*
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
April 27, 2024, 07:48:18 PM

Login with username, password and session length

Donate

We Appreciate Your Support

Recent

Author Topic: Looking for a 30mm or 1.25 inch gridded mat or board  (Read 1844 times)

Offline NickNascati

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 2193
Looking for a 30mm or 1.25 inch gridded mat or board
« on: October 29, 2011, 03:55:57 PM »
All,
     I play Firefight 2.0 by Alternative Armies.  A great game, but limited by the card tiles that come with the game.  I'd like to have a 3x3 or 4x4 ft. gaming mat with the appropriate 30mm square grid imprinted on it.  Sure, I could get a large board and draw the grid on, but I just don;t have the patience to do it.  Anyone aware of square gridded mats that size?

Offline Cultist #3

  • Scientist
  • Posts: 338
  • Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!
Re: Looking for a 30mm or 1.25 inch gridded mat or board
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2011, 04:25:51 PM »
Chessex "made" gaming mats with that grid pattern. Sadly they are out of print, might look for the mega mats on flea bay or luck out and find one in a store.
Zombies you can outrun - the mistakes of your fellow Heroes you cannot.

Offline fastolfrus

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 5253
Re: Looking for a 30mm or 1.25 inch gridded mat or board
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2011, 05:30:10 PM »
Cheapest option might be vinyl flooring.
There are a few designs that are done to look like floor tiles, sizes vary, you'd need to find a flooring stockist and measure the squares.

The vinyly flooring with embossed squares can be painted - you still have the grid and can colour the mat to suit your game.
Gary, Glynis, and Alasdair (there are three of us, but we are too mean to have more than one login)

Offline chromedog

  • Librarian
  • Posts: 188
Re: Looking for a 30mm or 1.25 inch gridded mat or board
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2011, 10:12:31 PM »
Chessex "made" gaming mats with that grid pattern. Sadly they are out of print, might look for the mega mats on flea bay or luck out and find one in a store.

They can still be found at certain retailers.  I picked up a couple a few weeks back (but they are probably just old stock).  I've been using them for years.

Offline NickNascati

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 2193
Re: Looking for a 30mm or 1.25 inch gridded mat or board
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2011, 10:22:43 PM »
I did look on ebay as suggested.  The only Chessex mats that come up have a 1 inch grid, not what I need.

Offline Dentatus

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 2266
    • Stalker7.com
Re: Looking for a 30mm or 1.25 inch gridded mat or board
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2011, 12:17:11 AM »
Litko Aero made stencil templates in various configs. Made these for myself:  http://s1.zetaboards.com/Post_Apoc_Wargames/topic/2376861/1/

Also, Hotz Mats makes custom felt game mats in a variety of styles.

Offline Schogun

  • Mad Scientist
  • Posts: 946
Re: Looking for a 30mm or 1.25 inch gridded mat or board
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2011, 01:17:07 AM »
Do a search for "hex grid generator" then print your own.

Offline capthugeca

  • Mad Scientist
  • Posts: 534
  • “Life is too important to take seriously.”
    • Ten Mil Wargames
Re: Looking for a 30mm or 1.25 inch gridded mat or board
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2011, 07:13:14 AM »
Em-4 Miniatures do a 36" x 48" matt gaming mat with 1" squares.

http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/COMBAT_MATS.html
I don\'t know whether to be a good example or a horrible warning.

 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
14 Replies
5523 Views
Last post March 11, 2010, 03:49:24 PM
by abhorsen950
3 Replies
2039 Views
Last post October 29, 2009, 05:08:33 PM
by d phipps
1 Replies
1196 Views
Last post December 01, 2013, 06:33:01 PM
by AndrewBeasley
8 Replies
3495 Views
Last post February 09, 2015, 02:28:16 AM
by Metternich
1 Replies
889 Views
Last post July 08, 2017, 11:50:19 PM
by Smokeyrone