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Hey guys, do any of your maps have those huge bumps that make it so that a large or smaller character can't stand on the square? My maps have them, all of my maps, so can you do anything about them.
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Location: GC, Missouri
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lamination is your friend.
It takes the bumps and preserves the map for years
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dnemiller wrote:lamination is your friend.
It takes the bumps and preserves the map for years Amen. Plus you you write "C" and "O" on the doors for override, keep track of gambit or total score, and not worry about your mates spilling Coke on the map and wrecking it. If you go to a school supply shop (there is one near me called "The School Box"), they will laminate the map for a couple of bucks. It's totally worth it.
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I keep mine in a large A1 sized art folder. So they still have some creases, but are very flat. They do need a good laminating though. I will be sorting that out soon enough.
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If you can't find a place near you that laminates for a good price, you could try purchasing and placing a sheet of plexiglass over the map for playing. It's a little cumbersome to carry around, but you can find some cheap plexiglass, and it does wonders for being able to place your minis without falling off of crease corners!
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Rather than laminate my maps (because I keep mine folded in a binder for easier travel) I bought to sheets of plexiglass and put the map between those whenever we play. It removes ceases and bumps, and it creates a good surface for the dice to roll on. In the end, I think it was cheaper than having over 20 maps laminated.
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Two sheets of plexiglass together? I like that. I've been strongly considering getting a plexiglass sheet myself, but it occurred to me that it might get bumped or moved and then all the minis on top would be out of alignment with the square grid below. Putting the map between two sheets might fix that. Awesome. Is that why you use two of them, or is there another reason?
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I have been middle grade laminating my maps and when ever possible still use Plexiglass over them. I keep them all including the plexiglass in an art portfolio that has steel frame work in its edges so they will continue to stay flat.
At this time I have only two maps that I can't put in the portfolio because of their size.
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Rank: Hailfire Droid
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Greybird wrote:Two sheets of plexiglass together? I like that. I've been strongly considering getting a plexiglass sheet myself, but it occurred to me that it might get bumped or moved and then all the minis on top would be out of alignment with the square grid below. Putting the map between two sheets might fix that. Awesome. Is that why you use two of them, or is there another reason? I use 2 of them for both added support, as you figured out, but also in case the playing surface is smaller than the map (as in, someone's coffee table) or if it's a picnic table and an uneven surface. I find it helps a lot.
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Demosthenes wrote:If you can't find a place near you that laminates for a good price, you could try purchasing and placing a sheet of plexiglass over the map for playing. It's a little cumbersome to carry around, but you can find some cheap plexiglass, and it does wonders for being able to place your minis without falling off of crease corners! This is what i use, i dont like the laminates because then you cant transport your maps without it being a hassel... The plexi glass is one thing you would have to transport if you had too instead of all of the maps. Also my old LGS the owner actaully on ebay baught Map Toploaders which you slid the map in the top loader like a card would & that worked the same as the plexi... But for my maps i basically try to fold them back to there original fold that they came in, i find if you do that your getting less tares & bumps in it, & i store mine in a pencil case & put it in my Uc's & C's ultrapro binder, i got a pencil case with the holes to do it..
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