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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 8106243" data-attributes="member: 6796661">The main difference between the 80s and now is that now I have money to afford gaming stuff. But all the fancy terrain, infinite-role battlemaps, lego-like dungeon tiles, laser pointer area of effect gadgets, computer software, VTTs, sometimes starts to get in the way. There is no one way that is better, but every now and then, clear the table of everything but books, paper character sheets, pencil, and some graph paper---NO put that fancy Chessex battlemap crutch away young man!&nbsp; Just play like some pre-teens with no money. Not only can it be freeing, but it helps prepare you to be able to continue the game when technology fails you or gets in the way. Try it for a session, then next week you can go back to spending a hours building digital battlemaps with line of sight, lighting, zonal audio effects, etc.&nbsp; And if the VTT craps out on you or you didn't have time to prepare, you at least know you can still run a game without all the toys.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 8106243, member: 6796661"] The main difference between the 80s and now is that now I have money to afford gaming stuff. But all the fancy terrain, infinite-role battlemaps, lego-like dungeon tiles, laser pointer area of effect gadgets, computer software, VTTs, sometimes starts to get in the way. There is no one way that is better, but every now and then, clear the table of everything but books, paper character sheets, pencil, and some graph paper---NO put that fancy Chessex battlemap crutch away young man! Just play like some pre-teens with no money. Not only can it be freeing, but it helps prepare you to be able to continue the game when technology fails you or gets in the way. Try it for a session, then next week you can go back to spending a hours building digital battlemaps with line of sight, lighting, zonal audio effects, etc. And if the VTT craps out on you or you didn't have time to prepare, you at least know you can still run a game without all the toys. [/QUOTE]

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