Where to get a battle mat thingy?

[Ferret]

Where?!?

 

[Mark]

Probably the most popular are the Chessex BattleMats -

http://www.chessex.com/mats/Battlemats_&_Megamats.htm

...but you could check out some interesting home made alternative ideas in this thread here -

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2397&highlight=Make+your+own+grid

...and definitely check out the free stuff from Crooked Staff Productions (an EN World hosted site) -

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/hosted/csp/

Incidentally, here's another past thread on the merits of using a battlemat (and some ideas for making your own) -

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25521&highlight=Make+your+own+Battle+grid

Hope that helps!

 

[Dr Lucky]

These aren't normal mats, but they're great. They are transparent plastic with the grid on them, to draw on and place over paper maps. Really handy.

http://www.deemergames.com

 

[Zander]

Try Crystal Caste. They do 2-sided mats with a grid on one side and hexes on the other.

 

[Avatar28]

What I did was to buy one of the poster-sized paper battle mats at my local store for $5. I then went and spent about $8 getting it laminated at Kinkos. I had to go to a couple to find one willing to do it. The cutters they have available to the public won't cut it though (too small) and they're supposed to charge you per side to cut the excess off. The one I was at didn't, though, since I couldn't do it. Anyways, with the lamination, you have a poster sized battle mat that you can write on with either dry erase or wet erase markers (just don't mix them) and it's relatively inexpensive. $15 as compared to $25+ for the real ones.

 

[Tom Cashel]

Plug for Morrus

Use the EN World RPG store! Their mats are cheap and good, and come in plenty of useful styles.