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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Longtooth Studios" data-source="post: 4708099" data-attributes="member: 82817">No Tricks, just Treats!Ok, let me take my business hat off and and erect my DM (GM?) screen.  I have been playing for over 20 years, and I am a gamer just like the rest of you. My honest review of this product goes like this. They are very useful. I can plan out maps in advance by numbering the boards with dry erase. I then stack them so that they are in order, and then lay them out for the players as they reach the area. Kind of like a fog of war for my game table. As they continue, the area they leave behind gets removed so that the table doesn't get completely taken over. Oh yeah, when stacking, place a small piece of non slip material in the corners or where they will not erase part of the map. This keeps the stack together with friction, and provides a little space to keep your drawing from getting wiped. If you have enough boards, you can plan out entire dungeons this way. When planing out the dungeon, you can take your time, and do it up right. Trying this with a table full of players will bring the game to a screeching halt. They didn't come to watch you draw maps all night. As far as material, the boards are sturdy and endured my two year old son stomping on them, throwing them, taking them apart and putting them back together again for hours. I took four sets and assembled them on the floor and let him go on them with a dry erase marker. They fared much better than I expected of them to be honest. They were scratch a bit due to his shod feet, but they did not chip, crack, or break, and were fine for my weekend game. No one even noticed the scratches. I don't recommend this treatment, but it is a testament of there durability. I must also say that they have one vulnerability that tact-tiles did not have, and that is water. Sweating glasses left on top of them will leave blistering, as will using a dripping rag to clean them. The blistering doesn't affect the boards performance, just its appearance. Each order will include instructions on care. All of my attempts at making them waterproof have either added too much to the cost, or left the dry erase surface compromised and resulted in ghosting. Which was far worse than a little extra care, coasters under glasses, a bottle of dry erase cleaner (also available after release) to freshen it up on occasion. Not much more than is to be expected of any dry erase surface.I can make waterproof boards but they cost more, and as a result will make them more unavailable to far too many people right now. If someone wants a set made from more exotic materials, I will entertain the idea of custom orders in the future, but for now, I am focused on getting these out to as many gamers as I can reach. The cost is low enough so that after a while, when they start to show their age, they can be replaced. That said, I would buy them, and I would pay more than I am asking. My personal set consists of 32 boards, of which I may use half on a given night. If I don't get to the other half then they will be ready next week and I am free to reuse the first half. I think that they are cheap enough to make the possible for anyone. Sure, I am here to make a business of this, but I am also here to make our games better. Otherwise its just a job, and not nearly as fun. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I hope this helps you guys to get off the fence.</blockquote>

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