Comments on: Tools of the Trade: Laminated Maps http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/02/tools-of-the-trade-laminated-maps Game mastering advice, ideas & resources • Dedicated to helping GMs Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martin http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/02/tools-of-the-trade-laminated-maps/comment-page-1#comment-1471 Martin Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:55:05 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=213#comment-1471 Trev: Laminating the skirmish maps for D&D sounds like a good idea. (And yep, there are Staples stores in the U.S. -- I've never used them for lamination, but I'm not surprised that they do it.) Mike: I dig the Dundjinni tie-in, and the idea of laminating little terrain elements separately, too. :) Jeff: Is your Flip-Mat one of the ones that Steel Sqqire makes? I saw those at last year's GenCon Indy, and I thought they were pretty nifty. Trev: Laminating the skirmish maps for D&D sounds like a good idea. (And yep, there are Staples stores in the U.S. — I’ve never used them for lamination, but I’m not surprised that they do it.)

Mike: I dig the Dundjinni tie-in, and the idea of laminating little terrain elements separately, too. :)

Jeff: Is your Flip-Mat one of the ones that Steel Sqqire makes? I saw those at last year’s GenCon Indy, and I thought they were pretty nifty.

]]> By: JeffP http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/02/tools-of-the-trade-laminated-maps/comment-page-1#comment-1467 JeffP Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:06:25 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=213#comment-1467 I just write in Sharpie on my Flip-Mat (laminated map that folds instead of rolls) when I want it to last for a long period of time. Then, take it off with a dry-erase marker later. Of course, I am no artist and I wouldn't want my work "under" lamination! I just write in Sharpie on my Flip-Mat (laminated map that folds instead of rolls) when I want it to last for a long period of time. Then, take it off with a dry-erase marker later.
Of course, I am no artist and I wouldn’t want my work “under” lamination!

]]> By: MikeG http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/02/tools-of-the-trade-laminated-maps/comment-page-1#comment-1463 MikeG Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:32:57 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=213#comment-1463 This is great for users of the Dundjinni tactical map software. I plan on cutting the borders off of my laser printed map sections, laminating them with the "stiff" lamination and then gluing them to poster board. This creates a colored battle board. I add printed accessories to this board (like trees, rivers, boulders) to create many different outdoor scenes. I've had a lot of wear on them in their initial incarnation, so lamination will solve that issue. This method is also great for creating miniatures-scaled colored dungeon geomorphs. This is great for users of the Dundjinni tactical map software.

I plan on cutting the borders off of my laser printed map sections, laminating them with the “stiff” lamination and then gluing them to poster board. This creates a colored battle board. I add printed accessories to this board (like trees, rivers, boulders) to create many different outdoor scenes.

I’ve had a lot of wear on them in their initial incarnation, so lamination will solve that issue.

This method is also great for creating miniatures-scaled colored dungeon geomorphs.

]]> By: Trev http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/02/tools-of-the-trade-laminated-maps/comment-page-1#comment-1460 Trev Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:58:43 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=213#comment-1460 Hey just throwing a comment out about lamination. My own battlemap is a simple D&D minis skirmish map that I had laminated. Nice cheap alternative for the gamer on a budget. I had the one in the back of the DMG done too. If you get one of those half rolls of colored duct tape, the roll will fit around the rolled up map and still be able to go into a tube. (I play at another guy's place) Then just use a small square of the tape to tack each corner down to the table. The stiff laminate is nice too. (Only available at Staples in letter size...make sure you specofy you want ID card laminate.) I made a whole wack of dungeon tiles once and laminated them this way, then put a couple dots of silicone on the bottom to keep them from sliding on the table. Add a hole and you can put them in a binder. Staples also carries large easel size pads of 1 inch graph paper for about 14 bucks CDN. (not sure if Staples is in the US or not...but its a big box office supply here in Canada...I do my laminating there too) Hey just throwing a comment out about lamination. My own battlemap is a simple D&D minis skirmish map that I had laminated. Nice cheap alternative for the gamer on a budget. I had the one in the back of the DMG done too.

If you get one of those half rolls of colored duct tape, the roll will fit around the rolled up map and still be able to go into a tube. (I play at another guy’s place) Then just use a small square of the tape to tack each corner down to the table.

The stiff laminate is nice too. (Only available at Staples in letter size…make sure you specofy you want ID card laminate.) I made a whole wack of dungeon tiles once and laminated them this way, then put a couple dots of silicone on the bottom to keep them from sliding on the table. Add a hole and you can put them in a binder.

Staples also carries large easel size pads of 1 inch graph paper for about 14 bucks CDN. (not sure if Staples is in the US or not…but its a big box office supply here in Canada…I do my laminating there too)

]]> By: DMN http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/02/tools-of-the-trade-laminated-maps/comment-page-1#comment-1457 DMN Wed, 01 Feb 2006 17:10:46 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=213#comment-1457 Thanks Martin, I'll check them out. Thanks Martin,

I’ll check them out.

]]> By: Martin http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/02/tools-of-the-trade-laminated-maps/comment-page-1#comment-1456 Martin Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:48:48 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=213#comment-1456 DMN: I went in with a friend back in Michigan who knew where to get those rolls, and I can't recall where it was. The place was pretty flaky, too -- it took several weeks for them to arrive the last time we ordered from them. Back in <a href="http://treasuretables.org/2005/07/three-mapping-options" rel="nofollow">Three Mapping Options</a>, the TT post where I first brought up rolled graph paper, I linked to a site that sells the rolls: <a href="http://www.eaieducation.com/531106.html" rel="nofollow">EAI Education</a>. $20 seems reasonable, but I've never ordered from them (I still have a nearly-full roll at home). Hope that helps! Pedro: Good link -- thank you. :) DMN: I went in with a friend back in Michigan who knew where to get those rolls, and I can’t recall where it was. The place was pretty flaky, too — it took several weeks for them to arrive the last time we ordered from them.

Back in Three Mapping Options, the TT post where I first brought up rolled graph paper, I linked to a site that sells the rolls: EAI Education. $20 seems reasonable, but I’ve never ordered from them (I still have a nearly-full roll at home). Hope that helps!

Pedro: Good link — thank you. :)

]]> By: Pedro http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/02/tools-of-the-trade-laminated-maps/comment-page-1#comment-1455 Pedro Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:43:09 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=213#comment-1455 Cool post Martin. I posted on my blog yesterday about a site with <a href="http://spaces.msn.com/vacuousgrimoire/blog/cns!7BACB25A474585B2!325.entry" rel="nofollow">PDFs of all sorts of different graph paper</a> that you can use to draw and print. They have different sized square graphs, hexagons, and even more exotic types of graph paper. They would be perfect candidates for laminating... Cool post Martin.

I posted on my blog yesterday about a site with PDFs of all sorts of different graph paper that you can use to draw and print. They have different sized square graphs, hexagons, and even more exotic types of graph paper.

They would be perfect candidates for laminating…

]]> By: DMN http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/02/tools-of-the-trade-laminated-maps/comment-page-1#comment-1454 DMN Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:19:08 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=213#comment-1454 Martin, Where do you buy your 1" "rolled" [or is that roled? ;)] graph paper? Also at Kinko's? Martin,

Where do you buy your 1″ “rolled” [or is that roled? ;) ] graph paper? Also at Kinko’s?

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