Playmat with squares
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InvaderSquoosh
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Chessex makes nice, large battlemats with hexes or squares. You can draw on them with wet erase markers and roll them up at the end of the day. My local game store carries them. I'm sure online stores carry them (search for chessex battlemat). They are totally worth the price ($25USD iirc).
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Go you your local department store and buy a poster frame. Take the paper insert that's inside the frame and flip it over. Draw 1" squares with a pencil and yardstick. Got yourself a huge battlemat that you can use the eraseable markers on.
Another is http://www.dragonscalecounters.com They have 8x11 plastic mats. You can simply line them up to get an area as large as you need. The small size means they are easy to transport and easy to pre-draw areas on. You can get a pack of six for $10. The place also has dirt cheap counters.
Go you your local department store and buy a poster frame. Take the paper insert that's inside the frame and flip it over. Draw 1" squares with a pencil and yardstick. Got yourself a huge battlemat that you can use the eraseable markers on.
Another is http://www.dragonscalecounters.com They have 8x11 plastic mats. You can simply line them up to get an area as large as you need. The small size means they are easy to transport and easy to pre-draw areas on. You can get a pack of six for $10. The place also has dirt cheap counters.
Albert_Fish
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Who makes teh biggest battle mat?
which do you prefer hex or square?
i suppose hexagonal mats dont matter so much since we dont have facing. Square mats are easier to draw buildings and dungeons on.....
Crystal caste has double sided mats but they are small...any company have something better than the Chessex style mats? Those Tiny quares fiddle with my eyes.
are there maps that incorporate both hexes and squares? perhaps in different colours?
which do you prefer hex or square?
i suppose hexagonal mats dont matter so much since we dont have facing. Square mats are easier to draw buildings and dungeons on.....
Crystal caste has double sided mats but they are small...any company have something better than the Chessex style mats? Those Tiny quares fiddle with my eyes.
are there maps that incorporate both hexes and squares? perhaps in different colours?
Drawmack
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Acctually one of the PCs was marking where they found stuff in the maze with a color coded system and it took us two weeks to complete the maze which is why it is stained.
Though the red marker comes off fine in the short term but the chessex markers mark the mat very smoothly and nicely, though if you're a lefty like me be cautioned they take a couple seconds to dry and sweat does allow your hand to erase them.
Though the red marker comes off fine in the short term but the chessex markers mark the mat very smoothly and nicely, though if you're a lefty like me be cautioned they take a couple seconds to dry and sweat does allow your hand to erase them.
Shadoe's Lady
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A little unorthodox, but...
I've taken a sewing guide (big foldable piece of cardboard with one inch squares and bias lines already marked on it) from a fabric store and covered it in Contac paper (the clear kind). You can write on it with Vis-a-vis overhead projector markers. It's quite a bit, though.
I've taken a sewing guide (big foldable piece of cardboard with one inch squares and bias lines already marked on it) from a fabric store and covered it in Contac paper (the clear kind). You can write on it with Vis-a-vis overhead projector markers. It's quite a bit, though.
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