Fantasy Grounds adds two new Pathfinder Flip-Mat scene packs

Fantasy Grounds quietly gave Pathfinder GMs two fast-drop scene packs on June 16: Pathfinder RPG - Flip-Mat: Night Market & Shrine and Pathfinder RPG - Flip-Mat: Night Ambush. Together they solve the prep-time headaches that come with urban night-market intrigue, shrine-side set pieces, and after-dark ambushes, especially when a session swerves from conversation into combat without warning.

Night Market & Shrine is the sharper buy if your table leans into city scenes, mystery work, or a travel leg that ends in trouble. Fantasy Grounds lists it at $16.99 and says it is designed for version 4.7.1 and higher. Paizo’s print version measures 24 inches by 30 inches unfolded and 8 inches by 10 inches folded, and the original release date was November 15, 2023. The map’s two faces, a bustling night market and a remote mountain shrine, make it useful for the exact kind of Pathfinder session where the party is shopping, talking, or taking the scenic route and then has to fight on the spot.

Night Ambush is the more straightforward utility pick. Fantasy Grounds sells it for $19.99 and says it works with the free Fantasy Grounds VTT software and any ruleset. Paizo’s print description gives it a woodland campsite on one side and the upper floor of a cozy inn on the other, with the print release landing in September 2024. That makes it an easy answer for roadside travel scenes, overnight stops, and the classic “this safe place is not safe anymore” setup that Pathfinder GMs use constantly.

What makes these releases worth a look is not just the artwork. Fantasy Grounds is selling them as ready-to-use, LoS-enabled add-ons, so they are built for actual VTT play rather than being simple scanned maps. That matters in a platform where the value is often in how fast a GM can move from scene to encounter without building the whole space from scratch. For groups that run modular sessions or improvise heavily, these packs do more than dress the table. They shorten the gap between “the party goes there” and “roll initiative.”

They also look like a practical gap-filler in Fantasy Grounds’ Pathfinder shelf. A lot of VTT libraries are thick with abstract dungeons and generic battle grids, but these two sets hit the scenes Pathfinder tables hit all the time: a market, a shrine, a campsite, an inn loft. Paizo already showed the utility of Night Market & Shrine in Pathfinder Encounter: The Sound of Love, which uses a portion of the map for a shrine scene tied to the Black Butterfly and a quai dau that reacts to loud trumpets. That kind of reuse is the real signal here. These are not flashy centerpieces, but for GMs running city-heavy or travel-heavy campaigns right now, they are the sort of quiet buy that saves a session when the party turns a routine stop into a problem.