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Message: <blockquote data-quote="webrunner" data-source="post: 5320803" data-attributes="member: 63727">I print out a bunch of cards for each monster on big sheets of cardstock (divided in 3, vertically, landscape).  The top half of the sheet has the monster name on it, the bottom half has the monster stats flipped.  I fold the cards over, tape the other side, then put two slits at the bottom, and then fit them over the DM screen in initative order.  The "name" side also has an identifier if there's more than one of that type, and a little sketch I make of the monster (which usually gets a laugh since I put jokes in them, like giving an Orc Scout an earpeice and a baseball helmet)  I have four cards also for the players, which I let the players draw their own characters on.  Sure, I could have just had the two players who could draw do it, but my group is such that they had more fun making stick figures then some groups would (in some groups the people who couldnt draw would just kinda get jealous I guess)And when a monster dies, I grab the card and toss it over the table, usually to cheers.I also pre-roll initiative since monsters having their initiative penalized just doesn't happen so there's no real reason to do it at the table.All in all, initiative is easily tracked and everyone has a bit more fun even unrelated to that.</blockquote>