Rob, thanks for all the replies! Do you find yourself using the official ship logs and mats when you play or do you use something else? I find my table getting rather jumbled with all the bits needed to keep the ship logs organized. I have seen the grease-pencil logs and think they are great, but my love of tactile game pieces prevents me from going this route. Has anyone come up with other ideas for keeping pieces organized during game play without foregoing the use of the game pieces entirely?

Also, I just wanted to thank you Rob for giving me some feedback and thoughts. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond to this amature’s questions and musings.