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<blockquote data-quote="xnosipjpqmhd" data-source="post: 3668766">Thoughts on Tact-tiles, Dwarven Forge, etc.Can anyone think of a more convenient way to get the grid onto the foam board? I can get 1&quot;-grid easel pad paper. Anyone tried pasting this to the foam board and then laminating?I have gone through numerous homemade battlemat alternatives:First I made my own Dwarven Forge stuff out of bathroom tile. Works fine, looks great, but its heavier than all-get-out, not portable, and it takes a long time to assemble/rearrange. So it's not my ideal solution...Next I bought a big sheet of linoleum that looks more or less like a dungeon floor and has a 1&quot; grid on it. I intended to cut this into 12-in squares or so, glue it to metal sheets, and use magnetic walls to create dungeons, but this began to seem impractical, so I got...9 x 12 sheets of thin metal, which I spray painted on both sides in different colours (most grey, some blue, some green) with a 1&quot; grid. Then I cut various length strips of 1/8&quot; thick magnets that I can easily reposition to show walls, etc. I've used this system once or twice. It's not bad, but it takes time to lay out.In a pinch, I have also used ungridded 9 x 12 dry erase boards, but that's almost the same as drawing on blank paper.So far, my best experiences have been with printing computer-generated scale maps (for areas I have planned in advance) or drawing on 1&quot;-grid easel pad paper (for areas too large to print out or for which I don't have maps on the computer). Both of these systems allow me to display the dungeon in piecemeal format, and they have the added advantage that I don't have to redraw if the PCs return to an area already explored.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="xnosipjpqmhd, post: 3668766"] [b]Thoughts on Tact-tiles, Dwarven Forge, etc.[/b] Can anyone think of a more convenient way to get the grid onto the foam board? I can get 1"-grid easel pad paper. Anyone tried pasting this to the foam board and then laminating? I have gone through numerous homemade battlemat alternatives: First I made my own Dwarven Forge stuff out of bathroom tile. Works fine, looks great, but its heavier than all-get-out, not portable, and it takes a long time to assemble/rearrange. So it's not my ideal solution... Next I bought a big sheet of linoleum that looks more or less like a dungeon floor and has a 1" grid on it. I intended to cut this into 12-in squares or so, glue it to metal sheets, and use magnetic walls to create dungeons, but this began to seem impractical, so I got... 9 x 12 sheets of thin metal, which I spray painted on both sides in different colours (most grey, some blue, some green) with a 1" grid. Then I cut various length strips of 1/8" thick magnets that I can easily reposition to show walls, etc. I've used this system once or twice. It's not bad, but it takes time to lay out. In a pinch, I have also used ungridded 9 x 12 dry erase boards, but that's almost the same as drawing on blank paper. So far, my best experiences have been with printing computer-generated scale maps (for areas I have planned in advance) or drawing on 1"-grid easel pad paper (for areas too large to print out or for which I don't have maps on the computer). Both of these systems allow me to display the dungeon in piecemeal format, and they have the added advantage that I don't have to redraw if the PCs return to an area already explored. [/QUOTE]

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