12 Tact-Tiles Sold for $360!

[el-remmen]

I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade, this is an actual, genuine question (because I might wanna get in a last minute bid on these): what do TacTiles offer that, say, a battlemat doesn't?

The ability to remove tiles from one end, erase what is one them easily and move the tiles to the other side and slide everything over without having to deal with either erasing everything on the battlemat and redraw it, or doing the ole moebius strip thing where the map is broken up to fit the room available on the mat, thus potentially confusing things.

I know for me, with the number of large running battles I run, this alone made them worth the $50 or whatever it was I plopped down for mine a few years ago, not so sure about $140 or whatever, though. . .

 

[Crothian]

THey are smaller or bigger then a battle map as needed as well. Sometimes a battle only needs one or two tact tiles and it is easier to just pull those two out then unroll a large battle map. It also can do in different shapes to some extent as the pieces dictate.

 

[Rokes]

$227? The Gods be smiling on Kunimatyu this fine day!

 

[KB9JMQ]

If I had it I would get them. They are worth it.
The 9 I have are lonely for some more friends

 

[Kunimatyu]

I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade, this is an actual, genuine question (because I might wanna get in a last minute bid on these): what do TacTiles offer that, say, a battlemat doesn't?


-Bill, who occasionally finds himself in need of something other than Dwarven Forge...!

The fact that they're dry erase and rigid, along with the ability to "scroll" a fight by removing tiles from one side, pushing the rest down, then adding those tiles to the other side. Large vinyl battles aren't dry erase, and FlipMats(which are) are smaller and can't "scroll".

I've also seen DMS draw out detailed layouts using a smaller number of tiles beforehand, and set the layouts aside until the party gets to that encounter.

That's really about it. Let me know if you want to see closeup pictures.

 

[thalmin]

We have "scrolled" the Flip-Mats by using 2 or 3 of them. At $12.99 each, they are inexpensive enough to get more than one, and they are light enough to be very portable.

 

[Kunimatyu]

We have "scrolled" the Flip-Mats by using 2 or 3 of them. At $12.99 each, they are inexpensive enough to get more than one, and they are light enough to be very portable.

That's a really excellent point!

::looks at auction price again::

what.

 

[Rokes]

Final Price $360. One can only hope that someone (I'm looking at you Paizo), takes notice.

 

[Treebore]

That's a really excellent point!

::looks at auction price again::

what.

For that kind of money do you realize how many you could make using foam board and laminating paper with a razor knife? 100? 200? A waste of money, IMO.

I would rather buy a few dry erase boards, cut them up with interlocking tabs, draw on the grid, laminate it, and have my own. Definitely a lot more for the money and a little bit of effort.

 

[KB9JMQ]

To me that final price just screams there is still a market for these.

Or at least I want a few more.