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Cthulhufnord
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Umass Amherst Baby!
 | | 09/14/2005 11:16 AM |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
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Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 09/14/2005 11:16 AM |
| | I've got a smaller one myself. I never thought an 8x4 map would ever be needed, let alone fit in the gaming room. | |
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griffrat
Commander
3506 Posts
| | 09/14/2005 11:31 AM |
| | That size would cover my table. I used a 4X8 sheet of plywood for the top. the players would not have any place to place their stuff though. But think of the missile fire!!! | |
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Corim Danex
Warlord
6621 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 09/14/2005 11:40 AM |
| | I didn't know there was an 8'x4' mat available. How much is it? I am making an 8'x4' battle mat on vinyl, and it is tedious. I have drawn over 1/4 of the lines in. | |
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Malin Lug
Sergeant
742 Posts
| | 09/14/2005 12:17 PM |
| The regular price for one is $91.00, the seconds are $65.00 (small factory defects, mine has a small smear where some of the ink ran.) We were Exhibitors at dragon con so got a discount. Yes it does cover the entire table and everyone just puts there stuff on top of it. But no one has any problem moving their dice and papers if the actions moves towards them.
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griffrat
Commander
3506 Posts
| | 09/14/2005 12:24 PM |
| | Who produces the mondo mat? | |
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Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6621 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 09/14/2005 1:07 PM |
| | I think the vinyl I bought to make one was about 15 dollars. Add 5 for the sharpies, and I think it's worth the hassle of making one. | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 09/14/2005 2:05 PM |
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Originally posted by Corim Danex
I think the vinyl I bought to make one was about 15 dollars. Add 5 for the sharpies, and I think it's worth the hassle of making one.
I agree!. Although I do own a chessex mat.
Mondo are made by chessex and here is a link to the factory 2nd
http://www.chessex.com/mats/Battlemats_&_Megamats2nds.htm
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Count Dooku
Commander
4636 Posts
New York
| | 09/14/2005 2:09 PM |
| This is for RPG...this isnt useful for skirmish.
But does any have or even heard of Tact-Tiles or Tak-Tiles.
Its something like that.
Anyway its 1" squares for minis on dry erase squares. the squares connect like puzzle peices so you can add rooms and stuff as they progress through dungeons.
I want those suckers. | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 09/14/2005 2:27 PM |
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Originally posted by Count Dooku
This is for RPG...this isnt useful for skirmish.
I beg to differ. I bought a factory second single-sided Megamat (34½” x 48”) and with a pair of scissors...voilá, perfect size! [:D] | |
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Dragon Snack
Warrior
285 Posts
| | 09/14/2005 2:48 PM |
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Originally posted by Count Dooku
But does any have or even heard of Tact-Tiles or Tak-Tiles.
Its something like that.
Anyway its 1" squares for minis on dry erase squares. the squares connect like puzzle peices so you can add rooms and stuff as they progress through dungeons.
I want those suckers.
One of my groups uses them. While nice for some things, I find they come up lacking.
Unless you have time to pre-draw on them, the fact that you have to put them together and then draw on them is tedious.
If your group likes to break up or spread apart, they come up short. If you had more than one set they may be OK, but a single set (at $60) just isn't enough for us.
The other problem is that when they are picked up, the players spread their books out and then need to adjust when you go to put them down. With a big mat (we used to use a sewing board) the players can have their books on the mat and just move them when the action heads their way. | |
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Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6621 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 09/14/2005 3:07 PM |
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Originally posted by Dragon Snack
One of my groups uses them. While nice for some things, I find they come up lacking.
Unless you have time to pre-draw on them, the fact that you have to put them together and then draw on them is tedious.
If your group likes to break up or spread apart, they come up short. If you had more than one set they may be OK, but a single set (at $60) just isn't enough for us.
The other problem is that when they are picked up, the players spread their books out and then need to adjust when you go to put them down. With a big mat (we used to use a sewing board) the players can have their books on the mat and just move them when the action heads their way.
I agree. This is why I am making the large mat. I already have 8'3" by 4'3" clear vinyl that I am going to put on top of the battle mat. We will use overhead (wet erase) markers to draw the rooms on the clear vinyl. The clear vinyl is larger than the table and my wife hand sewed on some snaps so that it stays in place. My mat will mostly be used for RPG, though it can be used for casual large skirmish mat. I have made a regular size vinyl mat for normal skirmish matches. | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 09/14/2005 6:57 PM |
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Originally posted by Cthulhufnord
I've got a smaller one myself. I never thought an 8x4 map would ever be needed, let alone fit in the gaming room.
Eight by four is, I believe, the size of a regulation pool table. While not everyone has enough room for one, many folks do. Besides, it's possible to rework (i.e. "cut") the mat into two 4'x4' pieces which might be handy.
Of course, even if you don't have enough table for a mat that size, it's been my experience that most games happen on the floor. Of course, my friends are all probably freaks. | |
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Testament
Underboss
1397 Posts
| | 09/14/2005 8:05 PM |
| I've got a friends Mondo-Mat in the car, it fruggin' rocks. And I've played on Tact-tiles, they're even cooler.
But the cost! Man! | |
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Planchet
Underboss
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Malin Lug
Sergeant
742 Posts
| | 09/16/2005 11:50 AM |
| We have 6 or so sets of dwarven forge. They take a while to set up, but we just drop them off with the GM and he makes a series of rooms that we are going to be headed into and leaves them covered until we hit the room. We also have a number of the mage knight accessories such as tables and chairs . We don't use it all the time, but when we do, it is just so frickin cool.
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Mushroom King
Thor
Underboss
1938 Posts
| | 09/20/2005 7:14 PM |
| I use several of the smaller write on maps (In advance)
Toss these on top of the large main map.
Good for buildings. About 50/50 maps or Dwarven Forge. Depends on the event... | |
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Iksander
Underboss
1010 Posts
| | 09/24/2005 9:11 PM |
| | I prefer my calendar. Offices tend to have them. They're thick, stiff ply cardboard with a sortof laminated surface that is good for whiteboard markers. They fold in half and fold out to about 4x3. On one side, is a calendar, but on the other it's just white. Score it with 1" squares and you've got a pretty darn decent and very portable battlemat for really cheap. | |
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