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What are you using your Hotz Mats for?
Tell us -- We want to know!
Send your answers to: Eric Hotz
January 26th 2012:
Felt Road Systems:
What road systems do you need for your games? Tell us by filling out our online questionnaire: LINK
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January 19th 2012:
Felt River Systems:
Hotz Mats now produces Felt River Systems. Pre-cut, pre-painted, river systems in four sizes: 1.5, 2, 3 and 4 inch widths. Easy to use, light
weight to transport, impressive and inexpensive.
For more information Click Here.
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January 6th 2012:
Red Sky Blue Sand Gladiator Arena Game Mats:
Red Sand Blue Sky Felt Gladiator Arena Game Mats are produced under licence from Two-Hour
Wargames and are especially designed for
use with their Red
Sand Blue Sky gladiator miniatures gaming rules system. These arena game mats depict a top view of a stylized Roman arena
with gate house entrances. Stunningly beautiful, detailed and designed to enhance your gladiator game play!
For more information Click Here.
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December 19th 2011:
World War One Trench Game Mat:
This game mat has been in the works for over five years and was the first game mat we started working on back in 2006. We are only now
are releasing it because only now are we happy with the results. This is a stunning, but also a time consuming to produce, game mat --
it takes several silk screening printings, and numerous air brushing to get the artwork onto this mat, but the end game mat is both
beautiful and very functional.
For more information Click Here.
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December 13th 2011:
Sea Green Game Mat Photos:
We had a lot of customers ask to see photo images of our Sea Green game mats so we uploaded a few
today. These images can be viewed at the Sea Green Game Mat Page.
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December 11th 2011:
Updated the Bargain Game Mat Page:
We have updated the Bargain Game Mat Page with new Bargain Mats.
Great deals to be had by all, but it is all on a First Come; First Serve Basis.
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December 6th 2011:
Weathered Roads:
We had a number of customers request weathered roads because they felt our line of roads were too new looking. We now have weathered
roads available, although not listed in our purchasing pages. To purchase, just send us a price request
to: Eric Hotz. Shipping to anywhere in the world is both fast and in expensive.
Due to the heavy number of orders we receive before Christmas, we haven't had time to update our pricing pages. However,
the pricing of the weathered roadways is: for 25mm scale
roadways: is an additional $10 for Set No.1 through No.3 and
$15 additional for Sets No.4 and No.5. For 6mm road sets, there
is an additional $10 fee. To order weathered roadways, please
request a quote:
Price Quote for Weathered Roads
For more information Weathered Roads
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October
23rd, 2011: Large Gladiator Arena Game Mat with 1.5 Inch Hexes - Custom Order:
This game mat was made for a customer who
needed the hexes on his Gladiator Arena Game Mat to have 1.5 inch hexes rather than 1.0 inch hexes because of the base sizes of his miniatures.
The game mat measures 23.5 x 23.5
inches/60 x 60cm (approx). Although this is was a custom
order, anyone can order this game mat for $29.99 USD. You just have to send an email request to:
Eric Hotz. Shipping is extra, but because
the final product folds into a small light-weight package, shipping costs are minimal even when shipping worldwide.
"Gladiator Arena Game Mat with 1.5 Inch Hexes"
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September
5th, 2011 : Sea
Blue Gladiator Arena Game Mat - Custom Order: This game mat was made for a customer who
wanted to play ancient naval combat games in a Coliseum setting.
The game mat measures 23.5 x 23.5
inches/60 x 60cm (approx). Although this is was a custom
order, anyone can order this game mat at the same the price as our regular Large Gladiator
Arena Game Mat.
For more information, please click here: Sea Blue Gladiator Arena Game Mat
"Sea Blue Gladiator Arena Game Mat"
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August 26th, 2011:
Small Hex Based Gladiator Arena Game Mat:
Especially designed for the smaller gladiator combat games.
• Game mat measures 14x14 inches/40 x 40cm (approx).
• Arena is 12 hexes wide (each hex is one inch across*).
• Inexpensive.
• Easy to transport.
• Easy store.
* 1 Inch Hexes: Hexes are measured measured flat-side-to-flat-side
Click here to view: Photos & Information
"The Small Gladiator Arena game mat is available on Sand Grey and Sand Brown Felt"
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August 14th,
2011: 1/285th (6mm) Scale Sci-Fi Tank Game:
Hotz Mats: Dirt Planet game mat used with a 1/285th scale Sci-Fi tank game on August 12th.
Click here to view: Photo Gallery
"Sci-Fi Armor Game on a Dirt Planet Game Mat with Craters"
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July
25th, 2011: Sky
Blue Game Mats: We occasionally get requests for Sky Blue
game mats and this time we took photos and created a page for
this game mat: Sky
Blue Game Mat. We have made a number of these over the last
5 years, including a few with airbrushed white clouds and mist.
"Sky Blue Game Mat with 2 Inch Hexes"
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July
23rd, 2011: Enhanced
Deep Space Game Mats: Our Enhanced Deep Space Game Mats
are no longer a custom game mat! These stunning game mats are
now featured as a regular game mat on our Store Front page: Click
Here to View. We also added an Enhanced
Deep Space Game Mat Photo Gallery.
"Enhanced Deep Space Game Mat without Hexes/Squares"
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July
12th, 2011: 1/285th (6mm) Scale Sci-Fi Tank Game:
Hotz Mats: Dirt Planet game mat combined with a custom made Ocean Front game mat used with a 1/285th scale Sci-Fi tank game on July 9th.
Click here to view: Photo Gallery
"Dirt Planet Game Mat with Craters"
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July
9th, 2011: The Enhanced Euro Field Game Mat:
The Enhanced European Fields game mat was primarily designed for air combat games, but can be used for land based "hedge row"
fighting games typical of the Normandy region of France, but can also serve as anywhere in the world where fields and hedge/tree rows are common.
This game mat not only features airbrushed fields and pastures but also has airbrushed trees/hedges that commonly line the edges of fields and pastures.
The 1, 1 1/2 and 2 inch hex pattern is perfect for 1/300th and 1/600th scale games; 3 and the 4 inch hex pattern is the perfect match for air combat games
in both 1/300th and 1/144th scale games; whereas 5 inch hex mats are great for use with 1/144th and 1/72nd, all the way up to 15mm scale games
land based games. Enhanced European Field Information Page
"Enhanced European Field Game Mat"
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July
6th, 2011: 2D Felt
Craters: 2D Felt Craters are crater artwork airbrushed onto
felt made to look 3D. This product is designed for 6mm to 30mm
scale games. Felt craters ship flat so they won't wrinkle or
crease and they are inexpensive: each crater is around 0.90¢
USD. Each Felt Crater Set contains twenty-two craters in four
sizes: x12 small (2.75 inch width), x5 medium (3.5 inch width),
x3 large (4.5 inch width) and x3 very large (6.0 inch width)
craters. 2D Felt Craters come in Earth Green, Moonscape Grey,
Dirt Planet Brown, Desert Brown, Mars Red, and Ice Planet White.
The crater colors are designed to match our line of game mats
perfectly.
2D Felt Crater Information Page
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"Earth Green Felt Craters with 25mm scale Sci-Fi figs on a Green Planet game mat"
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July
5th, 2011: Ocean Front Game Mat:
We made this game mat as a custom order. It turned out quite well... so well, in fact, that I made myself one for an upcoming game:
Ocean Front Custom Game Mat
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July
2nd, 2011: Command
Game Mats with 4 Inch Hexes Now Available: We have been
working on this game mat for a while, but because of our busy
schedule, we didn't get the time to announce this its availability
until now. We now make Command Game Mats with both 4 and 5 inch
hexes. For more information and photo gallery, go: Here.
Purchase pages can be accessed: Here
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June
7th, 2011: Three
New Releases Planned For June: We have been working on three
product releases and these should be released in June. One of
the new products was actually completed in July 2010, but because
of the complexity of the product, we needed to set up additional
equipment. Hopefully, this will be completed before the end
of this month. Our new print screens should be in our studio
by Friday after which we will conduct tests to ensure they are
working properly (last month one of our new print screens had
to be sent back due to an error; this caused us a two week delay
too production of the product).
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June
7th, 2011: Record Sales For May 2011:
We had
record sales in May, which is both good and quite unexpected. As
a result, we are running a bit behind schedule. I will be working
overtime and I have booked extra hours
with my crew so that we can get caught up quickly.
If you have an order enquiry please send us a note via email.
Note that we will tend to answer email late at night as not
to disrupt our work schedule.
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May 19th, 2011:
Interesting note on Dropship Horizon Blog Page. Our Planet Game Mats are named the one product worthy of particular note:
Click Here
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March 10th, 2011:
Photos Added Showing Custom Enhanced Deep Space Game Mat: A customer requested that we make him a 72 x 48 inch Deep Space game mat
depicting an entire nebula. He sent us a photo and we used his image as a guide and airbrushed the below Enhanced Deep Space Game Mat. We
can make these Enhanced Deep Space game mats for any customer who wants one. To view a larger image of the Enhanced Deep Space game mat
Click Here
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March 8th, 2011:
Photos Added to Urban Grey game Mat gallery: A recent customer sent in his photos showing our Urban Grey game mat (with 3 inch hexes) in use in
these Sci-Fi setting photographs. To view the Urban Grey gallery page,
Click Here
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January 8th, 2011:
More Bargain Game Mats: Just added about 25 more game mats to our Bargain Game Mats page. These include game mats that
were produced as experiments/prototypes. Good mats to play games on at great prices. To go to our Bargain Mat page:
Click Here
January
6th, 2011: Ice
Planet Game Mat: A customer of ours requested a 45
x 72 inch Ice Planet game mat so we quickly created
it. The pricing is the same as for our Dirt
Planet game mat. The Ice Planet game mat is ideal
for a Star Wars (Hoth) type game, or perhaps even an arctic
or antarctic adventure -- there are too many scenarios
to list them all here! To view photos of our new game
mat, Click Here
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December
15th, 2010: White Lined Paved Felt Highways: Felt Pave Highways are now available with
ALL white lines (as is found in Europe) or with White and Yellow lines (standard in North America). You just purchase a regular set,
then contact us (email) stating you want your road ways to have all white lines, or request a PayPal invoice.
To view samples CLICK HERE
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December
15th, 2010: Photos of our Dirt Planet game mat with hexes have been uploaded to the photo gallery page.
To view these CLICK HERE
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December
9th, 2010: Dirt
Planet Game Mats: After a few months in the works, these game
mats are now available. Dirt Planet mats are specifically designed
for those gamers who want to play on a Mars like environment,
but not like the traditional red Mars gaming mats. Dirt Planet mats
are designed to resemble NASA photos of Mars, but could be any
planet in any distant star system. These mats are available with or without craters, and with or without hex/square grids.
Dirt Planet Information
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December
2nd, 2010: Moonscape Game Mats: First Customer Reviews
The first customer reviews of our new Moonscape game mats can be view at the below link. Hopefully, once they have used their new game mats
in games, customer photos will also be posted.
Customer Review
Moonscape Game Mat Product Information
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November
15th, 2010: Moonscape Game Mats: Now Available For Ordering!
The Moonscape game mats are available with or without hexes/squares, and are also available with or without
airbrushed crater art. These mats are handcrafted and can be customized to some extent: more or fewer craters
can be added; different size craters can be added, etc. The hexes/squares are not merely printed onto the mat,
but instead are integrated with the crater artwork so the craters become part of your game, not just a great
looking backdrop. To purchase go to: Moonscape
Game Mat. To view Moonscape Photo Gallery: Moonscape
Game Mat Gallery
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| November
10th, 2010: Uploaded three new photos show our new Moonscape game mat
printed with 3 Inch Hexes (perfect for 1/300ths scale Ogre games!). The hex grid shows up much stronger in these
photos because photo is of prototype game mat; final production game mats with hexes will have subtle hexes. To
view new photos, go to (scroll down to bottom of page to view): Moonscape
Game Mat Gallery. |
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6th, 2010: We will
soon be releasing our new Moonscape game mat. This is
the perfect mat for combat games fought out on distant
lunar, dust planet surfaces, with or without atmospheres, in
Zero-G or not. This game mat will be available with or without
hexes or square grids, and with or without airbrushed crater artwork.
The airbrush artwork on this game mat is nothing short of stunning! Go
to: Moonscape
Game Mats. |
| November 4th
2010: Introduced new felt game mat color: Urban Grey. The perfect game mat
for city clashes and concrete warfare: Urban Grey Game Mats |
| September
16th, 2010: I sliced
my thumb open today while trimming a game mat. My first thought,
strangely enough, was to try and not get blood on the customer
order, which was successful. My assistant bandaged me up and
then took me to a medical clinic. The doctor who patched me
up was missing several fingers from his left hand, so I cannot
complain much. Luckily it was the end of the day. We are mostly
caught up with our customer orders -- very few are not printed.
I think we have all our customer orders done up to September
10th. We just have to trim and package a number of orders and
then we are truly caught up. I think I will be back to work
by Wednesday, so we will be doing most of our shipping next
Thursday and Friday (fingers crossed... well... at least the
surviving fingers). I am taking pain killers as I need them,
which is frequent. |
| September 7th, 2010:
Added more customer photos showing our Pave Felt Road systems in use (very impressive!):.
Go to: Pave Felt Road Gallery Page. |
July 23rd,
2010: Added a Bargain
Game Mat page. We sometimes get game mats that are slightly
less than perfect, or have customers change their order after
we have already produced their custom game mats.
For example: On July 22nd, we accidentally made a European
Fields game mat with 1.5 inch hexes that was 45x71 inches in
length, rather than the standard 45x72 inches in length. Other
than the length, this is a perfect game mat.
The condition of the game mat is listed, but in most cases,
the imperfections are very minor.
Go to: Bargain Game Mat Page. |
July 20th, 2010:
Hotz Mats: Pave Felt Highways: 25mm (1/64th) scale Pave Felt Highways system
are now available from Imperial Hobbies in Richmond (No.3 Highway), British Columbia, Canada!
I just received notification that the road packages have been placed onto the terrain shelf on Saturday.
Go to: Imperial Hobbies (not sure if the road systems will be listed).
NOTE: Imperial Hobbies also sells a range of our game mats and will place special orders with us for their customers. If you cannot find
a particular mat we produce, Imperial Hobbies will order it in for you. |
| July 6th,
2010 : Hotz Mats: Since we have been getting numerous requests for
our custom made 48 x 48 Inch game mat this year, we decided to make this game mat a standard Hotz Mat product and
place it onto our product page. For more information, go to:
The 48 x 48 Inch Game Mat.
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| June 10th,
2010 : Hotz Mats: Pave Felt Highways: 25mm (1/64th) scale Pave Felt Highways system
are now available! This road system is also playable with 20mm and 28mm miniatures. Go to: Paved Felt Highways.
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| June 4th,
2010 : Hotz Mats: Pave Felt Highways: 20mm (1/64th) scale Pave Felt Highways system.
After almost three years, on and off, of work, we are almost ready to release our road system. We will be releasing the system on June 10, 2010.
For more information, go to: Paved Felt Highways.
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| June 2,
2010 : New Hex Size. We have added a new hex size to our product line: 1.75 inch hexes! These hexes
are compatible with several games on the market place including the Heroscape tile system. The 1.75 inch hex grid can be added to any game mat were
currently produce, with the exception of the gladiator arena game mat. This is just one of several new products we are currently
working on. More will be released soon. |
| May 29,
2010 : New Hotz
Mats Products! Over the last 12 months we have been working
on seven new products releases, which may be a bit ambitious
on our part. The first two releases will be announced within
the next 10 days. The first release was suppose to happen two
weeks ago, but the shop that produces our print screens made
a major error and had to redo all their work. I will be picking
up this new print screen on Monday, June 1st (fingers crossed;
I hope they did not mess it up again). |
| May 29,
2010 : New customer photos added. Added four images to the Sea Blue-Grey
Gallery. Andrew Watkins' Space Godzilla vs MOGERA game on Sea Blue-Grey Felt Mat with 3 Inch Hexes. To view the images,
Click Here |
| April 3,
2010 : New customer photos added. Added three images to the Sea Blue
Gallery. Rod Cain sent us photos of his WWII Midway Naval Battle game. To view the images,
Click Here |
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