A series of 4x6' & 4x4' themed, tabletop gaming mats for miniatures war gaming... we call them: Mega Mat**!
Hi all!
I wanted to pass along a new KickStarter Campaign from Steve over at ModCube. He and I had an opportunity to talk at Adepticon and I love his project. Check it out (direct link when you click on the picture):
Cheers, Todd @ TABLEWAR(TM) Sales
Hey everyone,
TABLEWAR(TM) and Frontline Gaming are beyond excited to finally be unveiling our new wave of F.A.T. Mats to you! You may have seen the teasers of the mats, now prepare yourself for the full frontal assault! (go out to the web or to www.frontlinegaming.org to see the images of the new designs as they are shared over the next week)
These have been in development for the past 6 months and after much work, adjustments, travel and logistical wizardry, we're ready to deliver more great gaming mats to you all. These new F.A.T. Mats will allows us to bring the quality and convenience of the F.A.T. Mat to new game systems and provide more variety for systems we already work with.
If that doesn't already get you pumped, then check your pulse because you may already have been removed form play after a failed save! These mats will be available for pre-order Monday, November 10th through the Frontline Gaming webcart. Currently these new mats are only available in the North American webstore, but will be available in the Australian and UK webcarts soon. These mats will ship in the first week of December.
We also want to take the chance to mention an exclusive, limited edition bundle deal. The upcoming X-Wing Armada game is designed to be played on a 3x6' surface; go Epic! We have designed a bundle set of mats that provide you with two, 3x3' mats that can be used individually or be tiled together to form an epic sized space scene! One of the mats in the bundle is ONLY available in this limited special, so don't wait to grab it as they will sell out.
But that's not all! We want to hear your ideas for new mats and we want to give one lucky gamer a FREE mat! Everyone that goes to TableWar and Frontline Gaming's Facebook pages, likes the page and leaves us feedback on the mats you'd like to see, will be entered into the contest. We will randomly select one of the suggestions and so long as that person liked both Facebook pages, they win that mat for FREE! Sweeeet! So get excited as I know we are! Thanks for reading and happy gaming.
Lastly, we have a redesigned heavy canvas bag with a matching ID tag that will ship with all the new designs! Enjoy!
We're storming the beaches!
F.A.T. Mats are now in the UK and ready to save your tables from the drudgery of playing on felt, cloth or your dinner table.
F.A.T. Mats are portable, durable, and beautiful. They are crease and water resistant and come in 13 fantastic styles in both 4x6' and 4x4' foot sizes.
These gaming mats have taken North America and Australia by storm and in response to the requests we've gotten from European and UK gamers, Frontline Gaming and TABLEWAR(TM) have listened. Warehousing the mats in the UK means shipping costs to our customers in Europe and the UK will be significantly cheaper to save you money!
However, THAT'S NOT ALL! We want to save you even more money, so, for a very limited time we we are offering UK and European customers a Pre-Order Discount on the F.A.T. Mats! Order your mat during this promotional period, through the end of September, and you pay the US price but receive your F.A.T. Mat with a Canvas Carry Bag and a Bag/ID Tag with artwork to match your F.A.T. Mat… a $10 savings!
Pre-orders are expected to ship to customers by the end of September.
So get your orders in today through the Frontline Gaming web-cart!
I have received a few questions about the best way to roll-up a F.A.T. Mat (formerly known as the Frontline Gaming and TABLEWAR(TM) MegaMat Gaming Mat). I will teach you how to go from this:
To this:
Here is what I do (mind you, I did roll up about 90 of these at the Las Vegas Open and realy got "good" at it)...There is a "magical" last step so follow-through to the end.
Firstly, it is best to roll the mat image side out. To do this, you can either flip your mat over or do what we do and simply pull back about half of the mat onto itself.
I then begin rolling the mat away from me and focus my first roll on the two ends; trying to keep them tight.
I then continue to roll forward. From time to time, I will pull the rolled portion of the mat towards me and then continue rolling. At this point, if it get a little crooked, don't worry too much (my last step always solves that).
Pull...and Roll...
Pull... and Roll...
and a final flip of the remaining mat... and a final Roll..
Once you have completely rolled up the mat, stand it upright on one end. Hold the corner of the mat on the outside of the roll and place your fingers from your other hand inside the center of the rolled mat. I then pull on the outside corner as I twist the inside of the roll the opposite direction. At the same time (this is the magic), I lift up and then drop the mat about 10 times letting the bottom of the upright mat hit the floor; this little trick is what straightens out a mat that is rolled a bit crooked.
Hope this helps! If you are still having a difficult time, try rolling your mat a few more times and it will become second nature. We will do this in video from at some point.
Cheers, Todd @ TABLEWAR(TM) Sales
The 2nd batch was unloaded last night in California. With this, all of the remaining rewards and add-on's will begin shipping Monday. Our current forecast is that we will get all of these out by the end of the month.