I am building out my infinity terrain and eyeing options for mats. I like the mousepad mats but have never owned a modular mat like Micro Art Studio makes. Just curious for those that own these types of mats that you put together think of them after using them. I like the variety you can make with them but curious about the divided areas or seams on the board and if this gets in the way or is visually unappealing when playing. I know micro art offers standard mats as well so just interested in everyone’s feedback,
I have not played on the MAS modular mat, but hear good things about it in terms of quality. What I will say is that any mat like this with set tile sizes does make zone determination easier. This can matter for some missions when scoring depends on zone. Same goes for range estimation. I tend to prefer to not have that kind of game aid built into the matter, but some people see it as a bonus.
Amazing quality but I found they were shifted too easily to be worth the trouble. Even for mobile gaming they are not more convenient than normal mats that you just roll up and sling over your back. Local store got one to let us test to see if worth ordering more but as far as I am aware they didn't get more after our lackluster response.
I don't have the MAS modular mats, but I do have a set of modular mats for jungle River Warfare. You need to tape them together or you have a 'terrain adjustment phase' every so often...
They're a bit fiddly to get all the roads lined up when laying them out, but they're good quality. I've never had issues with them moving, though, due to being mousemat material and rubbery underneath. @Cry of the Wind @Section9 what kind of surface were they on?
What I don't like on them is, that they seem to have different colours depending on the direction of the fibers(?) and the direction of the light. Have seen them by a player of our community. Otherwise they are great
The FoW Riverine mats are vinyl, and they were on a carpeted sheet of plywood. So I tape the sections together and then put a couple loops of tape to hold the mat to the table.
I think the biggest advantage to modular mats is that they are a solution to mat designs with roads that encourage a degree of prescriptiveness in the layout of the buildings. They certainly succeed in this but with a couple of downsides as mentioned above. Personally I prefer the solution of getting a mat without roads, like the MAS Ariadna and new Daedalus' Fall designs, or Deep Cut's new Aleph one.
Thanks for the replies everyone. Need to think about it I have a number of vinyl and mousepad type mats but noth8ng that works for infinity to my taste. I like the look of these as I want an urban mat but it looks like a lot of the regular mats I like are out of stock or require a big shipping tax
Honestly in Canadian dollars I'm expecting to pay $100 for my next mat tax and shipping included. Seems to be the price of most decent ones when you factor import fees and currency exchange. Seen a lot of cool mats from Europe that I wish I could get cheaper in NA but it is what it is.
We have few MAS modular mats in our gaming club and they work very well. We use them regularly in tournaments and in friendly matches and I never saw them shifting - after you put the terrain on it's rather weird for the pieces to move. IMO they are worth the money, they let you create different tables, which is a problem with normal mats. They also make it easier to guess the range of weapons and really help the players in few scenarios, but you can't have everything ;) PozdRawiam / Greetings
