Chessex 26617 Role Play, Game Mat 26"x23.5", One Size

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Obviously, this would be way harder with hexes, but for starters, I was only planning 1 inch squares. They stay much flatter than the Paizo folding flip-mats, much more easily - single sided stay a tad better than double, because they have a textured underside, but IDK if they even still make those.

I've also found that these marks fade over time, and after 30+ years of use the entire surface has an even lair of faint background stain. The funds derived from these links help defray the time costs that go in to creating the material found within. Indeed; a US penny works very well, and pennies are usually used to base 15mm minis - a bit out of scale but probably would work for representation. Over fifteen years back, I got tired of using printed out white mat sheets for our hex-based GURPS tactical combat resolution. I also have a BattleMap with small hexes, which is great for outdoor encounters that start at longer range, but not so great for fitting normal-sized miniatures in the hexes.

I had a friend accidentally use a dry erase marker on my mat, and it stained the mat after about a minute before I could wipe it off. I have multiple sets (the ‘giant’ books, Dungeon, Town and Wilderness sets); the giant books give a good mix, while the specialist sets give a huge number of permutations within their theme. In my experience, they'll accumulate some marker residue no matter what, but dry erase + damp wipe is your best path to a long life.

If it's curling, he puts some books on the corners and usually by the time we play it's pretty flat. Because these gaming mats are made of vinyl, you can’t use dry-erase markers or grease pencils for fear of staining or ruining the material. You can also make multiple grid sheets, one blank for spontaneously drawn maps and then others for pre-drawn maps that you use all the time and hardly ever change (like for a city, such as Neverwinter) and then just swap them out of the poster frame as needed. This is mostly a vent, but suggestions for how to banish this red is welcomed, as are alternative product suggestions. most of those will be felt, and often hex-gridded, but drop a sheet of plexiglass over them, and a quick and easy hexmap.We were going to use a regular pane of glass (salvaged from a window) at first blush, but collectively (and as others have said) we were afraid of its durability/breaking. Traditionally these gaming mats were made in an off-white eggshell color, but after 42 years they decided to change things up! The books are more constrained but varied enough (and there a packs of static-cling stickers which give even more customisation) and this means you can quickly get them to the table during a session. When I used them last I would put them in top-loading poster sleeves (similar to top-loading hard cases for cards).

But I figure that I could just keep some wet wipes and some paper towels with a small trash can close by. Also, forgot to mention this before, but Matt Colville has an excellent video that discussed Chessex mats and other options. I've cleaned up your question a little; your English was fine, I just adjusted it to match our site's style a bit better. All you have to do once you have your grid sheet and the poster frame is slide the sheet into the frame.

I actually went into Microsoft Excel (though any spreadsheet software should work) and built a huge grid of 1 inch squares and used the calculation functions to auto-print coordinates at the bottom-right of each square. They are very durable - they'll stand up to a lot of wear, and as long as you roll them properly, they unroll and flatten out easily. I have also used a small dry erase board to show a general layout on a smaller scale when miniatures were not required at all.

I like the flexibility and I use only wet-erase markers, so neither are a problem for me, but it's something a consumer should know going in. I don't own one of their two-sided mats, but I have friends who do, and the two-sided mats don't lay flat after being rolled up for storage.I have used mine for more than 2 years to-date, the whiteboard's thickness means it won't easily break unless you karate chop it down the middle. Bonus: this can double as a hard material in which you can wedge your extra character sheets in to keep them from crumpling down the edges. The Chessex Battlemat is a “expanded” (i guess they mean stretched) vinyl mat with 1″ Squares on one side and 1′ Hexes on the reverse side.