Physical Battlemaps Poll
Added 2024-10-10 13:46:56 +0000 UTCQuick one -
If/when you play around a table, do you like to have a grid on the map or do you prefer it to be ungridded and just the art?
I'm trying to get a feel of the best option for physical sets I'm going to make next year...
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(Feel free to comment your game/setting/system)
Ollie
Comments
Maybe you could do them double sided with the same map but both options or without the grid but a clear (plastic/acrylic) gridded sheet the same size that could be overlayed on any non-grid map? Otherwise, I prefer a light grid on a physical map. Digital is easy to offer a map with both options.
Jonathan Santerre
2024-10-11 17:17:52 +0000 UTCI run Fate Core, which has you divide the map into "zones" roughly the size of a medium-ish room. I don't care one way or the other about gridding, but I really appreciate maps I can use dry erase markers on!!
Rachael Wickman
2024-10-10 19:19:11 +0000 UTCI prefer no grids. That way I can use plastic grid or hex covers at my whim.
Bryan
2024-10-10 18:29:39 +0000 UTCWe usually play on a VTT (Foundry), which takes care of all the gridlines, we need. For a physical product, actual gridlines would come in handy.
Steve Skirata
2024-10-10 16:20:33 +0000 UTCFor those that haven't seen my physical packs (ATLAS or Plain Terrain), my grids aren't the chainlink fence style - whether there's a grid or not the environment takes centre stage. The grids are clear enough to use, and blended enough to ignore :)
Ollie Chanter
2024-10-10 16:13:46 +0000 UTCGrids on physical, all the way. My table have created custom tokens exactly one inch in diameter that fit perfectly in the squares on the grid.
Ash Wyldlore
2024-10-10 15:55:34 +0000 UTCFor a physical map, I want a grid.
Godfrey
2024-10-10 15:52:29 +0000 UTCI like grids on a table face to face. Frankly I prefer hexes but it's not in any way a problem to use squares. If I use a big map.. minis will come out to play!
Tom's Under
2024-10-10 15:33:15 +0000 UTCI say no grid because it lets more people use it. It is super easy to add a grid ourselves if needed. I love the option to display art that is ungridded.
Chandelin
2024-10-10 15:07:13 +0000 UTCYeah, 100% grids for me as I play F2F only.
Paul Lawrence
2024-10-10 14:27:16 +0000 UTCGrids are unnecessary for VTT, as VTT platforms can ask impose their own grids quite easily. For in person, grids are great.
Lloyd Ritchey
2024-10-10 14:22:44 +0000 UTCPhysical maps, I tend to like a grid (because in-person I usually end up playing D&D5e, which is pretty grid-orientated), and you can ignore the grid if you're using e.g. Savage Worlds. (For virtual play that includes maps (my main online campaign is the rather map-averse Feng Shui), grids are obviously less essential as the software can usually enforce them if required.)
Simon 'Landmine'
2024-10-10 14:10:33 +0000 UTC
