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Originally Posted by Cat
Primarily I want the colours and textures of the material to go with each other.
Functionally, neoprene backed ones are completely non-skid sitting on top of fabric covered neoprene.
The cost difference between neoprene and cardboard overlays is not a factor for me when averaged out over the cost of a neoprene mat collection. We currently have 7 mats (and more to come). Current price is $30 apiece, the total set is $210 + various numbers of shipping costs added in. I have 2 full sets of the mats, somewhere around a $450 investment with shippings to date. I would buy neoprene overlays over using cardboard ones even if they were free.
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I'll go on record as agreeing with Cat. I'm not in the same situation as she is in: She's more into miniatures and less into cardboard, but the desire for neoprene overlays remains the same. I must admit (somewhat sheepishly) that I have five sets of all of the mapsheets. I won't do the $$$-math in order not to depress myself. (I wanted to make really, REALLY
BIG playing surfaces - I'm trying to design a system of plywood and sawhorse "tables" that allows for some inner channels for people to move in. Maybe I should talk to the model railroad people . . .)
One of those sets started out with the idea that I would cut them up for overlays -- and then I just got carried away. In any case, I've yet to get around to cutting anything yet.
While I will not commit (at this time) to five "overlay mats", I
would actually commit, with payment, to at least two, sight unseen, were it to be offered on Indigogo right now. I don't know if I am at all representable of the Ogre crowd, but maybe my input might just sway any decisions my way. Can't hurt.
Of course, the question of what to actually put on such a sheet is the real question, isn't it?
Bowser