When I was thinking about running my own D&D campaign I quickly decided I would only do it if I could indulge my passion for miniatures and painting. At this point its worth adding that I have nothing against games that don't include these elements. I have enjoyed lots of games that have been run without the need for floor plans or scenery or miniatures of any kind. But that's not the way I wanted to run my game.
This picture was a scene from the climax of a city campaign and I used every building I owned (or could borrow) to maximise the visual impact.
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I also love to use floor plans or dungeon tiles in my games if possible. I have collected a large selection of PDF floor plans that I can print as required for set encounters, like the fungus caves shown in this photo. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3MEEW0tOrUPe3oD2eOip5FR5FD33HWYxdEdl9Ybc7IdS9wRVsjLjghO0Z6v846Mea07lVGBnn8ZCNgErSYuMUCkCwNtZOpAsmpRX2iiI-XXmUwEQUCO_HpxqeI5vfJJhe5DeQa41u2Q/s320/C2-3-3+Darkmantles.jpg)
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One of my favorite publishers of such tiles are Skeletonkey Games. Reasonably priced and beautifully detailed I don't think you can go wrong with their products. In my last D&D campaign I prepared tiles for a whole dungeon complex for the princely sum of seven dollars.
When I haven't got the time or the resources to make floor tiles I'm not above photocopying maps from supplements and printing them out to make floor plans. This is part of a castle called Overlook that featured in Dungeon magazine back when it was still in print. I adapted the encounter to my own campaign and enlarged the map provided to make a relatively quick and easy floor plan.
Of course all this extra effort is totally unnecessary for a Roleplaying game like D&D but I guarantee that players won't forget an encounter that looks like this...![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcC6sc_nxejf89jwwOTUqjqAUt3s3Y7-SmVlh1chsNQyTUDWbo47roHb8aDzKcTCQNuATdk9zYlQCH22d-5nAbfO6MEG8LESpogmt77-yT1FCu_k42KyMjTn_ZG4NP8B_pdFOTjB8VYc/s400/C2-1-1+Battle+of+the+Slumgate.jpg)
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