 Keeping track of combat, any suggestions? battle mats vs. paper |
 Feb 12 2005, 05:11 PM
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I was just wondering how everyone kept track of their players in combat. I am currently running with 6 players and combat is getting alittle too spread out to keep track of completly on paper especially if they split up. Does anyone use a battle mat (hex or square) or do you all stick with pen and paper and purely mental mapping?
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Sokei Keeping track of combat Feb 12 2005, 05:11 PM
Tanka Generally mental mapping, unless there's a lay... Feb 12 2005, 05:17 PM Sokei yeah , dice & coins, that kind of thing ive ha... Feb 12 2005, 05:28 PM TeOdio Battlemats tend to drag out a combat a bit, but I ... Feb 12 2005, 06:00 PM hahnsoo A decade ago, we used an overhead projector or a w... Feb 12 2005, 06:18 PM James McMurray We use battlemats. I have to disagree that they dr... Feb 12 2005, 06:35 PM BitBasher White dry erase board. Feb 12 2005, 07:15 PM Arethusa QUOTE (hahnsoo) A decade ago, we used an overhead ... Feb 12 2005, 07:19 PM akarenti White Dry Erase Board? Brilliant!
All this t... Feb 12 2005, 08:30 PM cheeze monger I'd say that a battle mat works the best becau... Feb 12 2005, 08:45 PM Crimson Jack I use a laptop for initiative, as its extremely ea... Feb 12 2005, 08:56 PM hahnsoo QUOTE (Arethusa) Link?
Most communications pac... Feb 12 2005, 09:39 PM OurTeam Our team uses a battlemat every time (well, 99.5% ... Feb 13 2005, 01:21 AM TeOdio QUOTE (James McMurray) We use battlemats. I have t... Feb 13 2005, 07:02 AM tisoz QUOTE (OurTeam) How else can you decide whether so... Feb 13 2005, 07:07 AM Slash_Thompson QUOTE How else can you decide whether someone is i... Feb 13 2005, 09:21 AM Crimson Jack QUOTE (OurTeam) Our team
I just wanted to see ... Feb 14 2005, 08:47 AM DocMortand We use battlemats ourselves. For one thing, it... Feb 14 2005, 08:55 AM GrinderTheTroll QUOTE (Sokei) I was just wondering how everyone ke... Feb 14 2005, 06:23 PM Jrayjoker I prefer the use of hex grids for shadowrun, espec... Feb 14 2005, 06:39 PM shadow_scholar I ran for the first time in a couple of years last... Feb 14 2005, 06:41 PM Jrayjoker QUOTE (shadow_scholar) In the old days I'd jus... Feb 14 2005, 07:06 PM shadow_scholar Yeah, I ordered a mat but it hadn't come in ye... Feb 14 2005, 07:11 PM Jrayjoker I have never found them if they exist. I have had ... Feb 14 2005, 07:15 PM Sokei thanks for all the great ideas, now i just have to... Feb 14 2005, 07:41 PM Jrayjoker You could draw a grid or print these: Mathsphere:... Feb 14 2005, 07:47 PM OrphanProcess QUOTE (shadow_scholar) Yeah, I ordered a mat but i... Feb 14 2005, 08:29 PM Sokei QUOTE You could draw a grid or print these: Mathsp... Feb 14 2005, 09:34 PM LinaInverse QUOTE (DocMortand) We use battlemats ourselves. F... Feb 14 2005, 09:44 PM James McMurray We always use vis-a-vis markers, usually blue and ... Feb 14 2005, 09:49 PM TeOdio We use the flesh of our enemies, and then draw upo... Feb 15 2005, 06:16 AM Daishi We almost exclusively use verbal descriptions and ... Feb 15 2005, 07:28 AM Tziluthi QUOTE (tisoz) QUOTE (OurTeam @ Feb 12 2005, 0... Feb 15 2005, 01:38 PM Brazila Our group always uses the mats for D20 games, and ... Feb 15 2005, 07:16 PM
James McMurray Hexes are great for outdoors battles that don... Feb 15 2005, 07:53 PM  |
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