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More Battlemats?
« on: 09 July 2020, 17:09:51 »
I was wondering could it be possible for Catalyst to release more Battlemats than ones that already exist? Like for example Grasslands/Snowfield or Grasslands/City. I have taken liking to Battlemats so I would be more than happy to buy even more different ones to replace those paper ones.   
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Re: More Battlemats?
« Reply #1 on: 09 July 2020, 18:25:49 »
I second this.  I bought two of the 4 available and will buy the other two soon.

I think more mats are mentioned in the Kickstarter, especially based on the Tukkayid maps.

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Re: More Battlemats?
« Reply #2 on: 09 July 2020, 19:32:25 »
Hopefully the alien worlds pack from the KS will get a mat printing

They actually reprinted the originals which are a a good sign as they rarely reprint anything that isn’t profitable

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Re: More Battlemats?
« Reply #3 on: 09 July 2020, 19:53:26 »
I think more mats are mentioned in the Kickstarter, especially based on the Tukkayid maps.

Four double sided Tukayyid ones, and the Strana Mechty one with half a circle of equals on the reverse.
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Re: More Battlemats?
« Reply #4 on: 10 July 2020, 08:26:36 »
I just hope these are easier to read than the first batch. Every time I've played on the current ones, by the end of the game my face is physically exhausted from all the squinting as I try to read those labels.

On the upside, if you're ever going to fight me and can somehow leak that we're going to be playing on neoprene mats, you know I won't have any artillery or hidden units or minefields, because I have no way of reading hex numbers without getting so close to the map that my opponent knows exactly what hex I'm looking at.
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Re: More Battlemats?
« Reply #5 on: 10 July 2020, 13:57:38 »
They actually reprinted the originals which are a a good sign as they rarely reprint anything that isn’t profitable

Oh that's good sign alright. Hopefully that means that we get even more options when it comes to those.
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Re: More Battlemats?
« Reply #6 on: 10 July 2020, 14:22:34 »
I can honestly say the new maps I have given eyeball tests to, last I saw, will be more legible if nothing has changed.

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Re: More Battlemats?
« Reply #7 on: 11 July 2020, 19:25:02 »
Very glad to hear that... it's a small enough change on the production end, but means a LOT to the QOL on the user end...