Homemade Battlegrid with Markers

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#1

caran

Jan 04, 2009 9:26:46
I made a Battle grid with markers for PCs, NPCs and Enemies. The markers show direction and creature initiative.
I also made bricks for Walls, Obstacles an Difficult Terrain that can be placed on the Battlegrid.

It´s nothing fancy, but very clear and easy to use. You can put up an encounter in seconds and keep track of all initiatives.

You can download it here (it´s a 1.6MB PDF-file):
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SIE63KUI

I think this is better than using miniatures, because you can still imagine the battle and roleplay it. With miniatures i´ts very likely that the battle just becomes a tactical boardgame.

I hope you will find it useful!
#2

the_fae

Jan 04, 2009 19:49:01
Will definitely be using these markers the next time I DM, at least for creatures since having minions in my adventures means I need a lot more figures than I can usually get. My only question is do they fit well into one inch mats? Or are they a little too small/big?
#3

caran

Jan 05, 2009 2:55:10
They are a little bit smaller than an inch, so you can still use them with your map.
#4

caran

Jan 06, 2009 5:53:56
If you downloaded the grid and have any ideas how to improve it or if I missed something, give me a comment.