Transparent Battle Mats?

[thalmin]

I know that they make them. Or that they used to make them anyway. I have one that's about 36"x48". It's about 10 years old. Couldn't tell you who makes it off of the top of my head though. I'll see about digging it out of the basement and checking.

Ahrimon

Chessex used to make the clear mats, both Battlemat and Megamat sizes, in either square or hex. They didn't sell enough of them and were discontinued about 5 years ago.

 

[beandip]

This guy sells high quality transparent dry erase boards/film.
I drew a grid with a permanent marker and large ruler. Im using it for D&D, putting it on top of maps.

http://stores.ebay.com/carls-industrial-salvage-store

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PETG-CLEAR-PLASTIC-SHEETS-020-x-24-x-48-8-sq-ft-/330807739354?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d05ad83da

 

[frankthedm]

That's something that probably wouldn't be worth the money. You could make one fairly easily. Just go pick up a roll of clear plastic covering (similar material you'd find on one of those small report binders with a clear front). Get a permanent market and a yard stick and you're in business!

A sheet of pegboard has holes 1 inch apart. Just Lay that on top of the vinyl and put dots of permanent marker to make the grid.

This way the grid doesn't interfere with the lines you draw. I've seen some homemade grids where you have to fight the grid's thickness to draw a line or risk confusing those with weak eyesight. Just using dots at the corners means the only lines are the ones drawn on the mat.

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

A sheet of pegboard has holes 1 inch apart. Just Lay that on top of the vinyl and put dots of permanent marker to make the grid.[/IMG]

Good idea, and to make sure you don't, with time, erase the dots, make the dots on one side but draw on the other.

AR

 

[falcarrion]

I use a piece of plexiglass that I put the grid on with a permament marker.