I use battlemats and wet-erase markers, which can be wiped off, for maps, and counters. The counters are often from Squad Leader or Last Battle. I used to have a sheet of blank counters, for writing PC names on them, as reading the finer ID writing on the Last Battle counters is now beyond me. Most NPCs get clumped into squad or half-squad counters, rather than individuals.
If I know the action will be taking place inside close quarters, then I get out the miniatures.
Something I used to do when I ran in a college classroom was to just sketch things out on a blackboard and chalk in the ranges from shooter to target. Somehow, that seems too fiddly on a battlemat, so I haven't been doing it. I may go back to that, as some fights take place at ranges longer than I have sheets.
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My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.
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