Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: City Streets

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Updated with final product description!

The description: "Why take the time to sketch out ugly scenery on a smudgy plastic mat when dynamic encounters and easy clean-up are just a Flip away?"
But on the back side of this map, what do they give us? Not another street or city scene but a blank grid so we can sketch out our own 'ugly scenery on smudgy plastic'.
Come on Paizo would have really hurt that much to give us another useable scene, this is the kind of stuff we expect from WOTC.

I actually like the Flip Mats like this one that offer a "blank" back (a grid on a plain background in a color that matches the reverse). They are helpful because you can't possibly have a Flip Mat that matches every need. The back of this one is good for drawing a city with a different layout, or it can also serve to draw a dungeon. I find this one to be one of the more versatile ones in the line, precisely because it is "blank" on the back.

Similarly, I believe it was the Theatre that has a "blank" reverse that just looks like wooden floors. That one is good for any kind of indoor map in an urban area, so it can be the inside of an Inn, a Thieves' Guild, a warehouse. . .whatever you need.

One thing I wish they had mentioned about this Flip Mat is that Paizo also makes (made?) a companion Map Pack that you could use to show the *interior* of each of the buildings on here. For me that made this one immensely more useful than it would have been otherwise. I am a fan of the whole line, but this one remains a favorite.

The description: "Why take the time to sketch out ugly scenery on a smudgy plastic mat when dynamic encounters and easy clean-up are just a Flip away?"

But on the back side of this map, what do they give us? Not another street or city scene but a blank grid so we can sketch out our own 'ugly scenery on smudgy plastic'.
Come on Paizo would have really hurt that much to give us another useable scene, this is the kind of stuff we expect from WOTC.

Please keep in mind that the Flip-Mat Classics line reprints out-of-print Flip-Mats that were originally published a long time ago. Back then, one side of the map would often have only a simple pattern, which made some people happy (see the above post!) and some people unhappy. Eventually, we felt that we'd done enough of those, so all of the mats have had full cartography on both sides for quite some time now, and—outside of the reprint line—will continue to do so.

So are all of these exact reprints or have you improved them in any way? Ta.

Cool. Really thinking about getting this one.

One thing I wish they had mentioned about this Flip Mat is that Paizo also makes (made?) a companion Map Pack that you could use to show the *interior* of each of the buildings on here. For me that made this one immensely more useful than it would have been otherwise. I am a fan of the whole line, but this one remains a favorite.

The PDF is still available and ready for printing+laminating.

Ruyan.

So are all of these exact reprints or have you improved them in any way? Ta.

We didn't make any intentional changes apart from the packaging and the teeny product info text.

Lewy wrote:

So are all of these exact reprints or have you improved them in any way? Ta.

We didn't make any intentional changes apart from the packaging and the teeny product info text.

Cool, ta.

Come on Paizo would have really hurt that much to give us another useable scene, this is the kind of stuff we expect from WOTC.

When I first started buying Flip Mats I agreed with you, but as my collection has grown I've come to appreciate having some Flip Mats with "clear" terrain on the back because when mapping extensive dungeons I need more mats than my Basic Terrain set will cover, but I don't particularly want to purchase additional copies of Basic Terrain. Plus, even for my hand drawn stuff, I'm sufficiently picky that I like the terrain type on the clear mat to at least sort of match what I'm drawing, so I hate to draw a dungeon on the grass or water mat.

That said, I am glad that Paizo has moved away from the clear sides because I can get my fill of them from reprints and old Flip Mats.

In defense of this particular clear side, though, with its street texture it might make a particularly good base layer for laying out Map Pack: Marketplace or Map Pack: Rooftops.

One of the best maps they've ever made, and vital for running some older PFS scenarios. I'm so glad this is back in print!

As a new DM, I'm really excited for all these maps and tiles that save time in my sessions and add so many interesting details for encounter seeds. I just wish Paizo would reprint their GameMastery Map Pack: Shops to go along with this reprint.

Grailswar1 wrote:

The description: "Why take the time to sketch out ugly scenery on a smudgy plastic mat when dynamic encounters and easy clean-up are just a Flip away?"

But on the back side of this map, what do they give us? Not another street or city scene but a blank grid so we can sketch out our own 'ugly scenery on smudgy plastic'.
Come on Paizo would have really hurt that much to give us another useable scene, this is the kind of stuff we expect from WOTC.

Please keep in mind that the Flip-Mat Classics line reprints out-of-print Flip-Mats that were originally published a long time ago. Back then, one side of the map would often have only a simple pattern, which made some people happy (see the above post!) and some people unhappy. Eventually, we felt that we'd done enough of those, so all of the mats have had full cartography on both sides for quite some time now, and—outside of the reprint line—will continue to do so.

Any Chance we will see the Map Pack: shops return either as basically a flip mat (easiet, since you could basically do one side as the city streets map, just with interiors, and then the others on the other side as a new map. Or harder since the dimensions are off, a Flip Tile urban expansion that will still work with the city streets mat?