Save a Prayer Till the Morning After!

They tried to tame you looks like they'll try again ...

Given the difficulty of Wrath, I might've picked "Save a prayer till the morning after."

I can say this: I have those mats, and they look rather cool up close and in reality. Even better than the S&S mats.

I have a set of the RotR, S&S and WotR mats along with Ranzak. Love 'em. Just waiting for Ekkie at this point.

I'd always ignored these mats, assuming they wouldn't work for our group: we play open-hand, and these mats seem to assume you don't play that way. But I got to thinking that there's no reason we couldn't lay out our cards on the table just above or just below this mat.

So my question is: does anyone else use these mats but also play open-hand by laying the cards down on the table as well? If so, how well does that work for you?

I'd always ignored these mats, assuming they wouldn't work for our group: we play open-hand, and these mats seem to assume you don't play that way. But I got to thinking that there's no reason we couldn't lay out our cards on the table just above or just below this mat.

So my question is: does anyone else use these mats but also play open-hand by laying the cards down on the table as well? If so, how well does that work for you?

I do, and it works just fine. :)

I liked your recommendation so much Mike that I changed the title!

So my question is: does anyone else use these mats but also play open-hand by laying the cards down on the table as well? If so, how well does that work for you?

My two groups both do that.

Ron Lundeen wrote:

So my question is: does anyone else use these mats but also play open-hand by laying the cards down on the table as well? If so, how well does that work for you?

My two groups both do that.

Are your two groups still hiring heroes?

I liked your recommendation so much Mike that I changed the title!

I am glad I didn't suggest "Electric Barbarella" then.

I'd always ignored these mats, assuming they wouldn't work for our group: we play open-hand, and these mats seem to assume you don't play that way. But I got to thinking that there's no reason we couldn't lay out our cards on the table just above or just below this mat.

So my question is: does anyone else use these mats but also play open-hand by laying the cards down on the table as well? If so, how well does that work for you?

My group too. It can get a little tight sometimes, but we make it work. I like having the playmat so I don't accidentally confuse my piles.

I do. It's not a big problem until you get too small of a table (size, not number of players).

Jeff Alvarez wrote:

I liked your recommendation so much Mike that I changed the title!

I am glad I didn't suggest "Electric Barbarella" then.

And I'm sad you didn't.

So my question is: does anyone else use these mats but also play open-hand by laying the cards down on the table as well? If so, how well does that work for you?

Our group uses the mats and we play open hands. You can put your hand along the top half of the mat usually. I like how it organizes your discard from your hand.

We use the mats when doing Guild play; our organizers own them. So far we almost always forget about their power, but it's there if we need and remember it. The down side is that most of us also use printed character sheets, so together they cut down on available space quite a bit. (I'm thinking about creating character tents as an experiment.)

I'm not planning to buy the mats for home. I don't need more mousepads.