Graham Downs on Nostr: nprofile1q…xmsc9 Just theatre of the mind. When people would ask, "About how far ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqz937uua25xq6y2mkztt9w70g3jwgncvwwcr9dt8q3vzm4vsy807s2xmsc9 (nprofile…msc9) Just theatre of the mind. When people would ask, "About how far away am I from x?", I would launch into a description of what the room looked like, and use hand gestures to say, "There's a wall behind you THERE, and to your left is a door THERE...."
And then people would make decisions based on those descriptions, but of course the problem is that nobody sees the scenario in quite the same way, so there'd be misunderstandings and arguments and I'd say, "Nono, I meant you were THERE, and the door was THERE", and they'd go, "But that's not what you SAID" and and and....
I was afraid using the battle map and physical tokens would slow things down, but because of the aforementioned confusion, it actually sped it up.
And then people would make decisions based on those descriptions, but of course the problem is that nobody sees the scenario in quite the same way, so there'd be misunderstandings and arguments and I'd say, "Nono, I meant you were THERE, and the door was THERE", and they'd go, "But that's not what you SAID" and and and....
I was afraid using the battle map and physical tokens would slow things down, but because of the aforementioned confusion, it actually sped it up.