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I widened LoR and Artifact areas so people are not forced to stack all of those cards into one pile.

Also, if you are not using forts or sites, you have the full 7 card area for characters and souls.

I like this set up.  I still wish someone could find a Hi-Res copy of AotL or GoYS to see what that would look like.

Hey, I feel like since you're only going to have one artifact active at a time the Art Pile doesn't have to be so wide and so if you made that only 1 card wide next to good forts you could put a space for set-aside cards there and extend the "Out of Play" line up instead of to the side. Also, with there being an "Out of Play" line I feel like there really should be a spot for fortresses that play to set-aside. It might just be me but it seems like otherwise there might be some confusion. Perhaps the LoR could be shortened to one card width?

I could shorten the character / soul area by one more card width, and add a single 3 card tall strip on the right for set aside.

Yup, far too much playmat space dedicated to an area that is rarely used. Set aside off the mat works perfectly fine.

I know RTSmaniac already made one, but what does everyone think about a blank playmat like this?

For those curious what my last suggestion looks like:

Looks cool. Once you guys finalize will someone be selling these?

I know RTSmaniac already made one, but what does everyone think about a blank playmat like this?

I also prefer having the zones labeled (albeit pretty transparently).  However I love the GoYS image.  Would it be possible to zoom out just a bit more though so that it's not quite so tight, and have him slightly on the left side of the playmat?

For those curious what my last suggestion looks like:

I like the layout overall, but miss the line that showed what parts were "out of play".

The set aside area makes it look way too cluttered now. Less is better.

Quote from: Daniel on August 27, 2013, 02:29:03 PM

I know RTSmaniac already made one, but what does everyone think about a blank playmat like this?

I also prefer having the zones labeled (albeit pretty transparently).  However I love the GoYS image.  Would it be possible to zoom out just a bit more though so that it's not quite so tight, and have him slightly on the left side of the playmat?

Quote from: Lamborghini_diablo on August 27, 2013, 02:53:50 PM

For those curious what my last suggestion looks like:

I like the layout overall, but miss the line that showed what parts were "out of play".

I agree about liking the GoYS mat!!! If that could have definitive separations for card piles and such that would be awesome!!!!

Also digging the GOYS mat. Looks perfect as is, except I prefer the transparent card zones.

Now I would love to see an Eternal Stuidos AOTL mat. Honestly, anything Eternal/Cahaba Studios is super legit.

What do you have against TeleStoryToons?

I actually like the AoC one of the GoYS because it's a lot less flashy and it makes it look to busy, especially once there are distinguished areas for stuff set up. Lambo's most recent playmat is my favorite so far because everything can fit on the playmat. I agree with browarod on that it should be Land of Bondage.

Side note: Quemat?

Lambo or Daniel, could you make one of the GoYS backgrounds (zoomed out slightly and moved towards the left) that has the card placements shown as below:

Heroes/Good Fortresses           Artifacts    l    Set Aside
Evil Characters/Evil Fortresses    l   Land of Redemption
Land of Bondage                         l Deck        Discard Pile

The line doesn't really have to be labeled I suppose, but it separates the "in play" from "out of play"

I still do not have the full res version of this image, so I had to modify Daniel's image above for this preview.

I really like this latest version A LOT.  Though I don't typically use mats, I would buy and use the Guardian one above.