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Making Battle Mats Easier and Faster
StupidRanger recently brought up the issue of Battle Mats, and I thought I would share an idea I recently had, and will be trying out at my next gaming session.
At the hardware store, you can find very thin, flexible lengths of chain. These generally sell for less than a dollar a foot (as I recall they were much cheaper than that several years ago), and come in sizes so thin and small that you can bend them into any shape desired, which they will remain in until moved.
These lengths of chain can be used to quickly set up borders on a battle mat, whether for buildings, rooms, roads, rivers, bridges, or even for a creature so large use of an actual miniature is laughable.
The main upsides to using chains (or anything similar) for this are that it is easier to set up the battle mat, and especially faster to change between scenes or what is shown on it. No more drawing and then erasing, with either pencil and eraser or wet erase markers and paper towels.
If you have a table which is jostled or moved regularly during game play, it may be wiser to use a slightly larger chain which won’t be disturbed so easily.
Has anyone else tried this?
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