Fnord Con M6 M7 maps

[philreed]

Originally Posted by Izzy_B

Cant remember if it was M1 from W23 or however I got M2 & M3 but they were shipped folded, I wasn't given an option of rolled at the time. Fortunately there was no damage.

Grrrrrrrr. :( As I may have mentioned, there are disagreements on rolled vs folded. Only a monster would ever fold a playmat.

[Izzy_B]

Maybe this is a merch opportunity to sell branded playmate storage tubes

And maybe there could be some warning text on the W23 pages for people who dont not to store em folded.

[Cat]

Tis true, only the most monstrous monster would fold mats!

[philreed]

Originally Posted by Izzy_B

Maybe this is a merch opportunity to sell branded playmate storage tubes

I've got an idea for an accessory designed specifically for storing playmats. Just need time to work at it.

[Andrew Hackard]

Originally Posted by philreed

I've got an idea for an accessory designed specifically for storing playmats. Just need time to work at it.

Is it a series of tubes? Because that's been done. It gave us the Internet.

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by philreed

Grrrrrrrr. :( As I may have mentioned, there are disagreements on rolled vs folded. Only a monster would ever fold a playmat.

You have monsters at W23*. My M6 and M7 arrived folded, but this was obvious from the shape of the box and I unpacked them quickly and store them rolled.

*Quite outside this context, that sentence should be far more surprising than it actually is.

[DSumner]

Got mats M6 & M7 yesterday. They came packed with a set of 6 Hvy Tank minis as a bonus.

[Izzy_B]

Originally Posted by johndallman

You have monsters at W23*. My M6 and M7 arrived folded

This time M6 & 7 came rolled in a long box for me

Originally Posted by DSumner

Got mats M6 & M7 yesterday. They came packed with a set of 6 Hvy Tank minis as a bonus.

Mine too, I love those bonus tanks with W23 orders!

[Cat]

Lots of pretty (and rolled) mats just arrived!

Alas, I failed the bonus roll again — no tanks here.

[TheAmishStig]

Originally Posted by philreed

NOTE: The mats are offered rolled or folded in BackerKit. Personally, I would _never_ fold a neoprene-backed cloth playmat. It is way, way too easy to permanently damage a playmat by folding it. The folded option is for those who wish to save some bucks in shipping, yes, but you run the risk of your playmat being forever destroyed. It can arrive destroyed if it has been folded when the mailing company stacks a lot of packages and crushes your playmat.

It's an ongoing argument in the office. In my opinion, folded playmats are an abomination and only rolled playmats are acceptable. If stored flat, that is also cool, but shipping a playmat flat would be very risky unless it is in an indestructible container.

I was left with no choice but to fold the ones I brought back from FnordCon...no other way I was getting them into my bags. Thankfully it was just for a couple hours, and they had at most 5lbs of weight on them. Made it home fine, no creases.

But agreed...I don't care if it saves me money on shipping, I'll always go for rolled. I have had mats from other companies crease on me, and while it wasn't permanent it did take months of hanging from a broom-handle for gravity to straighten it back out.