Arthur Harman recently contacted me, and reminded me that Donald Featherstone had described and illustrated a map-making method in his book, ADVANCED WAR GAMES, that used a similar-looking board to the chessboard I am using for my portable wargame.
Arthur suggested that similar terrain squares could easily be created for my portable wargame ... and having looked at the diagram in Donald Featherstone's book, I can see the possibilities of Arthur's suggestion.
More food for thought!
Arthur suggested that similar terrain squares could easily be created for my portable wargame ... and having looked at the diagram in Donald Featherstone's book, I can see the possibilities of Arthur's suggestion.More food for thought!
My wargaming in the last couple of years has been limited due to space. I recently set up a small area (a desk top) that I can now use for wargaming. The terrain ideas and your portable gameboard seem like an ideal answer to my space problem. I have dug out my 2mm figures to use until I figure which scale will replace my 1/72 plastics.
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ReplyDeleteThe time/space problem is a very common one, I am afraid to say!
In theory, my normal wargames 'table' (in truth, it is two folding tables pushed together that can be set up as either 4ft x 6ft or 3ft x 8ft) is 4ft x 3ft, but by the time I have used some of the space to lay out both sides troops, and provided space for all the bits and pieces one needs, it is usually pared down to 3ft x 2ft.
My portable wargame is currently 1ft x 1ft, but if I was double the size of the board to 2ft x 2ft – something that is quite feasible – I could use 20mm-scale figures instead of the 15mm-scale ones I am currently using. Alternately, I could continue to use my 15mm-scale figures and have more grid squares on the board.
Good luck with solving your time/space problems,
All the best,
Bob
I've been mulling this exact idea over for some time. Ultimately, all I'm really waiting for, is to stumble over the exact, cheap, precisely cut tiles to use for this project. I know if I try to manufacture them, there will be irregularities that will drive me nuts. I should probably just place an order with Litko.
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ReplyDeleteI must admit that the idea of trying to cut the right-sized terrain squares for the job was of concern to me as well ... but I had not thought of trying someone like Litko as a source of ready-cut ones.
What a great idea!
All the best,
Bob