOTC dungeons have a lot of rooms.) My own dungeons are more bite sized. I usually shoot for between 4-6 fight zones per dungeon, so its more manageable doing it this way. Hope this helps.Bonus Tip (if you don't care about miniatures) Go to the toy store and buy 2 cheap chess sets. Keep one black and white, and spray paint the other set 2 different colors. Use a sharpie to draw little numbers on the tops of the pawns (for mooks) You'll have every combo you can imagine and never need buy a single mini ever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shadowslayer, post: 4772833, member: 8400"] -Get the 1 inch graph paper. -get some normal graph paper. -Draw each suspected encounter room on the large. Be as pretty/ugly with it as you need. Cut the room out. -During play, map the dungeon out on the small graph paper. When they come to a room with monsters, describe the room and its inhabitants. Once they decide to fight...plunk down the room made of big graph paper. Have your fight. Remove room, and go back to the small graph paper. Save your rooms for future dungeons. This can be a bit of a pain for published modules. (WOTC dungeons have a lot of rooms.) My own dungeons are more bite sized. I usually shoot for between 4-6 fight zones per dungeon, so its more manageable doing it this way. Hope this helps. Bonus Tip (if you don't care about miniatures) Go to the toy store and buy 2 cheap chess sets. Keep one black and white, and spray paint the other set 2 different colors. Use a sharpie to draw little numbers on the tops of the pawns (for mooks) You'll have every combo you can imagine and never need buy a single mini ever. [/QUOTE]

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