Old School Gaming - DIY Battlemat(thew)

Just like a Jedi needs to build his own lightsaber -- any old school player needs to make his or her own battlemat.  There was a time when you couldn't buy these things pre-made.  I experimented with a lot of materials, but when Chessex came out with their Battlemat (and Megamat) I adopted the use of marine vinyl.

I have a white one and a grey one.  My grandson wanted one of his own, so we made a tan one today.

Here are some pics --

  

It was great fun working on this together.  He has plans to play a modified version of Heroscape on this with his friends.  He wants to play our regular Savage Worlds game on his new mat as well.  

I also printed him a couple of copies of Swords and Wizardry Whitebox.  He is planning on giving that a try too.

Fight on Matt!  Fight on!