Skyscraper
Adventurer
Color poster maps (I have about 20, each two-sided) and wet-erase mat for me.
So, if you do use tiles or pre-printed mats, do you build adventures around the maps you have or can make, or do you try and fit tiles or mats to the maps in an existing product or after you've written your adventure?
Designing the adventure / encounters comes first, looking for fitting poster maps second. However, sometimes a poster map inspires me to create a particular encounter.So, if you do use tiles or pre-printed mats, do you build adventures around the maps you have or can make, or do you try and fit tiles or mats to the maps in an existing product or after you've written your adventure?
The Human Target mentioned the easel-board pads of 1" grid paper, and it is huge (27" by 34")
I use these, some pre drawn for "set-peice" style encounters.
However, lucky me, my wife the school administrator has access to a laminator and plastic laminated 27X34 sheet of grid paper is just as good as any battle mat you could ever hope to buy. I use dry erase on it, and after the encounter a slightly damp mr clean magic eraser works brilliantly - I would also recommend that trick for all other mat users (though I have no experience with other mats, its worth a try). I have three laminated sheets which have been used like rented mules, and they all look like new.