Advice for using battle maps for play by post games?

Expect it to die within 2 weeks, tops. After 3 days only 2 people will post regularly, if any.

Use theater of the mind as much as possible if you're running 5e, you will remain sane. Just post appropriate maps as a jpeg and throw in a quick edit every couple of rounds if you have to.

>>54995184
Yep, I was a player in one before and it died in about that time. I hope our game doesn't die, but I'm not holding my breath either.

I suppose I ought to keep everything in one place, eliminating the need to go back and forth between Mythweavers and google docs.

>>54995141
Bad idea.

A better idea is to assemble or draw some stock art representing whatever points of interest are in the battle.

Example using the phandelver map you have there, have Forest-Cliff-Road. Players on the road cannot see what's in the forest, but the reverse is true in the forest for the road.

This makes it a lot easier in fights to say "You can attack the bandit leader who stopped you with your sword, but not the archer shooting down at you." With that.