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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SurfMonkey01" data-source="post: 387286" data-attributes="member: 1898">** Cross-post from RPG.net **I'm running several different games at this time, including a Star Wars d20, an epic-level Forgotten Realms, a Hunter:the Reckoning, and soon to be an Exalted, plus assorted one-shot games. One thing in common with all games I run is, no matter how large-scale a battle is (for example, this past weekend's Star Wars had a mini-war involving about 80 Jedi, including the PCs), I won't use a mat. I hate them. I think they limit the imagination and confine you too much. If I want to play a miniatures game, I'll play Mage Knight or Heroclix. I've been trying to explain to one of my friends why I don't use mats -- because I just don't like them, because they don't fit the play style my groups are evolving towards (more on this in a few), etc. This friend is one of those people who bought one of those huge roll-up eraseable mats and uses them for everything -- sometimes I think he would make you use the mat for taking a dump. But, I digress. I mentioned our evolving play style. We've been infusing more and more pulp into our games lately, by being far less strict with the game rules and trying to encourage imagination more. To me, it's perfectly fine for you to do a combat roll (without any kind of DICE roll), flip up into a cool stance, and still take your full attack, as long as you make it SOUND cool. It makes games a ton more fun, believe me. And as I said, I think the combat mats are restrictive and dull the imagination, which is why I don't like them. What are your opinions on this subject? Do you use mats or not? If not, why?</blockquote>

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