Best way to hold down terrain overlays?

[Bowser]

Did this forum ever reach a consensus on what is the best way to "paste" down terrain overlays without leaving stains or doing damage to the counters or the mapboard?

Rubber cement, poster stickum, what? (Both of those can stain, but maybe not if only applied for a few hours and not weeks!)

Thanks,
Bowser

[wolf90]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Rubber cement, poster stickum, what? (Both of those can stain, but maybe not if only applied for a few hours and not weeks!)

I don't know if a consensus was ever reached, but I've found a tiny amount of poster tack works well. As you've mentioned, the key is not leaving it on for days!

D.

(And if your games/scenarios are taking days to play, I want a write-up of that!)

D.

[CON_Troll]

I 2nd the suggestion for poster-tac. It's cheap, easy to apply little bits quickly (you literally just tear a tiny crumb of the stuff off the bar) and I haven't seen a staining on my boards.

For those of you willing to go the distance, you could seal your boards with a non-reflective clear laminate of some sort (I'd recommend adhesive laminating sheets, but you have to be very careful to apply it perfectly flat to avoid any folds/lines/air-bubbles.) Then you'd never have to worry about staining.

[Desert Scribe]

I third the poster-tac suggestion.

[Misplaced Buckeye]

I went out and bought a couple of lexan sheets and had them cut to various sizes so once the board is down I just put them over it. I do agree with the poster tac for away from home games. Though about cutting up some clinger material in the overlay shapes but the lexan took less effort.