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Review of Gaming Paper Singles
Gaming Paper Singles isn't your junior high graph paper. (okay mine... I am old and we used that... a lot)

I will get the specs out of the way, each sheet is a standard 8.5 by 11 and comes in a package of 100 for $9.99. They are white with blue lines. Graph paper is probably cheaper, but with 1" squares marked on the paper, this marries itself to gaming in a far more efficient way and an economical one also.

Where this product differs from the Gaming Paper Rolls I tacked a few weeks ago is both the paper's durability and tactile feel. The paper feels slightly heavier than typical printer paper. I did some rough handling of a test sheet and it took a fair amount of punishment and I suspect could be smoothed out, like between two D&D books and be good to go.

I tested various materials on the paper. Where the gaming paper rolls did not allow bleed through, these are not coated so sharpie marker and ink did seep through. Pencil was fine and also erased very well. So these could be reused either as ad hoc maps or more permanent buildings or set pieces. Which intrigued me the most. Whereas the Gaming Paper Rolls would be reasonably expensive to laminate, the Gaming Paper Singles can be done with laminating sheets very cost efficiently. Sheet protectors could work as well, but I do not think they would look nearly as slick.

With both products in my hands, they are very complimentary to each other. It seems very obvious that Gaming Paper Singles could be used for map components very easily. Design a building, lair or whatever in an art program and the print onto the sheets. Whether as one offs or laminated they would look great on a Gaming Paper Roll surface.

The layout of the grid on the page at first blush in wonky and I am not sure how much I liked that decision. That is until I started laying out the pages figuring out how set pieces would look on the table. Marry four sheets together and all of this makes sense. But a single sheet has the top and bottom bordered by 8 half squares and a quarter squares. The left side is 10 full squares and two half squares. The right side is 10 half squares and two quarter squares. Matching up multiple pages is easier this way, but it took my brain a while to see why...

Overall I think Gaming Paper Singles is a solid gaming accessory that keeps its utility and price in the right spot (about a penny a page). If you use a lot of maps for your RPG group this product is well worth checking out.


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