New 4x4' mat "Wastelands" is getting real. We are just curious if you would be interested in purchasing one in pre-order with 10% discount. We plan to set up full price at eur 44. Pre-order option soon to be added in our e-shop. Please leave a comment if you like so. Cheers!
These look quite nice, but what material are they made from?thickness? etc....
You also have serious competition from Deep - cut studios whose 6' x4' mats are under £40, where with the exchange rate your 6' x4' come in at around £52 with a lot fewer designs to choose from as well.
These are completely different of deep cut (deep cut is vinyl/pvc - more something photographers use as backround. Feels more like printed poster.).
Gamemat.eu is a proper durable mat with rubber backing, anti slip, can be rolled and unrolled and there are no dents. its new standard in gaming mats I would say.
Thickness is 2mm. Weight is around 3,5kgs. You can roll it and have couple of months in corner then unroll and play on flat mat!
right it is like mouse pad material, just better thickness and quality. Surface feels like fiber, very good dice rolling and model movement. feels soft for touch
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insaniak wrote: Nice. You'll get more attention in the main part of the forum than you will just in the WHFB area, though. Moving this to News & Rumours.
4x4 we plan to put on e-shop for pre-order with 10% discount in 2 weeks. With delivery of actual product in late July. So definitely will take some more time.
Priority(5days)Shipment to UK is for
1pc - EUR 23,
2pcs package - EUR 30
and for 3pcs package - EUR 37.
For more then 3 mats please contact me on gamemat.eu@gmail.com and we might settle some deal on price/shipment conditions.
Automatically Appended Next Post: and for what game would be 3x3 suitable?
Automatically Appended Next Post: that shipment reffers to 6x4' size. 4x4 could be bit cheaper.
@Matous as Panic says 3x3 is suitable for X-Wing but also Malifaux and other skirmish based games.
The postage is a bit rich for me though, Deep Cut offer it at half that price with every additional mat being free. It seems like postage companies are trying to cripple some businesses with their current prices.
Thraxas Of Turai wrote: @Matous as Panic says 3x3 is suitable for X-Wing but also Malifaux and other skirmish based games.
The postage is a bit rich for me though, Deep Cut offer it at half that price with every additional mat being free. It seems like postage companies are trying to cripple some businesses with their current prices.
also completely different material then deep cut/ deep cut is kind of printed poster on vinyl/pvc
Gamemat is proper rubber mat, more durable material, antislip bottom. no dents after rolling etc.
Guys, I have bought one of these (the one with the daemon summoning circle in the middle) and I must say, it's absolutely gorgeous. Matous1983 isn't lying, the material looks good, stays flat and dice roll well on it
Hansisaf wrote: Guys, I have bought one of these (the one with the daemon summoning circle in the middle) and I must say, it's absolutely gorgeous. Matous1983 isn't lying, the material looks good, stays flat and dice roll well on it
However, the quality of the artwork is not good enough, on the battleground mat, the repeating pattern of the grass is clearly visible, as if the same tiny patch of grass has been photoshop clone-tooled over and over and you can clearly see it form a grid pattern on the mat. There are two patches of identical rocks copy+pasted as well.
It doesn't look like a lot of effort was put into the artwork, just some stock textures hastily thrown together without much regard for creating a natural look.
also completely different material then deep cut/ deep cut is kind of printed poster on vinyl/pvc
Gamemat is proper rubber mat, more durable material, antislip bottom. no dents after rolling etc.
Yours certainly does look like a superior product in most respects, it is just a shame that the length and weight of the package makes it cost prohibitive to buy from you. Again that is not totally your fault, but if you do start 3x3 mats and get a few more designs I will certainly consider a purchase.
However, the quality of the artwork is not good enough, on the battleground mat, the repeating pattern of the grass is clearly visible, as if the same tiny patch of grass has been photoshop clone-tooled over and over and you can clearly see it form a grid pattern on the mat. There are two patches of identical rocks copy+pasted as well.
It doesn't look like a lot of effort was put into the artwork, just some stock textures hastily thrown together without much regard for creating a natural look.
Clearly a matter of individual opinion. I can assure you on mat design was spend tens of hours of designer work. We wanted to assure there is enough variability and not just plain areas of 2 colors as on competition mats. I must say I think repetitiveness is the last which defines our mats clearly I think most of owners did not mind that each piece of grass is not original. On a table it looks great. I honestly do not now any other gaming mat which has so variable design as battleground.
also completely different material then deep cut/ deep cut is kind of printed poster on vinyl/pvc
Gamemat is proper rubber mat, more durable material, antislip bottom. no dents after rolling etc.
Yours certainly does look like a superior product in most respects, it is just a shame that the length and weight of the package makes it cost prohibitive to buy from you. Again that is not totally your fault, but if you do start 3x3 mats and get a few more designs I will certainly consider a purchase.
Also have you considered a UK/US supplier?
Sure mainly UK and Germany retailers are so far interest. We are working out on some representations. But I still defend the point that such a gaming mat really hikes the aesthetic level of standard gaming table (carpet covered, or plain) and the cost even plus shipment is still less then buying GW modular tables or building own custom table (which is always top end in our hobby - but not everybody has the talent and the time to do so). We plan now 3 designs of 4x4 mats for preorders. 3x3 mats will probably follow.
Squidbot wrote: Damn, the battlefield one is brilliant.
Yes, that is what I meant. If you could, that would be fantastic, and probably finalize my decision.
I got this one in my smart phone. I guess it is really proper test of material quality
Malkaven wrote: haha that's awesome. I'm sure my son would do the same if I end up purchasing one.
it is actually pretty good for kids play mat as well
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Squidbot wrote: Ha ha ha ha ha! Okay, genuinely laughed out loud at that
I'm sold, will be putting in an order after I pick up all my new Ork stuff.
Thanks matous!
very much welcomed, sir
thanks!
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zachwho wrote: been considering purchasing one of frontline gamings battle mats, are these two( yours and theirs) pretty much the same?
One can say it is very similar material wise. Both are specified as "rubber based mats"
Albator wrote: Very interesting ! Do you have plans for 4X8 mats ?
So far probably 4x8 seems a bit unusual size. What game is it for, please?
It is for Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40K. I know tournament are almost always played on 4X6 tables but I'm pretty sure a lot of us like to play none tournament games on bigger tables. Maybe a limited run of 4X8 mats would be possible ?
Albator wrote: Very interesting ! Do you have plans for 4X8 mats ?
So far probably 4x8 seems a bit unusual size. What game is it for, please?
It is for Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40K. I know tournament are almost always played on 4X6 tables but I'm pretty sure a lot of us like to play none tournament games on bigger tables. Maybe a limited run of 4X8 mats would be possible ?
It would be possible. But ideally if I get 25 pcs at least as "pre-orders" as production is cost demanding and it does not pay off to do only 1 or 2 pieces. Unfortunately :/
Beautiful mats. Possibly the nicest I've seen so far. I would likely pre-order the 4x4 wastelands map. Any plans on making a 4x6 version of that wastelands, as well?
Any ideas on expanding the line? Rural farm areas, industrial sludge zones, all sorts of things?
as someone who recently bought 2 of these beauties recently I must say for their cost, absolute bargain. I bought the chaos city (cos who can resist that) and the grassy dried patches one.
Insane quality. Thick enough to not worry about tearing, and robust enough to take the hammer us gamers throw at em. Added bonus btw. Dice dont hit it and bounce off into the warp either!
Oh and it took 5 days from ordering to my front door. Poland to rotherham in 5 days. pity not all companies are that quick huh.
LittleLeadMen wrote: Beautiful mats. Possibly the nicest I've seen so far. I would likely pre-order the 4x4 wastelands map. Any plans on making a 4x6 version of that wastelands, as well?
Any ideas on expanding the line? Rural farm areas, industrial sludge zones, all sorts of things?
Thanks a lot! I will let you know when we prepare pre order option and exact conditions.
It would be lovely to do more and more designs, as it really is fun part seeing the graphic concepts materialize in a battle on table. But I need to keep things real from start as I need to see these first mats flowing to customers.
Like, us, share us..the more people know the faster we can produce more stuff.
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Lutharr101 wrote: as someone who recently bought 2 of these beauties recently I must say for their cost, absolute bargain. I bought the chaos city (cos who can resist that) and the grassy dried patches one.
Insane quality. Thick enough to not worry about tearing, and robust enough to take the hammer us gamers throw at em. Added bonus btw. Dice dont hit it and bounce off into the warp either!
Oh and it took 5 days from ordering to my front door. Poland to rotherham in 5 days. pity not all companies are that quick huh.
That is a word of a man! Thanks a lot! I would keep that as an example of customers feedback!
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overtyrant wrote: I'd would pick up a 6 x 4 cityscape one with roads for 10mm Dropzone commander in a heartbeat.
That would be certainly a bit of work for us as I did not dig into dropzone commander universe yet. But thx for ideas!
Azazelx wrote: What are the different postal costs for one mat or two mats to Australia?
Any chance of a dark brown-themed mat in an outdoor theme? Perhaps with patches of grass? Like these bases, (but without the bones!):
Aside from the fact that I do my own bases like this, it seems reasonably common for others as well.
Hi, cost is as follows:
1gmat eur 23=31usd
2 gmats package eur 30=41usd
3 gmats package eur 37=50usd
For your base I think battleground design suits the best. It is brown areas with green grass a bit:
scarletsquig wrote:
However, the quality of the artwork is not good enough, on the battleground mat, the repeating pattern of the grass is clearly visible, as if the same tiny patch of grass has been photoshop clone-tooled over and over and you can clearly see it form a grid pattern on the mat. There are two patches of identical rocks copy+pasted as well.
People are always moaning about balance, and it doesn't get more even than that!
Srsly though, I can see the rock dupliacation but only becuase it's been pointed out. I can't see a grid grass pattern. I'd check it out on my turbo HD monitor at home... but be honest, how much of the board do you see when your playing?
matous1983 wrote: What are the different postal costs for one mat or two mats to Australia?
Hi, cost is as follows:
1gmat eur 23=31usd
2 gmats package eur 30=41usd
3 gmats package eur 37=50usd
Could you do the same for Canada please ? Thanks !
its the same. on www.gamemat.eu there us UK+US+overseas so all in one: *priority plane
Hi, cost is as follows:
1gmat eur 23=31usd
2 gmats package eur 30=41usd
3 gmats package eur 37=50usd
Actuall cost is higher. We are discounting a bit to kick sales from start. You can check. 3,5kg one mat, 125cm long package
cheers!
That is! Basically even box of paints ordered from germany to poland, some 1000km costed me 20 eur!
Automatically Appended Next Post: we got a bit wild designing new 4x4 wargaming mat. Would appreciate any feedback. can imagine infinity game or necrons playing this mat?
The general consensus is that Infinity games are best played with the scenery, roads, etc. at a 45 degree angle to the sides of the board. It looks good though.
Ian Sturrock wrote: The general consensus is that Infinity games are best played with the scenery, roads, etc. at a 45 degree angle to the sides of the board. It looks good though.
thought it could be more scifi style as infinity is?
I know Infinity has the whole thing with hex grids, but it can be played without all the scenery having them just as its possible to play 40k without everything being covered in skulls(!)
Will you be making a 6x4 version of that Tech Mat? I'm also interested in seeing what you do with a star field/space mat. I have a green fields and a desert mat already, with modern and medieval urban tiles coming, but space mats and diagonal-gridded urban/sci-fi are both things I'm interested in.
Azazelx wrote: I know Infinity has the whole thing with hex grids, but it can be played without all the scenery having them just as its possible to play 40k without everything being covered in skulls(!)
Will you be making a 6x4 version of that Tech Mat? I'm also interested in seeing what you do with a star field/space mat. I have a green fields and a desert mat already, with modern and medieval urban tiles coming, but space mats and diagonal-gridded urban/sci-fi are both things I'm interested in.
we have decent stocks of 6x4 mats so far.( 3 types of design) So no plans to do new 6x4 unfortunatelly for couple of months :/
Now we want to add 2-3 4x4 mats. Hope people will like it more and more and we grow in types and styles.
Space mat is also still a question of 1-2 mats probably.
And diagonal gridded urban mat you mean? Probably our 6x4 Mayhem Square not that you looking for?
That would be a mat with the urban lines/streets in an "X" or diamond shape instead of a + or square - as the one above is. The one you show looks very nice, but I already have 4 sets of table tiles in the square format coming.
What do you mean about 1-2 mats for space? I have been looking for a good quality mat for X-Wing, because I don't like the thin material that the GF9 ones are made of. Your material looks ideal to me. Just needs to be released and look good.
Azazelx wrote: That would be a mat with the urban lines/streets in an "X" or diamond shape instead of a + or square - as the one above is. The one you show looks very nice, but I already have 4 sets of table tiles in the square format coming.
What do you mean about 1-2 mats for space? I have been looking for a good quality mat for X-Wing, because I don't like the thin material that the GF9 ones are made of. Your material looks ideal to me. Just needs to be released and look good.
aa sorry I meant to produce space mat would take around 1 month maybe 2 months.
And you think what is ideall size for space mat 6x4? 4x4 or 3x3?
Also is better plain space design or ea moon/planet surface?
Thanks!!
Automatically Appended Next Post: Just sent first mat to Australia! This priority plane is damn costy!!! But its on the way! should be up to week max, ladies said
Battleground one
cheers!!
Automatically Appended Next Post: Just sent first mat to Australia! This priority plane is damn costy!!! But its on the way! should be up to week max, ladies said
Battleground one
cheers!!
I think starfield with colourful nebula in the background would be the best bet to start with. If you do two designs, you could go for a planet or two in the background.
Moonscape or planetary surface could just be regular mat designs, for 40k, etc really.
Azazelx wrote: I think starfield with colourful nebula in the background would be the best bet to start with. If you do two designs, you could go for a planet or two in the background.
Moonscape or planetary surface could just be regular mat designs, for 40k, etc really.
thx. And isnt there plenty of space mats designs on market already?
M
We proudly present that we become partners with WFB Polish Team Championship: Event happening in Warsaw on 23-24th August. I am really amazed to see our gaming mats on such a big event!
This is the trailer from the organizators. Really nice one!
We are live with 4x4' G-Mats pre-orders! Limited quantity only! Order now and save 10%. Price set at 39 EUR. Delivery end of July/start of August.
Do not hesitate as we are looking for limited amount of pre-orders, when we reach that we kick on the production and set full price at 44 EUR. Available on our e-shop. Section 4x4. Just add to cart as usually!
http://www.gamemat.eu/4x4-g-mats.html
I would be all over this if shipping wasn't so bad (US). I understand why it costs as much as it does but unfortunately it prices me out of a purchase. Best of luck though as I can see a growing market for these.
Wuyley wrote: I would be all over this if shipping wasn't so bad (US). I understand why it costs as much as it does but unfortunately it prices me out of a purchase. Best of luck though as I can see a growing market for these.
I can imagine! thats a big slowdown for us. I would love to for example arrrange some bundle package e.a 15-20 mats and send it to US for some gaming comunity/club. I mean when people will get the orders together within couple of days/week.
Then I can surely work out some shipment conditions and even some deal price for all the mats.
Think about that pls if you are in center of some gaming group.
We need to have a look into that. But generally as we are small company (sole proprietorship) We had to buy all services and production including VAT. So we cannot trade without VAT as we paid everything VAT including when producing our mats.
Generally, at least the way that the similar GST works here in Australia, is that you can still reclaim VAT on the purchases you make for sales even if you sell them to non VAT countries. You need to zero-rate the VAT (ie, charge the customers 0% VAT but still add the $0.00 to the invoice).
I'm not sure how difficult this is for you, but its a bit jarring to see that I'm explicitly being charged VAT when theoretically I'm not supposed to be.
Trasvi wrote: Generally, at least the way that the similar GST works here in Australia, is that you can still reclaim VAT on the purchases you make for sales even if you sell them to non VAT countries. You need to zero-rate the VAT (ie, charge the customers 0% VAT but still add the $0.00 to the invoice).
I'm not sure how difficult this is for you, but its a bit jarring to see that I'm explicitly being charged VAT when theoretically I'm not supposed to be.
I agree, I see your point. But right now I cannot sell without VAT even to ex EU countries. I have basically now cost of rproduction X(including VAT) and Iam adding some margin. So I sell at price X+margin.
I cannot deduct any VAT from X because no one will give it back to me. I already paid all the VAT when stocking all the mats in my ownership.
When I would sell to Australia at price minus VAT it basically means I sell 20% cheaper,
In couple of months when we grow, we become EU registered VAT payer. Then I can purchase all production WITHOUT VAT. Then I am able to sell outside EU without VAT.
Azazelx wrote: I think starfield with colourful nebula in the background would be the best bet to start with. If you do two designs, you could go for a planet or two in the background.
Moonscape or planetary surface could just be regular mat designs, for 40k, etc really.
thx. And isnt there plenty of space mats designs on market already?
M
Sure, why not? I guess it's a good thing there's not plenty of other 6x4 mats out there?
What makes your 6x4 different to anyone else's? Does anyone else make 3x3 like that?
just reminder, Pre-orders for 4x4 will be up just for next week. Then we start production.
You can save 10% with pre ordering on http://www.gamemat.eu/4x4-g-mats.html
Azazelx wrote: Thank you, Zwei, for making my point well. I was too pissed off at their attitude in their reply to do anything but respond in kind.
I was at wrong impression that there is this frontline and couple of others so I would just add "another" space mat
If its like you say then its worth it.
But what size?
I think xwing is 3x3
But dont people play usually 4x4 or 6x4?
PLease advice
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Vertrucio wrote: I bought a mat and just left it on a table at my FLGS to test durability. No food stains yet, but people generally know not to eat on top of them.
I do see people regularly placing their drinks on it, no spills, but so far it hasn't left any water spots or rings.
Right, we placed 8 of our mats to local gaming club as sponsorship and they are played on daily since end of April and there are no signs of being worn out or something..
Automatically Appended Next Post: WOW! Maestro of battle reports playing on our Meadows of War G-mat. Enjoy amazing batle!
How would you picture that theme pls? We want to add more for sure
Automatically Appended Next Post: I am personally looking for adding some limited edition mats just limited amount and ideally for pre-orders only.
This could be good idea to do army themed mats more
How would you picture that theme pls? We want to add more for sure
Automatically Appended Next Post: I am personally looking for adding some limited edition mats just limited amount and ideally for pre-orders only.
This could be good idea to do army themed mats more
What armies? If you mean 40k armies then I'm not interested there are more games systems other then GW and if you are only catering for 40k (as your mayhem map seems to suggest) then your losing potential customers. So far I'm only slightly intrested in your wasteland mat. Some ideas from the top of my head.
A clean sci fi theme mat
A space mat
A modern/futuristic city with roads
A fantasy town/city map
An ocean map
A desert map
Various forests/meadow maps
Variations of some mats for 10/15 mm games
These are just a few suggestions you could do. I want to give you my business but your designs leave a lot to be desired. You need to get some pre orders up, let people know what your working on as I have visited your page a few times and there seems to be no movement.
Not overtextured with dunes, rocks, dried riverbeds, just a simple bright uniform sand texture across the whole thing.
There's a tendency to overdesign or over-clutter mat artwork, when instead, simple and uniform texture across the whole thing is all that's needed. Especially with sand or snow, you can just have the same texture across the whole thing and its job done for a realistic mat since individual sand grains or snow flakes are too small to have any 3d presence (this applies to grass too, to some extent, although you are less likely to come across a uniform field of short grass than you are a flat and smooth area of snow or sand).
Extra detail comes from the terrain that is added on top, if you draw pictures of large rocks and things on the mat artwork, it can start to look odd, as it's 3d detail being represented in a 2d form.
Honestly, the same applies to space mats, they all too often have a giant nebula plastered over them (usually the same one too, that hubble image that *everyone* uses), to match reality a simple starfield is for the best, with perhaps a galactic plane such as the view of the milky way from Earth if you do want some broader, gaseous detail. A lot of people mistake a lot of space images as being true-colour as well... they are not, they are formed by detecting wavelengths other than visible light.
Non-photoshopped views from orbit are much better reference than space telescope images, they paint a much more subtle picture than giant red and purple nebulae clouds you see on every space mat on the market: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RdwaRz6bko
Best to avoid a lot of earth-based Milky Way photography too, as a lot of it gets photoshopped to hell... here's an example of a rather beautiful photo being mangled:
If you guys don't fancy doing diagonal roads for an Infinity mat... then a simple hex-based design that's basically all sidewalk / town square, with white hexes and a mid grey or pale blue outline, similar sort of scale to these bases, could go down very well:
How would you picture that theme pls? We want to add more for sure
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This could be good idea to do army themed mats more
What armies? If you mean 40k armies then I'm not interested there are more games systems other then GW and if you are only catering for 40k (as your mayhem map seems to suggest) then your losing potential customers. So far I'm only slightly intrested in your wasteland mat. Some ideas from the top of my head.
A clean sci fi theme mat
A space mat
A modern/futuristic city with roads
A fantasy town/city map
An ocean map
A desert map
Various forests/meadow maps
Variations of some mats for 10/15 mm games
These are just a few suggestions you could do. I want to give you my business but your designs leave a lot to be desired. You need to get some pre orders up, let people know what your working on as I have visited your page a few times and there seems to be no movement.
All his mats bar the chaos city one would fit anywhere. Grass and dirt is still just grass and dirt no matter the universe its set in. And even the Chaos city one it can be used as a genric city if you have a piece big enough to cover the star.
Ian Sturrock wrote: If you guys don't fancy doing diagonal roads for an Infinity mat... then a simple hex-based design that's basically all sidewalk / town square, with white hexes and a mid grey or pale blue outline, similar sort of scale to these bases, could go down very well:
Ian Sturrock wrote: Aye, that one is very nice, except that again, it's not diagonal, so would look wrong for the standard arrangement of scenery in Infinity.
Its some kind of mantra Infinity loves to be diagonal?)
It's just generally regarded as the best approach for terrain placement. Snipers are very powerful in Infinity, and if you want the two sides to occasionally do something more interesting than snipe at each other down long sniper lanes, it's good to at least start out with most of those sniper lanes diagonal rather than facing directly at the enemy. Just makes for a more fun and exciting game that way.
Ian Sturrock wrote: It's just generally regarded as the best approach for terrain placement. Snipers are very powerful in Infinity, and if you want the two sides to occasionally do something more interesting than snipe at each other down long sniper lanes, it's good to at least start out with most of those sniper lanes diagonal rather than facing directly at the enemy. Just makes for a more fun and exciting game that way.
very interesting. Must have try this game someday but very little time even fro 40k occasionally :///
matous1983 wrote: That remainds me my last 40k game with 7th rules and new army, we played 6hrs for 1850pts. I was so tired down that did not played month since;D
Haven't played a game of 40k and WFB in ages! I find the rules for them tiresome and bothersome! Though I agree it's different strokes for different folks and all that! The hardest thing I find about GW players (not all just some and most I've encountered in my area) is getting them to acknowledge there are other game systems out there and trying to get them to play a demo of a non GW game. You get looked at as though you belong in Arkham Asylum next to The Joker and co!
matous1983 wrote: That remainds me my last 40k game with 7th rules and new army, we played 6hrs for 1850pts. I was so tired down that did not played month since;D
Haven't played a game of 40k and WFB in ages! I find the rules for them tiresome and bothersome! Though I agree it's different strokes for different folks and all that! The hardest thing I find about GW players (not all just some and most I've encountered in my area) is getting them to acknowledge there are other game systems out there and trying to get them to play a demo of a non GW game. You get looked at as though you belong in Arkham Asylum next to The Joker and co![/quote
I think its too hard for W40k players because the rules were so complicated and took ages to master, that they dont want to try anything else
Tommorrow starts Polish Team Championship and we are proud sponzor. Top players tables will be covered by our mats.
Will post pictures after weekend...
Automatically Appended Next Post: Tables getting ready for tommorrow's WFB Polish Team Championship. We are pleased to cover top 10 tables with our mats.
overtyrant wrote: Love that last picture, looks like a load of ghosts are playing. So have you got anything new in the works?
soon we will reveal Snow Storm 6x4 design - imperial city just after snow and
Tundra 4x4 - winter in nature: stones, snow, freeze
Also on contrary should come design which name say it all: Hell - lava and burned ground
Starweaver wrote: Any chance for soms 3x3 space mats as that would be The base size for xwing?
Yes soon, we hoped 4x4 would be good as well for xwing
Well its not that they're not good for it, it just saves a lot of time setting out the deployment zone (that and the table i play xwing on is 3 wide so i wouldnt have a half a foot of the mat sticking out on either side where the players sit).
I'd love to see a 6x4 with a red line marking off 6 inches on each long side. This would give you a 6x3 area, perfect for two side-by-side games of X-wing, or a single game of the upcoming Star Wars Armada. That game will be huge, you should totally do this
Has anyone else bought from these guys? I ordered a mat 6 weeks ago and I still don't have it. I'm wondering if my experience is typical for someone ordering in North America. Thanks.
I ordered from them,took about 6 weeks to arrive in west virginia.
Worth the wait their mats are beautiful.
Also very good communication , had several conversations by email with matous.
Got tracking info , be aware tracking number will lose your order after it leaves poland, mine then picked back up weeks later on usps site shortly before delivery.
For all Infinity fans we had nice review on Data-Sphere. Author Errhile makes some cool test of our mat as extreme folding, cleaning spills or using high temperature. Really nicely written!
http://www.data-sphere.net/gamemats-eu-gaming-mat-review/
Dear Wargamers! Wishing you all the best for 2015! Mainly great health and lots of love!
Thank you all for your trust. 2014 was a great ride as since May you helped us get over 800 likes and get our mats among players all over the world.
In 2015 we are planning many new designs. I may mention for 1Q it will be "Sands of Time" and "Fallout Zone".
Hope you all enjoy tonight's wild parties and no one's neighborhood will end up like piece of our new mat)
Dear Wargamers! Wishing you all the best for 2015! Mainly great health and lots of love!
Thank you all for your trust. 2014 was a great ride as since May you helped us get over 800 likes and get our mats among players all over the world.
In 2015 we are planning many new designs. I may mention for 1Q it will be "Sands of Time" and "Fallout Zone".
Hope you all enjoy tonight's wild parties and no one's neighborhood will end up like piece of our new mat)
new battlemats available for pre-ordering now. Also all other designs will be re-stocked. All start shipping latest on 10th March.
FYI as we are only small boutique type company all mats are iavailable in 100 pieces quantity.
Next production batch might take another 3 months so make sure you order early if you like our mats.
http://www.gamemat.eu/6x4-g-mats.html
If you tint it in a darker red I can see Mechanicus players digging it, it works as it is unless you want to fight on Mars. There is a definite dunes feel to it.
thx! Mechanicum Mars would have been good mat! we had one design ready just did not make it to production yet. Damn Would be amazing timing with new army coming out.
I ordered the Tricity map and it arrived today. I LOVE it can't wait to play Necromunda on it.
I just wondered how do you recommend to store the mats? I'm trying to think of a good way to keep it a.) safe and protected, b.) out of sight and tucked away.
I just want somebody to make some 3x3 neoprene mats that aren't space mats. There's a bazillion X-wing mats but i can't get a regular plains/urban 3x3 pretty much anywhere :(
There's a few companies that make vinyl ones, but the only neoprene one I know of is the kickstarter-only one for Relic Knights. Otherwise I'm gonna have to spend the extra money for a 4x4 and have to cut it down myself. Not ideal.
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How are you mats shipped? My other mouse mat style mats I have from two different companies come shipped in a zipped cloth bag, are yours shipped the same? Thanks, I'm interested in the tricity mat but don't want it stored in a cardboard tube.
I'm pretty sure thats what he is talking about, but if you go into your account and edit your profile you can add that link into your signature line so it automatically pops up at the bottom of every one of your posts ( old and new). That way people interested in your products don't have to go back and look for the link to your web page because it will be right there in your post.
There are a few other companies out there with mats. Something I see a lot of them doing is offering the option to have a grid printed onto the map. 1" is pretty common. You might also consider doing some of the smaller ones with Heroclix zones. Personally, I would probably be using it for D&D so 1" grids on a fantasy table. Either way, your range looks really good. I'm hoping to pick up some around tax season so I've bookmarked your store
Looks pretty good, I'd definitely be interested. However, I live in Norway, ie. outside of the EU, so I'd have to pay local VAT. I see you have an ex. VAT export option, but it isn't available to non-EU European countries. Any chance this'll change eventually?
Any more closeups of the wasteland mat up for preorder? I'm seriously considering the 3x3 but looking for something more grey than red, and it's a little hard to tell from the closeup pics.
I like the mats but man are they expensive to ship to the US.
Any chance that you will eventually do a 10mm scaled cityscape for Dropzone Commander? It'd be nice to see one that has some cratered roads instead of pristine streets
Hello,
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overtyrant Mats are shipped in carton box or hard tube. We do not have cloth bags. Maybe in couple of months. Working always on new solutions.
MLaw Thank you for hex ideas. We will try. But now we are bit slowed with expansion as we have added couple of new designs recently
Okapi Our European shipping agent charges too much for customs duty confirmation that our package goes to ex-EU country - roughly the same as you would save on VAT. We will try to work on that and improve. On the other hand FedEx airmail is superior service which makes the export confirmation for free, thus overseas destinations are easily made without VAT.
RiTidesWill email you asap. Generally it is smaller version of 4x4 Wastelands.
Bobby Hostile Shipping to US is one mat EUR 27, 2 mats EUR 45, 3 mats EUR 60. But you can buy our mats without European VAT. That is 21% less from mat price which helps to get good price overall. Dropzone mats are in plans. Great idea with bombed streets for DZ. If you are big fan of DZ send me your PM I would love a help with concept ideas as I am not a DZ player. Would then get you free mat when this DZ style will be done
If I missed someone please let me know, I apologize Hope answers help.
Matous communicated extremely quickly over email (gamemat.eu AT gmail DOT com) and I've preordered the 3x3 Wasteland! Planning to use it as part of a display base.
Make sure you follow the instructions he laid out for Bobby Hostile above - if you're in the US, you select "pay on delivery" at checkout (NOT Paypal!) and then they send you a Paypal invoice without the VAT fee
If you are going to make "Space mat's". How about one that instead of being some deep space location is instead up in near planet orbit. something like this....
Great idea, marked. We will run bunch of new 4x4 mats in couple of weeks. But planned are: Sands, Lava and Scifi-City. So will try to add snowed medieval.
It is suggested that a 1 on 1 game is good for 3x3, but the extra space is nice for cards, dice, books, etc...
Also if you play a 3 or more player game, you have room to grow. And if you play other games (Warmachine etc...) you can get double duty out of the same mat.
matous1983 wrote: 6x4 neoprene space mats will be in production in 2-3 months
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Matous
Excellent.
I will be in the market for a few different types, nebula etc as the scenes in babylon 5 space combats, which avoided the 'just black starfields' with different subtle colors.
Or these ST designs
Rather than large planets or moons, as these then look very strange if you also have actual models of planets and moons as obstacles.
Nicorex wrote: If you are going to make "Space mat's". How about one that instead of being some deep space location is instead up in near planet orbit. something like this....
or this..
without all the spaceships of course.
This is a great idea, and would be perfect for the upcoming dropfleet commander game.
What would be nice is some larger mats split into smaller sections. I.e a 8` x 4` mat split into two 4` x 4` sections. That way if your playing a small game you can just use half or for big games pull out the full thing.
Only chance to get -10% discount on our mats - pre-order now from http://www.gamemat.eu/page/home/ as we unfortunately for us (luckily for you) sold out most of our mats and we are waiting till re-stock till 1st January.
I absolutely love my Wasteland mat that I got from you, and with the VAT being excluded for US customers (automatically now with the new site!) it's actually really affordable and in line with buying mats domestically.
Having had a quick google, it looks like two mats takes you over the threshold to claim that back though (currently a little under £60.) At least that's what it appears IANAA(ccountant.)
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Nicorex wrote: What game is being played in these pic's? Because that is not a whole lot of terrain.
Understandable given how many games are obviously being played at once, but I agree its no where near enough terrain for WMH or any other game.
Those mats do look really nice, though!
Depends if they are playing steamroller. No terrain in the deployment zone for steamroller and I've noticed a tendency with Warmahordes that a terrain base will be placed down and it may be a forest or a hill. Though if it is steamroller I don't notice any objective/flag markers or scoring zones (unless player's have to bring there own, but then again some terrain elements have to be set a min distance from scoring zones).
Nicorex wrote: What game is being played in these pic's? Because that is not a whole lot of terrain.
Understandable given how many games are obviously being played at once, but I agree its no where near enough terrain for WMH or any other game.
Those mats do look really nice, though!
As the person who runs this show, I respectfully disagree.
We had 8 pieces of Steamroller compliant scenery, consistently themed with Matous' mats across all our comp space.
SR suggest 5-8 pieces, and they are intentionally smaller than "standard" warhammer style scenery as to play WM on that stuff is a pretty miserable experience. Between the mats and the scenery I invested about £10k into the kit this year, and I genuinely think you will struggle to find much better on the WM scene as a whole. I don't know of many other events that can do this volume of scenery at this scale (450 players, 140 comp tables and around 100 casual tables).
You can play Warmachine on stunning, scenery heavy tables, much like you see in the books, but it genuinely doesn't work for competitive games, which is a large part of the WM scene.
No scenery can be places in the deployment zones (7" and 10" either side) and there are further restrictions about what can be placed where depending on the scenario being played (eg rocks,walls and water cannot be placed too close to the flags/zones that are being fought over). So that limits options further.
WM is a very different ballgame to GW games.
These shots were taken Thursday night before the even started, so the scenery isn't fully placed either as I leave that to the judges who run the comp events for me over the weekend.
The scenery is all cast and painted by Solid Ground Studios, a company run by a fellow Warmachine player who put a lot of thought into creating nice 3D scenery with a low enough profile for models to not fall over or have issues being placed upon. I decided not to put the trees out on the forests as they inevitably get removed from the table straight away and never replaced, so its unnecessary effort and tidying up for no real gain.
Nicorex wrote: Since I am not a Warmachine player I stand corrected.
I will change my remark to something more in line with what I meant.
No offence was taken, but thank you
I do appreciate that a WM table can look bare (part of that is caused by the low profile scenery really taking over in the PP comp scene), and I do agree its a far cry from my Warhammer tables of my youth, but they are just different kettles of fish.
You can as mentioned play WM on some really nice setups, but for the cut and thrust of top end comp, it creates more trouble than its worth and I would get complaints (I got some ire this year about the hills, even though they are as 2D as its possible to make 3D hills without them being completely flat).
2D scenery is becoming king in some parts of the WM world, for better or worse. I'm a washed up tourney player these days who is happy panting his models and running this event, so I don't have as much of a horse in the race as some, but I have to respond to the feelings of the guys and gals who travel for these events.
I would love that in mouse pad material but may bite the bullet on that regardless of material. Hope you can reduce or reposition that parting line on the crate either needs to be less pronounced or easier to clean up.
matous1983 wrote: 6'x4' battle mat Forges of Mars by Yohann Schepacz ( concept art for Deus Ex, Tomb Raider etc) coming this week as our 2nd Birthday present
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Any chance this mat will be in 4x4? Would love it for Infinity.
Forges of Mars battle mat by Yohann Schepacz (concept art for Deus Ex and Rise of The Tomb Raider e.a) is here as limited edition (1500 copies worldwide). We celebrate our 2nd year at the market! Thanks all for support!
In fact, this is my Anvillus Dreadclaw Drop Pod in this picture, playing against Iron Warrior and Word Bearer scum! (But Ryan and Josh were great players)
Your website does not work for me on my phone, PC at work, or Laptop at home. I would like some info on pricing for 3x3 mats, 4s4 mats, and 4x6 mats in USD.
The new scenery set looks amazing. I am already a customer of you guys having bought 2 mats and carry bags. I think next time I run a Necromunda campaign I am going to look into the new scenery set. Would be perfect on the tri-city mat :-)
we have new terrain sets available right now - they match our battle mats
Terrain is pre-painted, assembled. Ready to play from a box.
http://www.gamemat.eu/
The game is predominantly based around a fleet opposing another fleet attempting to invade their planet (the fleets have to reach zones/icons for dropping off ground troops etc.) so it really does need to be low orbit. There are a few scenarios based around satellites and space stations, but the majority are planet-assaults...so the low orbit would be ideal. I "think" they're mostly 4'x4' mats/scenarios but I'm not entirely sure. My rulebook should be on the way.
They are 4x4. You can use 4x6 also, but that's for big games. 4x4 is standard. Here is a image so you see what we are talking about. This is how far up it should be. Mousepad material also would be preferred. And if you guy get creative, alien worlds would be cool to see To many images of the earth, need more alien planets.
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Little teaser what we are up to at https://www.gamemat.eu/ New battle mat and 2 terrain sets coming soon - all set for a Medieval Town and Castle surroundings. However mat could be used itself for futuristic settings as well
There will be pre-orders up on side by the end of the week. Mat will be ready end of August. Terrain mid September. We hope you like that! We feel this is most narrative seetting we created so far!
I have plenty of high quality mats but the one I am missing, the design I have only seen for $69 from Cigar Box... Is a beachhead map for 28mm. What the map would need to depict is some ocean with breakers, sandy beach area, and then some rocks smoothing out to green for forested or other terrain. Make it happen and I am in.
Yeah my models have desert bases so always on the lookout for stuff that would go with Zandri Dust but without looking too plain and the gothic ruins can work equally well with a medieval fantasy game though my dining table is 9x3 limiting choices.
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board with https://www.gamemat.eu/ Chem-Zone walls and battle mat and Industrial terrain set and Gothic Temple terrain.
Boarder dispute scenario: Gothic Temple was a Chaos Cults relic. And the Factory was a Escher one.
Medieval Town and Medieval Castle sets of pre-painted (ready straight out of the box) sets by https://www.gamemat.eu/ review by StrikingScorpion82
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Having the terrain available in smaller sets is a good move, though you could easily split them even further. I also have to wonder how much having these prepainted increases the price. I'd be much more interested in somewhat cheaper terrain sets that I can paint myself.