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GameMastery Flip-Mat: Swamp

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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?

Cartographer: Corey Macourek

ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-232-6

Note: GameMastery Flip-Mat: Swamp has gone out of print and has been replaced by Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Swamp.

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Pretty awesome

number6 — Sep 3, 2012, 11:58 pm

Luv the pure swamp map.
Not so much into the edifices but can dig it for future ideas.
General enough to work with for many encounters.

PFS intro III must have!

JakeInTheGrass — Jun 24, 2012, 08:01 pm

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.

Useful but not swampy enough

danmasucci — May 30, 2012, 07:00 pm

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.

stuart haffenden — May 24, 2012, 11:52 am

It's a great looking map for a number of terrains, unfortunately however, it just isn't very "swampy" looking.

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Tom Green

Jul 19, 2009, 01:53 pm

Oh YES!
I have been asking for this!
Such a long wait...
guess my black dragon and his minions will be very hungry by march.

looking forward to seeing the actual art for this.

Wolf Munroe

Jul 19, 2009, 02:18 pm

Tom Green wrote:

Oh YES!
I have been asking for this!
Such a long wait...
guess my black dragon and his minions will be very hungry by march.

looking forward to seeing the actual art for this.

My players are in a swamp NOW! *whimper*

Oh well, I have at least one other swamp adventure planned and can hold off on it until this is in my hands. I've been using one of the forest flipmats to represent the swamp presently. They just had a random encounter with a huge crocodile.

Vic Wertz Chief Technical Officer

Jan 12, 2010, 02:23 pm

I've updated the product image to reflect the finished product.

0gre	Jan 22, 2010, 11:13 pm

It looks like the back of this is filled with paths, is that correct or is it featureless?

Vic Wertz Chief Technical Officer

Jan 25, 2010, 01:32 pm

0gre wrote:

It looks like the back of this is filled with paths, is that correct or is it featureless?

The back has very similar paths, with a few fallen trees, but no ruins.

0gre	Jan 25, 2010, 02:16 pm

Vic Wertz wrote:

0gre wrote:
It looks like the back of this is filled with paths, is that correct or is it featureless?
The back has very similar paths, with a few fallen trees, but no ruins.

That sounds perfect for what I need, thanks Vic.

kevin bienhoff

Jan 25, 2010, 03:38 pm

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Reminds me alittle bit about the area around the Moathouse from the Temple of Elemental Evil! Which is quite alright with me! One of my favorite early adventures.

0gre	Feb 1, 2010, 01:23 am

It turns out that you can only add the same item to a list once. I should have remembered this from the last time I saw this item and tried to add it the second time.

This one looks really nice... can't get here soon enough.

D.M.T.

Feb 17, 2010, 07:25 am

Why not show both sides? Seriously?

TwiceBorn

Mar 12, 2010, 10:10 am

D.M.T. wrote:

Why not show both sides? Seriously?

I'm curious about this as well...

D.M.T.

Mar 12, 2010, 01:06 pm

Not the first time I've asked. Still no answer. I honestly dont understand it.

TwiceBorn

Mar 12, 2010, 02:14 pm

Worried that somehow, someone would be able to blow up and print each illustration without buying the product??? Seems unlikely... and they could also write "sample" across the images as they do for map pack previews...So yeah, this decision is a bit puzzling, and definitely not the best approach to marketing.

Bryant Durrell

Mar 19, 2010, 12:58 pm

Has the paper changed for this flip mat? It feels a bit different than my other flip mats -- not bad, just different. Or I could be totally wrong.

Lisa Stevens CEO

Mar 19, 2010, 05:25 pm

I'll ask about it, but I bet the answer is that it is just the way that it has been done in the past. The art staff has been really busy getting caught up and haven't had a chance to look at past decisions like this to see if it still makes sense. I personally don't see a reason why we can't show both sides when they both have an image.

-Lisa

TwiceBorn

Mar 19, 2010, 08:32 pm

Lisa Stevens wrote:

I'll ask about it, but I bet the answer is that it is just the way that it has been done in the past. The art staff has been really busy getting caught up and haven't had a chance to look at past decisions like this to see if it still makes sense. I personally don't see a reason why we can't show both sides when they both have an image.

-Lisa

Thanks for the insight, Lisa.

Bryant Durrell

Apr 5, 2010, 10:58 am

Does this mat use a different paper than previous ones? It feels somewhat thinner -- not in an unacceptable way, but definitely different. (Sorry if this is a duplicate; I can't see my previous post to this effect.)

Vic Wertz Chief Technical Officer

Apr 5, 2010, 01:17 pm

Bryant Durrell wrote:

Does this mat use a different paper than previous ones? It feels somewhat thinner -- not in an unacceptable way, but definitely different. (Sorry if this is a duplicate; I can't see my previous post to this effect.)

We did switch printers with this one, and we spec'd out the same paper weight as previous Flip-Mats... but it appears that this printer's paper stock is slightly more flexible at the same weight. So we got in some samples, and this time selected for rigidity instead of weight, so future Flip-Mats will be as rigid as they were before, but they'll actually be slightly heavier.

Bryant Durrell

Apr 6, 2010, 11:39 am

Vic Wertz wrote:

We did switch printers with this one, and we spec'd out the same paper weight as previous Flip-Mats... but it appears that this printer's paper stock is slightly more flexible at the same weight. So we got in some samples, and this time selected for rigidity instead of weight, so future Flip-Mats will be as rigid as they were before, but they'll actually be slightly heavier.

Thanks! Yeah, that's exactly what it feels like -- more flexible, not less sturdy. I think I'll like the final decision you went with. I appreciate the insight into the process.