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Tactical Battle Maps - How to secure to the Table

Started by enelson, September 26, 2007, 08:50:38 PM

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enelson

September 26, 2007, 08:50:38 PM
Hey -

I am thinking of picking up some of Skeleton Key maps because they look cool. But when I lay my masterpiece dungeon out on to the table, how should I secure these maps? Blue tack (stuff to hold up posters on the wall)? Put a big piece of Velcro on the table and then attach Velcro to each map I print out? Scotch tape?

Any ideas would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Eric
 

dar

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September 26, 2007, 09:03:14 PM
What I've done is use plastic sleeve protectors for my printed out tactical maps. Lay these out on a vinyl battle mat. It isn't as good as gluing them to backing board... but neither is it as cumbersome.

Pierce Inverarity

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September 26, 2007, 09:05:17 PM
Put it under a sheet of glass or transparent plastic. That way you can also write on it (the plastic, that is) with markers without ruining it.
Ich habe mir schon sehr lange keine Gedanken mehr über Bleistifte gemacht.--Settembrini

Serious Paul

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September 26, 2007, 09:12:14 PM
I have a laminated 2 foot by four foot battle map, that we printed ourselves, but I've never been able to secure it-because we move it around from place to place-but if I had to secure it I'd consider gluing it, or clamping it. As a temporary solution. Eventually I want a table with a dry erase battle map built into it somehow.

arminius

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September 26, 2007, 09:58:19 PM
For similar problems with paper wargame maps, I use sheets of acrylic (plexiglass). As Pierce says, a bonus is that you can write on them with erasable markers.

KenHR

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September 27, 2007, 06:58:35 AM
Not sure how large those maps you have are, but we used to use a cheap poster frame to hold our battle maps.  Cheaper than plexiglass, and we were able to use a grease pencil to draw on them.
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