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<blockquote data-quote="IronWolf" data-source="post: 5257540" data-attributes="member: 21076">My current group has been through various styles of play, using 3.5 thus far.&nbsp; We started with Tact-Tiles, dry erase marker and minis.&nbsp; Usually the D&amp;D minis, but we tend to have some good old lead for characters.&nbsp; At the time we did all mapping on the tiles.&nbsp; Ugh.&nbsp; Time consuming and not worth the effort, I would certainly switch back to just mapping out combat situations as mapping the whole place was just tedious.The DM that followed me ran with minis and the same tiles just because the precedent was set and he wanted to ween us off of battle mats and not make us quit cold turkey.&nbsp; These sessions tended to only have the combat maps drawn out.&nbsp; This was smoother than the map everything style I had used. Present day we've been playing gridless.&nbsp; No battle mats or minis. I'm about to assume the DM's chair again.&nbsp; We will likely go back to using either Tact-Tiles and minis or MapTool on a flat panel TV.&nbsp; Still up in the air.&nbsp; In either case, maps and such will only be used for combat scenarios and we will not be mapping out each and every hallway as we go.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IronWolf, post: 5257540, member: 21076"] My current group has been through various styles of play, using 3.5 thus far. We started with Tact-Tiles, dry erase marker and minis. Usually the D&D minis, but we tend to have some good old lead for characters. At the time we did all mapping on the tiles. Ugh. Time consuming and not worth the effort, I would certainly switch back to just mapping out combat situations as mapping the whole place was just tedious. The DM that followed me ran with minis and the same tiles just because the precedent was set and he wanted to ween us off of battle mats and not make us quit cold turkey. These sessions tended to only have the combat maps drawn out. This was smoother than the map everything style I had used. Present day we've been playing gridless. No battle mats or minis. I'm about to assume the DM's chair again. We will likely go back to using either Tact-Tiles and minis or MapTool on a flat panel TV. Still up in the air. In either case, maps and such will only be used for combat scenarios and we will not be mapping out each and every hallway as we go. [/QUOTE]

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