

Recently we picked up one of Chessex’s excellent Mondo Mats. Incidentally, all of the maps that we make for our Patrons are ready to be played on in this fashion! Check them out on our Patreon.Īfter a little while, I got a sheet of graphing chart paper with 1 inch squares and laminated it. Don’t forget to wipe the map off after every game or else you’ll get a stain and have to replace your sheet protector! You can then draw on the sheet protector with dry-erase markers and get lots of use out of this super simple combat map. One of the best things I did early on was to print 1 inch squares on two pieces of paper and insert them into a sheet protector. It might be smarter to just make them as needed… Maps Take my advice, don’t go overboard in your zeal for their pretty paper tokens. I ended up only using a tiny fraction of them. When I started, I spent hours laminating and cutting out hundreds of creature tokens from Printable Heroes.

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There are also cheaper (or free options). For the rest of us, Papercraft has some amazing stuff. I have been blown away by some of the things people have created for running our two-person adventures. If you have six extra d6 laying around, you can easily track which die represents Goblin 1 and which is Goblin 5 by glancing at the pips.įor the artistically gifted, creating your own paper figures may be a joy. This method has the advantage of being able to turn them to act as counters. We also use dice to represent creatures and players. Tokens work fine, but often it is more fun to have a visual representation of what’s happening in-game. You can also use chess or checkers pieces. Starting out, Beth and I used bottle caps as player and enemy tokens during combat. They are constantly expanding their catalog and I cannot wait to see what they come up with next. I have embedded these sound files in a PPT and then projected scenes and handouts for my players to some success.
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I am also a big fan of Tabletop Audio, especially as I can easily download the MP3s and work with them. It’s amazing to hear a song come around and immediately think of one of our beloved characters or an especially memorable location. She’s made playlists inspired by specific places and even people. More recently, Beth has been enjoying creating Spotify playlists for the situations we frequently find ourselves in during our one-on-one D&D game. This added a cool visual component to the immersive environment I was trying to create. Plus, since I was often playing at school for D&D club, I could project the art from the video as well. Their long loops and decent selection were all I needed. There are lots of resources online for making RPGs affordable, but here are some of our ideas! Music, Ambience, and Sound Effectsįor the longest time, I used the work of The Guild of Ambience on YouTube for ambient music during sessions. This post is about how a Dungeon Master on any budget can add something extra to their next D&D session. This post isn’t about having the fanciest things, though.

We also really enjoy our Wyrmwood trays and Chessex dice. We have gotten extensive use out of our Flashforge Finder 3D Printer. We also love companies like Cantrip Candles and Heroforge and creators like Miguel Zavala and Patrick McGill who make props, minis, and maps we can use at the table. In many ways, this is a companion piece to that one! We get pretty serious about it and discuss some of the ways that we have dialed it up during our duet game in our post all about Supporting In-Session Immersion.

We are huge fans of increasing immersion (and by extension, engagement) at the D&D table.
