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Ok anyone used gamingpaper? How does it handle printers?
Found them from an ad on Facebook. Their paper looks very interesting. Anyone going to Gencon, stop by their booth, booth 1910, and check it out for me :)
30 inches wide by 12 feet long for $4!
Their site is www.gamingpaper.com
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Ha, funny enough I was just getting ready to post a link to it. I have seen it and I recommend watching the videos. The stuff is very nice. I don't see how it could work in a printer as it is a giant roll.
The stuff was made by a guy in my town (in fact I know him). I do need to stop and get a roll to play around with though.
Go visit them at GenCon I do highly recommend it and last I heard there's going to be a former TSR alum there helping out during the latter days.
Sorry for the rambling, but the stuff is mighty nice.
Andrew
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Ha, funny enough I was just getting ready to post a link to it. I have seen it and I recommend watching the videos. The stuff is very nice. I don't see how it could work in a printer as it is a giant roll.
The stuff was made by a guy in my town (in fact I know him). I do need to stop and get a roll to play around with though.
Go visit them at GenCon I do highly recommend it and last I heard there's going to be a former TSR alum there helping out during the latter days.
Sorry for the rambling, but the stuff is mighty nice.
Andrew
Well, I was thinking the sheets could be cut for printing. In fact, if they want to later increase their product offering they can offer pre-cut sheets. You might suggest that to the guy since you know him. I would MUCH rather be able to print out what I need for a particular game session than draw yet more crappy maps out by hand.
This would be a great way to bring gaming maps into the 21st century. :)
If you're going to print it out, can't you just overlay a grid onto whatever you're printing?
Or is this stuff wet-erase friendly?
This looks very promising to me. I bought a giant tablet of 1 inch graph paper from Office Depot and it was crazy over-priced. I would have definitely gone this route if I had known about it/had it been out in May.
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If you're going to print it out, can't you just overlay a grid onto whatever you're printing?
Or is this stuff wet-erase friendly?
Well, when I make my own maps I include a 1 inch grid in the map itself. However, that uses ink and time. But mostly I hope that you can use wet erase with it. So the printer ink would remain but you can draw effects and busted walls and whatever with wet erase and be able to clean up afterwards.
And no I do not for sure you can use wet erase like that with this stuff. I just HOPE so. Then all kinds of possibilities open up.
You can't use wet erase with it... it's paper without a waterproof coating. The real benefit is that you can draw something you're likely to use over and over again (like their favorite tavern, or a dungeon level they frequent) and save it for later--you don't have to keep redrawing it every session.
It's also good for gaming at a con or a friend's house where you're going to need to draw some disposable maps and you don't want to lug around (and risk damaging) your battlemat or Tact-Tiles.
You can't use wet erase with it... it's paper without a waterproof coating. The real benefit is that you can draw something you're likely to use over and over again (like their favorite tavern, or a dungeon level they frequent) and save it for later--you don't have to keep redrawing it every session.
It's also good for gaming at a con or a friend's house where you're going to need to draw some disposable maps and you don't want to lug around (and risk damaging) your battlemat or Tact-Tiles.
Gotcha. It appeared, from the one video I partially watched, that the paper had some sort of coating, so I was hoping that it might allow for wet-erase action. Shucks. I was hoping for something that would allow one to draw up a city, quadrant by quadrant, and keep them for later, while still allowing editing (destruction, rebuilding, etc).
Hey, you lucky GenCon attendees: Please suggest a wet-erase compatible product to these folks! :)
While you're at it, please suggest they put details about the product on their website, rather than relying on people watching a bunch of videos on YouTube. This thread is providing more information about the product than their website does, which isn't good.
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You can't use wet erase with it... it's paper without a waterproof coating. The real benefit is that you can draw something you're likely to use over and over again (like their favorite tavern, or a dungeon level they frequent) and save it for later--you don't have to keep redrawing it every session.
It's also good for gaming at a con or a friend's house where you're going to need to draw some disposable maps and you don't want to lug around (and risk damaging) your battlemat or Tact-Tiles.
Well, drater rats. :) Still pretty darn cool idea.
I wonder if you could laminate it or something.....
I'm certain you could laminate it, or do the "put a sheet of plexiglass over it and write on that instead of the actual map" trick.
Isn't that why Sean gets the big bucks?
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Well, I was thinking the sheets could be cut for printing. In fact, if they want to later increase their product offering they can offer pre-cut sheets. You might suggest that to the guy since you know him. I would MUCH rather be able to print out what I need for a particular game session than draw yet more crappy maps out by hand.This would be a great way to bring gaming maps into the 21st century. :)
I'll talk to Erik next time I see him
I'll talk to Erik next time I see him
I assume this means you live in Detroit?
I'm certain you could laminate it, or do the "put a sheet of plexiglass over it and write on that instead of the actual map" trick.Plexiglass! Why did I never think of that!
Score a 1-inch grid on the plexiglass and just place it over any maps or images you have.
Grand Rapids, MI, that's where it's based from.I'll talk to Erik next time I see himI assume this means you live in Detroit?
I wondered about that. He mentions Detroit in the video...