I like. A lot. I think I will start doing this.

For folks who ARE still using their computer at the table (I have a 10″ screen on my laptop, so it’s not too intrusive), I reviewed some useful applications. There are premium versions if you have lots of cash, but there are also free versions, which is good since so much GMing software seems to be rather expensive.
http://bercilac.blogspot.com/2010/03/mind-mapping-tools-for-gaming.html

I also like J Gregory’s gridless movement suggestion. I have had such fun moving from the grid hell of D&D 3.5 to SW where we can just measure the distances with a ruler (or pipe cleaner!). It also helps that a couple of my players were big into terrain modeling and have a store house of terrain that we can use (I just have to include a link to a picture of our first fight, just because I am so pleased with how well it works!). I am putting my best man on the case fashioning us some of these props!

We already have a store of pipe cleaners to work with, as we have been using them, fashioned into hoops, to track Shaken status (white hoop) and wounds (red hoops). We simply hang them on the minis. See this pic for an example of one of the PCS Shaken with 1 wound.

Beldar

Another thing we’ve been experimenting with is gridless combat – I (GM) draw the scene out on a whiteboard-laid-flat. To help with movement distances and ranges, we use a very expensive prop – lengths of bendable pipe-cleaner cut to size. This way if your character needs to move around something, you simply bend the pipe cleaner to suit his path, lay it down touching the mini base, then move the mini to the other end.

I’ve gamed ‘chips on the sheet’ before, and can go either way, but my players prefer ‘chips under minis’.

For NPCs, we also started using the flagpoles done by Dungeon Life. They are magnetic, so they attach to some bases and to the pennants that can signal wounds and Shaken states.

@assgoblin – Make sure your potential players know that Savage Worlds is crunchier than it reads, if that makes sense. Moreso than any other game I’ve played, Savage Worlds needs to be played a few times to be really understood.

I generally pick up dice at Gen Con, and try to have a few differently-colored d6s. Luckily, d6s are pretty common at any size.

Savage Worlds has always appealed to me as a parent with limited time for prep but I’m having a hard time getting a game going as most of the people I play with are looking for something a little more “crunchy.”

I’m modifying the Witchfire Trilogy by Privateer Press, so I don’t have as much prep to do, I just have to get the encounters organized. I made myself a template in open office to print out a bunch of stats on one page. I colored them and made them kind of look like 4e stat blocks.

I’m also using little shaken/wound arrows that I found on savagepedia. I really like the look of them.

I am a big big fan of your XP method, and I’m going to start using it.