Frequently Asked Questions

About Ultra Cheap Hobbies’ Ultra Cheap Batlemats

If you’re hunting for a Cheap Battlemat that does the job without draining your wallet, you’re in the right place. Ultra Cheap Hobbies exists for wargamers and RPG nerds who want a cheap battlemat that works, looks immersive enough to play on, and doesn’t take up half your living space. We focus on Ultra Cheap Battlemats that stay light, roll/fold/scrunch up fast, store easily, and ship for the price of a sandwich instead of a car repair bill.

Our mats are made for players who care about actually playing games—Combat Patrol, Age of Sigmar, Kill Team, Necromunda, Trench Crusade, Deadzone, Bolt Action, Grimdark Future, whatever you’re running this weekend—without getting punished financially for daring to enjoy a hobby. If you want something premium, heavy, padded, artisanal, hand-blessed, triple-stitched, or designed to impress strangers on Reddit, there are plenty of other brands who will gladly take your paycheck.

(Note to James: Dear Jay Dubs. We are not using your protected brand names to market Jack shit. We are talking about marvelous games in our niche in a blog as hobbyists. Leave us tf alone)

But if you want a cheap battlemat that’s simple, lightweight, functional, and cheap on purpose, that’s literally why we exist.

We keep things Ultra Cheap, so you can keep rolling dice without crying over your bank statement.

1. Is it Battlemat or Battle Mat?

We could care less. As long as it’s affordable, boosts immersion, stores away without problems, and doesn’t catch fire when you iron it… it’s fucking great in our book.

2. Are your Ultra Cheap Batlemats heavy asf?

No, they’re ultra lightweight. They weigh so little, actually, that they can be shipped in an envelope.

3. Can I use them on my coffee table?

Our batlemats are currently (Q4–2025) all 90x140 cm (35.5x55 inches).
It’s between you and IKEA if that fits or not.

4. Can I use them on my living room table?

See Answer 3. Provided you clear up your hobby mess, your breakfast stuffs, and hiss your cat away from it. Unless you really like dirty, non-immersive, and volatile scatter terrain under your mats, of course. You do you. We don’t judge.
(We do, but we’ll never let you know… or will we?)

5. Is this FAQ written to induce an anxiety attack among those who read this inebriated?

Yes. We are in the room with you, and you should clip your nails before you make insta and youtube painting tutorials. You absolute pig!

6. Is it neoprene?

No. Then it would be 60,- per mat, now wouldn’t it.
It’s whatever the fuck makes it affordable, I guess.

7. Preorder, you say?!

Yes. Orders will be fulfilled before or by January 14th, 2026.
To keep your Cheap Battlemats ultra cheap, we cut production costs and reduce shipping and import expenses by ordering in bulk from our factory. Keeps it Ultra Cheap for everyone.

8. Are these mats a pain in the ass to transport?

Depends on what body cavity you choose to carry them in, innit?!
But no. They are ultra lightweight.

9. Do these come in a big-ass tube?

No. We’ll send them to you in an envelope.
Not because that’s more environmentally friendly than a huge-ass tube with plastic lids…
Because it’s ULTRA CHEAP, and you walk away with those savings.

10. Can I iron these biatches?

Yes. Medium heat, unless you’ve got one of those lava-spitting professional irons.
Then it’s just the wool setting. And KEEP IT MOVING, lol.
Alternatively, you can grab some anti-crease spray from Action or Ross at the strip mall.

11. Can I pop these in the washer?

Yes… but you would fuck them up.
Stains make that shit look more battle-torn anyway.
If you can’t stand stains, keep your crusty friends in check.
(With their Cheeto-dust-covered claws.)

12. Are they flame retardant?

No. If you think batlemats are, you’re the retarded one here.
It’ll fucking melt to your face.
Just because you got it at a fire sale doesn’t make it a fire blanket.

13. Can I use these for Dungeons & Dragons?

Yes. Consensus has it they are of more use than D&D Beyond.
Some’d say their usefulness is on par with that of a D20.

14. Can I use these for Warhammer?

Yeah, sure, keep telling yourself you understand the rules.
They’re 90x140 cm / 35.5x55 inches, which makes them perfect for games like:

• Warhammer 40K Combat Patrol

• Age of Sigmar

• Kill Team

• Necromunda
  …or whatever disgustingly expensive game they hype us for next.

15. Can I use these for Trench Crusade?

Yes. But are you going to ask about all tabletop wargames now?
Because it also works with Deadzone, Kill Squad, Space Gits, Grimdark Future, SKDRF, Team Yankee, Bolt Action, and everything else you can dream of fielding on a table.

16. Is this product seed-oil free?

What… you’re pushing it.
Yes. As long as you don’t eat or insert it, it’s Keto, Halal, Kosher, Paleo, and palm-oil free.
Gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free (unless you are REALLY into wardollies).
And most importantly: slavery-free.
(Because in China they call it “re-education.”)

17. Can I afford Shipping?

Thats such a loaded question. That depends on your Effort to make money in relation to your purchasing power, other financial responsibilities, influenced by the measure of retardation of your government, and greed of the logistics companies that serve your geo.
The short of it. You either shouldn't have voted for Brexit or should've punched more people who did.
And for the Yanks... You should' ve not fucked with a two party-retardy system ever.
Thats your fault, rightwing, leftwing, centrist. You get what you deserve if you behave the way you do, and you did. That impacts shipping. 

We try our best to keep the baseline pricing for all of our products ULTRA CHEAP.
Hopefully that helps absorb the exorbitant pricing motherfuckers dare charge for moving an envelope over the globe. Will our shipping-costs break the bank?
No. We do everything within OUR power to keep it as smart and cheap for YOU as our Tamiya-ultra-thin-plastic-cement-vapor-riddled-brain allows us to do.