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Saturday 1 September 2018

Gridded cork board battlefield

I've not managed to do much work on THE PORTABLE NAPOLEONIC WARGAME book today because I have been putting copies of THE NUGGET into envelopes so that they can be posted out to subscribers on Monday and putting the final touches to the maps etc., for my session at next week's Connections UK conference.

I have had time to unpack my newly-acquired cork board ...


... and mark a 5cm x 5cm squared grid on it. (The corners of the grid squares are marked with a red dot. These were drawn on using a permanent marker pen.)


It is now ready to be used in a wargame ... just as soon as I have enough time to fight one!

6 comments:

  1. Hi Bob,

    That is a nice and tidy looking set up which will be ideal for your Sudan collection ‘on the road’ so to speak. I am fast coming around to using dots - they are quite unobtrusive.

    I will be keen to see this in action when your schedule permits!

    All the best,

    DC

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    1. David Crook,

      I am hoping that it will provide a more than suitable battlefield for my Colonial collection to fight on ... once I have enough time to stage a battle or two.

      The board was quite cheap, and it is much easier to draw dots on the cork than lines would have been ... and as you say, they are far less intrusive.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  2. Neat - I found a set of ‘gems’ with sticky backs that I used before spraying my board rather than pen marks as they bled on the paint :-(

    One question I do have is how firm is the board? The ones locally in Boyer / Wilkos and B&M are weak and only have card backing and as such sag with figures on it. Smiths is an hour+ away by bus for me...

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    1. Andyroo,

      I did think of using sticky dots rather than marks made with a marker pen, but I could not find any small enough.

      Like the ones in Wilkos and B&M, the WHSmith cork board is only backed with cardboard, and I am thinking of ways to strengthen it to stop any possibility of sagging. I might use simple cross braces made from basswood or a thin sheet of plywood stuck onto the back of the cardboard.

      All the best,

      Bob

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    2. Thanks for that - I'll have a look next time I'm in town as the size is perfect and square is a bonus. I have been using a painting board that's basically canvas covering thick card but they can warp when stood on edge for a time. They are also a bit large being 24"x24"

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    3. Andyroo,

      Glad to have been of help. 40cm x 40cm fits nicely onto a coffee table, and still leaves a bit of space around the edge of the board.

      All the best,

      Bob

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