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In-person DMs: how do you actually get the battle map in front of your players, and what's the most annoying part?
previewI run games in person and I've never been happy with how I show the map to my players. I've done printed tiles, a laptop turned around, a TV on the table, and plenty of pure theater of mind. Each one has a catch: printing takes forever, the TV means my notes are on the same screen the players can see, and hiding rooms is always fiddly.
I recently built a battle map with fog of war that streams to a separate player screen (a second monitor or their phone), so I can move tokens and reveal rooms on my side while the players only see what they've discovered. Building it made me realize how differently everyone solves this, so I'm curious:
How do you show the battle map at your in-person table right now , TV, tablet, printed grid, or theater of mind? And what's the single most annoying part of your setup?
Also, for those who bother with fog of war at a physical table: is it worth the hassle, or overkill?
Genuinely trying to learn how people handle this. Happy to share what I built if anyone's interested (link in a comment so I'm not spamming).