One pitch for this product is that is shipped to you rolled up, not folded, so you can roll it the other way for a while to straighten it out. This game grid is 24″ x 36″ is coated on both sides, as you would expect, as it flips from hex to grid. This mat is the cheapest of the PVC gaming grids we’re looking at today, but it has dozens of reviews over at Amazon and averages at 4/5 stars. This package comes with an eraser and a set of markers too. The 1-inch square map over for a hex max (0.88″) and there’s even a set of DnD dice as a teaser… though I suspect they mean ‘dice used to play DnD’). While Abishai might be the challenger brand, Evolve Skins look to be the current established player. This grid currently sports the ‘Amazon’s Choice’ for ‘battle boards’ logo which I’m sure helps sales, but it’s funny to think Amazon has had to research RPG products.

The package comes with colour markers and two heavy duty clips to hold the PVC to the map.Įvolve Skin’s Original Battle Grid Game Board It currently has a bank of 100% 5-star reviews on but won’t ship internationally (at least not to Scotland). The mat in the video above is the Abishai RPG Battle Grid Mat which both a dry erase PVC film but also a double-sided neoprene mat to create that ye olde map effect underneath. GMs can scribble down the terrain as and when it is needed in as much detail as necessary.

Do you use miniatures in your Dungeons & Dragons or Pathfinder games? Is it a unique playing map each time or something abstract? Many gamers find that PVC game grids are a good compromise.

Pathfinder grid maps