Battlemats

[Silverblade The Ench]

Used Chessex mats for years, love them but getting red ink out is a PIA

I'm really tempted by the "MagnaMats" because I have tons of D&D "dungeon tiles", and the problem with them is, of course...they move around on the table!
So I was thinking of gluing small, very thin magnets onto the card, can buy them cheap from Ebay, to stick the dungeon tiles down to a magnetic mat

I've glued plastic magnetic stirpping onto my minis bases for years, very damned handy.

TacTiles...oh?! hey what about...magnetic tactiles?!

 

[The Little Raven]

This is pretty normal, especially with red pens (which includes purple and brown). Try glass cleaner and/or diluted vinegar, and you should be able to get the residue off. When we were regularly using my mega-mat, I cleaned it about once every six months.

I'll give that a try tonight when I get home. It's funny that they say red is the problem when the red has never left a stain on mine, but the blue and the black have. Hopefully it'll work, thanks!

 

[Kristian Serrano]

I'm really tempted by the "MagnaMats" because I have tons of D&D "dungeon tiles", and the problem with them is, of course...they move around on the table!
So I was thinking of gluing small, very thin magnets onto the card, can buy them cheap from Ebay, to stick the dungeon tiles down to a magnetic mat

I've glued plastic magnetic stirpping onto my minis bases for years, very damned handy.

TacTiles...oh?! hey what about...magnetic tactiles?!

Have you tried placing the tiles on grip liner used for shelves and drawers or on your Chessex mat? I find that they keep the tiles from sliding around very well.

 

[kitsune9]

Me and my group play D&D 4th edition, we love to use miniatures and the use of an battlemap.. We have an big battlemap now, made it ourselves with laminating 2 big flip-over sheets..

The thing is really worn out now and i would like to get an new one, but i was also checking online an bit..

Is there any good website to get battlemats from? (squared)

Most sites i find dont have pictures of the mats..

And any other things i should look in to?

I would try Chessex as posters suggested. Mine have lasted me for about 20 years, but I've switched to Tac-Tiles as my preferred choice. There's another poster that I think has acquired the rights to reproduce them so we may see them in the future. If they do come out, I'd give those a try too.

 

[Sen Udo-Mal]

Funny you should mention that. I am a co-owner of a company who, just last night, acquired the rights to produce Tact-tiles from BC Products. Stay tuned. We will be acepting pre-orders in the near future.

Ba-Wa! Color me interested!

 

[B4cchus]

I am so going to ask someone to stop by in Utrecht

Another option: Dream of Dice also has them in thier webshop: Accesoires - * Battle Mappen * - Dream of Dice - De dobbelsteen specialist