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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Emirikol" data-source="post: 3392435" data-attributes="member: 10638">Basics:  all of the above sans the laptop (computers slow the game down).  I dont actually use the vis a vis markers much anymore.  We use black dragon dominoes (the black side) and the cardboard doors.  Vis a vis is about as "blah" as you can go for a game..plus you don't have to get blue fingers from cleanup!Advanced:Cardboard heroesCardboard heroes mount: horses & camels that you can stick your character into for a MOUNTCardboard stand-up doorsPainted cotton torches with a small band of tape so they can be mounted on all mini'sRocks and stones for creating cave walls and elevation.  I use fossil rocks that I find out here in ColoradoModeling clay (for creating stuff)Red clay (for creating stuff)Sticks (for logs)Cardboard tiles for creating rivers/trails (double sided)Cardboard houses (some flat-topped for thief adventures)Cardboard castle wallsTrain-layout bushes and treeesCOTTON - some stained red/yellow for FIRECOTTON - staned gray for smoke (we use a MARKER btw, to change the cotton colors)Fruit netting (like you get for oranges) for webs, nets, etc.Miniature plastic chairs/tablesClear plastic stand for invisible charactersClear plastic elevation stand for elevated characters (flying, climbing, whatever)TABLE TENTS:  We re-use the table tents over the years.  These are the PC billboards that sit in front of a player that say what the characters name, class, race, PICTURE, etc are.  They're getting heavy because we just add new sheets of paper over the original stand and other PC's as we enter new campaigns.  There's a lot of history under them.I keep a box of "junk" nearby for heaping the occasional odd thing on the table.  Rusty can serves as an ancient tower, bent wire (works well for simulating rope..and you can dangle minis' from them off of "cliff-like rocks."  For players that are too lazy to paint their mini BEFORE the game, I keep paint and a file at the table.MAPS on the walls..many national geographic historical maps.CONAN books..the artwork inspires ParchmentPost-itsCardboard Heroes "Weapons" for disarmsetc.jh</blockquote>

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