I am preparing for my groups sorta annual gaming weekend trip and wanted to go back to mapping, which we haven't been doing lately. So I pulled together 100 miniatures and a 30" by 7' grid with dry erasable cover for about $12 plus tax. I bought a pack of 100 meeples for $9.99 from Amazon. Then I numbered each color to ten and put eyes on front to mark facing. After we tried them out I put a dot of paint on the top , a different color for each number, to help identify them from above. I then bought a roll of wrapping paper with a one inch grid on the back (make sure it is labeled as having a grid) and a clear shower curtain from Dollar Tree. Dollar Tree also has dry erase markers, if you need them. Any other cheap ideas?