Use Shelf Liner to Show your Dungeon Tiles Who’s Boss
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A while ago, someone on Twitter mentioned using shelf liner to keep dungeon tiles from sliding around. I thought I’d posted about it here, but I can’t find that post so I guess I didn’t.
For those not familiar, shelf liner is a rubber material meant to line drawers and shelves and keep things from sliding around. The beauty of it is that it’s entirely based on the high traction of the rubber, no adhesives whatsoever.
It’s also very cheap, I just picked up a 1.5′x5′ roll for $4.17 at Target, which is enough to line two sides of a foamcore board with about an inch of “gutter” on either side.
From the moment I heard the idea, I thought it was awesome, but I only just got around to picking this stuff up and it’s absolutely incredible how well it works. The dungeon tiles stick so firmly to the mat that it’s pretty much impossible to move them around without picking them up completely. It’s like they’re glued to the mat.
And the tiles stay at extreme angles. I had to hold the board up at a right angle, completely vertical, before they finally fell off, and up to that point they didn’t budge at all.
One little tip: I had a hard time finding the shelf liner, and had to actually ask someone at Target for help. Turns out it was in the cleaning supplies section, of all places.
Great tip! Thank you!
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Good Idea. I think If I could get a standard non moving place to put my mat this would be a good thing to have there as well.
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@Deacon I mounted the shelf paper onto a piece of foam board with some white glue.
Yep, I do this. It works great. The term shelf liner can include other products though, some of which are very slippery. The technical product name is “Grip Mat”. I tried to have some custom made with 1″ squares printed on them, but it would have been insanely expensive.