Your GM Supply Kit, What do you carry with you when you're going to a game Options

[fatal2ty]

- 3'x6' erasable play mat
- box of miniatures
- 1 three ring binder with 6 dividers(PC Char Sheets/Contacts Char Sheets/Game Plot Details/Important Locations/NPC Char Sheets/other info)
- 6 mechanical pencils, 2 Erasers
- 3 water-based markers(for the play mat)
- 2 dozen spare charactor sheets
- laptop(with Char Sheets, Chargens etc on it)
- BBB, Street Magic, Augmentation, other relevant source books, GM Screen
- 42 D6 dice and assorted muli-sided dice
- 6" ruler

not including pop/chips and other assorted munchies

[Adarael]

A notebook.
A pen or pencil.

Yes, that's it.

[deek]

- BBB, Street Magic, Augmentation, Arsenal, Runner Havens & GM Screen (I have Emergence, but I stopped brining it along)
- 1 folder with grunts cheat sheet and a few blank Character Sheets
- 1 clipboard with legal pad (for notes)
- 2 mechanical pencils
- 1 red gel pen
- 1 folder with maps, mission notes, NPCs, etc
- 36 d6's (mainly used for markers on map)
- 3 sheets full of random die results (which I use as GM dice rolls)

These all fit in my satchel, although pretty full! I have taken a laptop in the past, but as I got more books, I decided against the laptop, as I didn't really need it. We play at the same location every other week, so the battlemat and markers always stay...

[fatal2ty]

A notebook.
A pen or pencil.

Yes, that's it.

you must have memorised the sourcebooks, impressive, but what if one of your players claims your wrong about a rule, how can you prove it to them?

[the_dunner]

A laptop loaded with:
-PDFs of the rules
-Scenario and notes in Word
-NPCs in Excel
-Genre appropriate music
-Random Number Generator for handling dice rolls

[swirler]

you must have memorised the sourcebooks, impressive, but what if one of your players claims your wrong about a rule, how can you prove it to them?

he doesn't, he stabs them with the pencil. End of conflict.
lol
okay so what the heck is BBB? I know you mean the main book but what does it stand for?

[nezumi]

All my books in electronic form, dice or a dice roller, excel or a notepad, one to four beers, depending on the length of the session and food, as appropriate.

[Fuchs]

- My laptop with the sourcebooks and the campaign notes, NPC files etc. on it
- The printed notes for the session (to record the events of the session on as well)
- An NPC character sheet
- My self-made GM screen.

[fatal2ty]

okay so what the heck is BBB? I know you mean the main book but what does it stand for?

BBB = Big Black Book
my players call it the PHB(Players HandBook), but thats more relating to D&D where the PHB and the DMG(Dungeon Master's Guide) are seperate, where is in SR, the GM and Player info is in one, Big Black Book

[Nightwalker450]

okay so what the heck is BBB? I know you mean the main book but what does it stand for?

"Big Black Book"

I'm a player, and luckily we currently are meeting at my house. When I do travel though I don't travel light.

Hardcopy Books (SR4, SM)
Laptop (w/ all pdf's, chargen sheets, vehicle creator sheet, etc...)
3x6 Game Mat w/ cup full of markers (amongst our group we have 2 or 3 of these, but the few times I'd forget mine, the gm would forget his)
3 ring binder w/ Cheat Sheets, Indexes from books, FAQ, Errata, misc Flavor
3 ring binder w/ Character sheets (yes these are seperate, granted this also has character sheets for vampire, and DnD neither touched in quite some time, and also other members sheets if they are prone to loosing them)
Small Box w/ set of Small d6s (36), and large d6s (16), and d20 set. (Can never have enough markers/place holders when fig not available, work as drones) Also contains Matrix Cards for all programs, and current fig I plan on using for that run.

[swirler]

hmm
well I figured it was Big Bad Book
black I dont get unless you have one of those dragonskin covers they put out for 2nd edition
man I wish i had one
lol

[MaxHunter]

Normally:

-folder with notes, Npcs and some maps.
-bag with aprox. 30 d6
-Pen and pencil, eraser
-pendrive with appropriate music for the adventure

BBB and appropriate sourcebook if required. (usually only the BBB)

-to some games: the pc sheets.
-at home: desktop with SR stuff and some 20gigs of music.

-When heavy combat is expected: skittles or M&Ms to use as markers. ("There!, your character is dead, gulp!" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) )

In my games it is usual expected to order some food and take a break sometime mid-game. Usually after or before some exciting scene. We did not have good experiences with beer, so we tend to save those for the after-game chill out.

Cheers!

Max

[Myddrin]

Ok I apologize for the threadjack...but since we answered one acronym question..

What does RAW stand for?

[Stahlseele]

rules as written
and when going to a game, i carry at least 2x1.5l coke and 2 bags of chips . . sugar and caffeine are important!

[Adarael]

you must have memorised the sourcebooks, impressive, but what if one of your players claims your wrong about a rule, how can you prove it to them?

This happens very rarely, but when it does, I'll generally tell someone to go consult a book - most of the players have their books on PDF. If we don't have the book, we'll generally just agree with whatever makes the game most fun.

On one hand, it's true: sans character creation or truly obscure rules, I don't generally need the shadowrun books to run or play, since I know the rules very well.
On the other hand, generally gaming happens at my house, or at the house of someone with tons of the books, so it's not like I'm screwed if I do need a reference.

I think "what I bring" is more indicative of how I run games than anything else: I don't like to get bogged down unless there's a good reason.

[Zak]

- rule books
- lots of dice
- pen & paper
- loads of notes not related to shadowrun, just to randomly look at them to irritate my players when I'm improvising
- some actual notes of the stuff I'm running

[ElFenrir]

Rulebooks
Pencils
Dice
Notebook/notes
Six-pack
a few CDs


jep, that does it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

[Zolhex]

Books: I bring the PDF printed copies of SM ARSE AUG and the hardcover BBB.
Dice: I bring 17 cubes of 36 (just to be sure everyone has dice to use).
Paperwork: 3 full binders (720 page capacity) divided by Mission 1 3/4 full binder (200 page capacity) with Characters, Character Sheets, and Calanders (all for Shadowrun Missions).
Paper: 3 tablets of legal size paper so people have paper to take notes on.
Pencils: Just got a new box of 36 mechanical pencils.
Calculator: times 2 so the math goes faster.
Drink: 1 or 2 20oz cokes at the store or a 12 pack coke cans at a con.
Treats: Assorted candy for the players to eat while gaming.

I use a rolled duffle.

[Ryu]

It got worse because of the lack-of-translation mess-up, so I carry all rulebooks (hardcopy or printed), current notes, and a load of printed floorplans. Used to be everyone had all the required books, but if I now have to bring books anyway, I bring all. Same for other systems, where the individual collections are less sizeable. I usually carry no dice, as I can borrow half a brick from someone else.

[john_doe]

Backpack full of books (all of the 4th edition books to date available on print)
Dice
dice-rolling box
3-ring folder with NPC's, printed modifier charts, and outline of story
pencils
Laptop loaded with PDF's, GM secret nobody can see these notes, Char generators, initiative tracker, flowcharts of a given Matrix nodes
water
snacks
smokes

someone else brings the beer.

[Ice Hammer]

Two copies of the BBB (one for the GM, one for the players to reference)
other SR4 rule books
source books from SR3 just in case I need something in particular to reference (such as the Dragons of the Sixth World book)
My notes done in Word, and my NPC stats done in excel.
lots of D6's.

I have finally, about a week ago, decided to reduce needless paper use by putting my notes on an thumb drive and taking it with me. I will begin using the laptop that a friend has at his house and my thumb drive for missions now, instead of printing up tons of papers that will either be thrown out after the game session, or end up as more clutter in my house.

[chromedog]

- BBB
- 1 folder with grunts cheat sheet and a few blank Character Sheets
- 2 mechanical pencils
- 1 red gel pen
- 1 folder with maps, mission notes, NPCs, etc
- bag of dice ™
- My laptop with the sourcebooks and the campaign notes, NPC files etc. on it
- The printed notes for the session (to record the events of the session on as well)
- An NPC character sheet
- My self-made GM screen.
- 3x4 vinyl battlemat
- poster tube of laminated Sprawl sites floorplans and the floorplans/maps from DMZ
- Box of minis to go with them.
- set of 4 dry erase markers (for mats) and eraser.

[DMFubar]

For me it is fairly simple...

A laptop bag with the following:
- BBB, Augmentation, Arsenal (printed a copy from my pdf and bound it), Strret Magic
- Laptop with the above in pdf + Runner Havens and Corporate Enclaves, char gens, personal spreadsheets, game notes, and internet connection for groups message boards (used to send private messages, we all have laptops)
- d6's... lots of em
- small notebook (lined on one side of page, gridded on the other), mechanical pencils
- two dry erase markers (red and black)

I carry with me a 2' x 3' dry erase board that I use to draw out the situation to the players and keep track of inititative, etc.

That's it.

[Dashifen]

1. Laptop with software written specifically to allow three-click access to any 'ware, spell, item of gear, etc. that I need to look up in the game. It's good being a programmer with a wife in Vet school. You have a lot of free time. Less now, unfortunately, though.
2. Copies of rulebooks for the others.
3. PDF rulebooks for me
4. Notes (if I bother to make them)
5. Pen/Paper

[fatal2ty]

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[*]Laptop with software written specifically to allow three-click access to any 'ware, spell, item of gear, etc. that I need to look up in the game. It's good being a programmer with a wife in Vet school. You have a lot of free time. Less now, unfortunately, though.

any chance of that software being released?
I know I could make use of something like that