Travelling DMs: What do you tote your game in?

[barsoomcore]

I don't very often play here in my home -- Mrs Barsoom and I live in a pretty small one-bedroom apartment so it's not very convenient. So I do a lot of toting of Barsoom off to friends' places, and I try to run games every so often at my FLGS, which requires further toting.

I have a simple little backpack that does the trick, but it's not very satisfactory. I'd love something more robust, more organized, that I could cart my stuff around in more easily.

Some Internet searching turns up a company called "Max Protection" who seem to sell a variety of bags and totes. Does anyone use them? Are they awesome? Or sucky?

What else do people use? I'm thinking about getting a set of Tact-Tiles in the near future as well, so something that would make hauling those around easier is desirable, too.

 

[IronWolf]

I travel every other week to our session as my house is far from being the most central of our particular group of players. I carry three backpacks, messenger bag and what-not when I travel.

-Laptop bag. I am slowly starting to handle more and more of the game on the laptop, so its must have for me.

-Side satchel style leather bag. I keep the tactiles, dry erase markers and eraser and the minis I will need for the current session.

-Oversized backpack. This is where all my books, pens, pencils, dice go. It is way overloaded currently.

My group pretty much makes fun of me as I wrangle all my gear in from the car! In reality I should probably cut down on the number of books I take to each session. Most of the players have the books I need should I need to reference them during a game session. The laptop mentioned above has the SRD on it for the core rules.

 

[Mark]

Here's what I use -

http://www.advancinghordes.com/product_info.php/cPath/3_51/products_id/80

And this is a slightly larger version of the one I use -

http://www.advancinghordes.com/product_info.php/products_id/81

You can get individual "slotafoam" trays and trade them out depending on what ceatures or minis you might need on a given night.

 

[The_Gunslinger658]

Hi-

I use An ALICE pack for my books.



Scott

 

[Crothian]

I have a gaming satchel. I use a botebook (not computer) that I take notes from my books so I don't have to carry them around. I'll carry around a mainbook and by notes and that is pretty much it. But the satchel can easily support five good sized hardbound books if I need to carry them, it also has room for pencils, dice, and other supplies. It is one of the most useful things I have ever gotten for gaming.

 

[shilsen]

I'm a minimalist, so a small backpack is enough for me. I usually carry one or two hardbound books, a couple dozen sheets of paper with notes and other things I may need to refer to, a small bag of dice, a pen and two pencils.

 

[RandomPrecision]

A few CD's.

 

[Kuld]

Originally posted by Doomed Battalions
I use An ALICE pack for my books.

My old ALICE pack is too small. I use a 12 qu. ft. duffle bag (almost a two-man lift).
Though I haven't seen the "new" packs yet.

I use the ALICE pack to stow all my paintball gear, which I've only ever used twice...

 

[Angel Tarragon]

A leather backpack and a leather laptop bag.

 

[The_Gunslinger658]

Hi-
How many books do you tote along? I just bring my DMG, PHB, MM, The Silvermarchs(FR) and my DM screen/notebook(paper type). My players have all the complete books and provide me the dice, beer/ coffee, and pencil's.

Theres also an ALICE mountain pack, huge honkin back pack for those who need to carry there entire collection with them.

Scott

My old ALICE pack is too small. I use a 12 qu. ft. duffle bag (almost a two-man lift).
Though I haven't seen the "new" packs yet.

I use the ALICE pack to stow all my paintball gear, which I've only ever used twice...