“I prefer pushing cardboard on paper maps.”
So do my cats
When we owned a house, I had a 4x8 sheet of plywood for a gaming table (and of course the cats loved it).
I happened to have a large sheet of foam board that I started putting over games with several blocks strategically placed so as to not move the counters when the cats decided to sit on it. Worked like a charm.
Don’t have the house, plywood, nor cats now. :( Miss the cats.