|
2 years ago ::
Sep 21, 2011 - 10:28AM
#11
|
Date Joined:
Sep 20, 2010
|
FWIW, this is the tape I was referring to: Cosco Art Tape
Thanks for the link.
How "permanent" is the tape? would it stay down on the board after repeated drawing/erasing?
|
|
|
|
2 years ago ::
Sep 21, 2011 - 10:39AM
#12
|
Date Joined:
Feb 20, 2011
|
I've used it in the past to set up larger grids for business use and have never had a problem with it sticking. Don't know if it would be a different experience as a 1" x 1" grid on a gaming table or not. But if after a while it gets annoying, you can just pull it off.
|
|
|
|
2 years ago ::
Sep 23, 2011 - 9:19PM
#13
|
Date Joined:
Aug 21, 2007
|
If it is a usual whiteboard I would expect it to have a steel backing of some sort. If that is the case magnets? Not really sure what and how but there could be something there aside from playing with the board up against a wall.
|
|
|
|
2 years ago ::
Sep 26, 2011 - 7:48AM
#14
|
Date Joined:
Nov 28, 2007
|
Just a note about sharpies and dry erase board-- I know they so a sharpy is a permanent marker and it generally is, unless you scribble over it with a dry erase marker (seriously try it, scribble on a corner with a sharpy and then scribble over it with a dry erase marker). As you draw on the board and erase it, your sharpy lines will come off. Do what someone else suggested and use the board as an intitiate/status tracker and get battlemat. It's better in every way, just make sure to get the correct markers.
|
|
|
|
2 years ago ::
Sep 27, 2011 - 1:42AM
#15
|
Date Joined:
Nov 12, 2008
|
I know this doesn't help with your free dry- erase board, but the absolute BEST (and inexpensive) homemade grid is a piece of thin plexiglass from Home Depot! As twesterm said, permanent marker lines wil be erased if you cross or draw over them with dry- erase markers. A sheet of plexiglass is obviously transparent, so you can draw the permanent grid lines on one side and your maps on the other without fear of losing your grid lines. I put a small star sticker (the ones we used to get on our spelling tests when we made 100 in elementary school) on the corner of map side so that I never accidentally draw maps on the wrong side, thus erasing my grid lines. The plexiglass also allows you to place printed maps underneath (keeping them nice and flat) and still be able to draw temporary features, like zones created in combat, etc..., or you can just place a sheet of colored posterboard under it to represent different things (green for grass/woods, blue for water terrain, grey for dungeon, castle floors). Here's an example: www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-2020380...
|
|
|
|
2 years ago ::
Sep 29, 2011 - 3:20AM
#16
|
Date Joined:
Apr 30, 2011
|
Exactly what Nephylos said. A piece of plexiglass from home depot. I use a 3x4 foot grid that I lay the plexi glass on top of so i dont even need the grid on the plexi glass it self and can aslo lay out complex tile dungeons and lay the plexi over the top of that. Its the best thing ever. Mix that with a few colors of dry erase markers and the next best thing to a digital table top.
|
|
|
|
2 years ago ::
Sep 29, 2011 - 8:13AM
#17
|
Date Joined:
Oct 12, 2005
|
If you score the board with a utility knife, you could use Crayola's Dry Erase crayons. They don't wipe off as easily when people's hands are moving things on the board and won't introduce moisture into the grooves you've scored in.
Come join Team Apathy! or not whatever  Yo! tm 
|
|
|
|
2 years ago ::
Oct 03, 2011 - 4:27AM
#18
|
Date Joined:
Oct 10, 2007
|
For the past 6 years, we've used a dry erase marker board (4 ft x 3 ft or so). My wife etched a grid into it with a knife. It's been perfect. The board won't come apart.
Our previous DM had a board, 14 ft by 5 ft in his basement; etched in the same manner that has been used for over 20 years....
Sanjay
Silver Demon winner -- taking painting commissions (including entire Warhammer armies or D&D adventure sets - ie. models required for a specific adventure) Want custom painted models for an upcoming adventure or display? Contact me for price quotes or samples of work...
|
|
|
|
2 years ago ::
Oct 03, 2011 - 1:38PM
#19
|
|
|
Use a wet erase marker for the grid and dry erase marks will come off easily. Don't use any whiteboard spray otherwise it'll all come up.
DON'T USE A PERMANENT MARKER. I found out the hard way that dry erase + permanent marker leaves semi permanent marks behind.
However, I did buy a chessex battlemat for the portability. Rolling it up is a lot easier to transport than a huge board.
|
|
|
|
2 years ago ::
Oct 04, 2011 - 8:21AM
#20
|
Date Joined:
Oct 12, 2005
|
If you're sold on a harder surface than a battlemat and want some portability, you might consider Battle Boards. I use them. I like how they are expandable and that I can hide some parts of the map to add quickly as the party discovers the area.
Come join Team Apathy! or not whatever Yo! tm
|
|
|
