A dry world, two supply roads, and very little cover.

Desert Crossroads is open desert — packed sand and hardpan broken by scrub stands, rocky outcrops and dune ripples, with two roads crossing near the center of the mat. Most of the ground is open. Cover is where the outcrops are, and everything else is a firing lane.

That makes it a mat for fast games and aggressive lists. There's no forest to hide a heavy in. Movement decisions matter from turn one, and the road junction is the obvious ground to contest.

Numbered hexes with level values. Every hex carries its number in the standard column-row scheme, and terrain levels are printed on the map the way they are on the paper sheets from the box. You can call a target hex out loud, resolve elevation off the map instead of from memory, and record positions between sessions. Most printed mats leave both off. It's the reason this one plays like BattleTech rather than just looking like it.

Printed on FeltPro fleece. It folds flat and goes in your bag — no tube, no permanent creases the way neoprene gets when it ships folded. It weighs a fraction of a rubber-backed mat, doesn't throw glare under a bright light the way vinyl does, and it's machine washable. 

Works for Alpha Strike too, if you like a consistent grid for movement.

Printed to order, ships free within the US, typically arriving in 5 to 12 business days.

Care instructions
- Machine wash separately: cold (max 30C or 90F), gentle cycle
- Do not bleach
- Tumble dry: low heat
- Do not iron
- Do not dryclean