The ULTIMATE Ultimate Gipf Board

Great news! The rubber gaming mat versions of the Ultimate Gipf Board all showed up. The files themselves were already put in the drive  (Singularity Boards ->Ultimate Gipf Board). This post is to give everyone an idea of what the final printed boards look like and to compare/contrast them all. If there are any questions just let me know and I can clarify anything. More updates on the Singularity Deck are coming a bit later in the month.

As a point of reference, the standard cardboard Yinsh board has a spacing of 46.4 mm between the center point of the pieces. The Yinsh rings are 39.5 mm wide. The Yinsh rings and the Dvonn donuts are the largest pieces in the Gipf Series, which is why I'm using them in the pictures below.

Cloth Board:

The cloth version of the board is available to be printed/picked up at  https://www.printerstudio.com/sell/mtrossdesign. This is the primary board that's been available for awhile. It is 22 by 22 inches wide and has the same 46.4 mm spacing as the Yinsh board. 

The cloth is about 0.25 mm thick. Given how thin the cloth board is the colors aren't quite as saturated as the rubber mat boards, however this one is by far the most compact.

Rubber Mat Boards:

The 18 by 18 inch rubber mat board is printable at/can be picked up from Printerstudio (https://www.printerstudio.com/sell/designs/ultimate-gipf-board-rubber-mat.html ). This is the smallest of the 3 versions with a spacing of 41.4 mm between the center of the pieces. The printed board is about 1.5 mm thick.

As I was modifying the design to fit the smaller size I knew in theory there would be enough room for the pieces, however sometimes there can be differences between the design and the actual printed version. Happily, it came out great. For me, I particularly like the size of this one as it rolls up to diagonally fit in my game box. Some people may find this board a bit fiddly depending on their preferences given that this is about as small as you could possibly make the board and still have it function.

For anyone who still wants that neoprene goodness but prefers a bit more space between the pieces, I also made a 20 by 20 inch version that can be printed at inkedgaming.com. Like the 18 by 18 inched version, this version is still smaller than the standard Yinsh board, however there is much less of a difference. This board has 44.4 mm spacing between the center of pieces, only 2 mm smaller than the standard board. The board itself is 1.75 mm thick.

For some weird reason inkedgaming doesn't yet allow designers to list the 20 by 20 inch gaming mats for sale. For patrons though, the cheapest option for all three boards is to download the design from the drive and get it printed yourself. That said, if that's too much of a hassle the pritinterstudio boards can be picked up at their links, however (at least for now) that's not an option for the 20 by 20 inch board. Overall though uploading the design to inkedgaming (or printerstudio) for printing is a fairly straightforward process.

Here you can see the boards laid on top of each other: