They are meant to be placed in front of the player to act as a reminder of what action the character is doing, what weapons he or she is using, what equipment is used, etc.

Now a days you'd use something like what Paizo puts out: http://paizo.com/gameMastery/itemPacks

ShaneG.

For the play rules bunch of them its like a DM screen broken up into cards (before there was such a thing) Then their is the weapon, shield, etc cards that has the rules for damage (don't have them in front of me, but there is other information on the weapon cards I just can't recall atm)

As for the void, probably an easier reference to have close at hand then the PHB..just my guess.

ShaneG.

FormCritic wrote:Don't the Dungeon Tac Cards pre-date AD&D?

Weren't they meant to be an aid to organize OD&D?

Yeah, should have said the white box/chainmail. :oops:

ShaneG.