Even adventurers who feel at home fighting dragons feel uneasy in the swamp, where tiny insects bring terrible disease and one can never be sure just how deep the water might be—or what might lurk beneath it! Flip-Mat: Swamp brings the horrors and dangers of the swamp to your tabletop, the perfect place for putrid encounters sure to put your players on edge.
This portable, affordable map measures 24" x 30" unfolded, and 8" x 10" folded. Its coated surface can handle any dry erase, wet erase, or even permanent marker. Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, GameMastery Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal!
On tabletops across the world, the Flip-Mat Revolution is changing the way players run their fantasy roleplaying games! Why take the time to sketch out ugly scenery on a smudgy plastic mat when dynamic encounters and easy clean-up is just a Flip away?
I run the PFS Intro series all the time and when I come to number three and can just whip out this map a complicated map to draw out is taken care of quickly. Such a time saver and my players love it.
Don't get me wrong... I'll be using this map quite a bit. The side without ruins is pretty versatile but, for a swamp map, it doesn't look particularly swampy. The Witchlight Fen tiles from D&D did a better job on that account, although the water in that tile set was pretty blue!
The fact that this map was marginally swampy looking is a secondary complaint to the cartoony look to the cartography. Later Paizo maps- particularly by Jason Engle- have more of a realistic look to them.
For the price they ask, you aren't wasting your money on this map. I knew what I was getting before I picked it up and went ahead anyway.
This should make a splendid wilderness map! I rarely need one, but when I do, it's nice to have a pre-drawn map handy.
It should be easy to use this map to stand in for jungles, swamps, and forests. In the case of swamps and jungle, the paths can be designated as swampy water or muddy streams, or as dry paths, whatever is most useful. Having wilderness on one side and wilderness with some simple ruins on the other side is a very nice touch! A map like this can be used in a variety of situations, making it very versatile and handy to have around.
The art is, as usual for the Flip Mats, quite beautiful.
