In 2013 my friends and I were running our first Kickstarter for a board game. It was a tile based space game (Disaster Looms!), and I was frustrated that the tiles would be askew so easily on tables, and even play mats. I tried felt, and other materials and just was not happy with what I found.
I decided to develop a double sided Grippy mat. Rubber on the bottom, and a printable grippy top. It took 2 years of development to make it happen. For our first generation mats we also ran a Kickstarter to help fund the production. Our goal was $5,000, we ended up with over $115k. Disaster stuck when the US based printer abandoned the commitment to fulfill the orders, and subsequently killed the pathway I had developed to make my specialized mats. Unfortunately the unique surface could only be made by this printer. So... back to the drawing board.
Another 2 years of development led to another solution. This time I developed a path to print outside the US, and to apply the patented coating
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