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Tuesday, 3 March 2020

Other people’s Portable Wargame battle reports: American Civil War

Martin Smith has recent fought a couple of American Civil War battles using ideas from Alan Saunders' ECW variant of my PORTABLE WARGAME rules. (In fact, it was the same battle fought twice, with minor changes being made to the rules between the first and second battles.)

The report is featured on the game's Facebook page, and as not everyone either has access to or wishes to belong to Facebook, I have shared some of the photographs of the battles below.






I love the sheer simplicity of Martin's very effective terrain board, which is a repainted chessboard. It works very well with his micro-figures and terrain, and is a truly portable version of the game!
Please note that the photographs featured above are © Martin Smith.
Posted by Robert (Bob) Cordery at 3/03/2020 09:07:00 am
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8 comments:

  1. Maudlin Jack TarTuesday, March 03, 2020 11:19:00 am

    Excellent board! Great work by Martin.

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    1. Robert (Bob) CorderyTuesday, March 03, 2020 2:31:00 pm

      Maudlin Jack Tar,

      I totally agree! The colouring of board is particularly effective, and is an ideal size for use with very small figures.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  2. Archduke PiccoloTuesday, March 03, 2020 8:59:00 pm

    I was about to say that I liked what he's done with the chess board! But I was wondering what it would be like to play chess on such a board. Just curious... It looks as though he has kept up the checquered pattern of dark and light squares... More or less...

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    1. Robert (Bob) CorderyTuesday, March 03, 2020 10:16:00 pm

      Archduke Piccolo,

      You’re right about the light/dark nature of the squares on the board! I hadn’t noticed that!

      All the best,

      Bob

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  3. Geordie an Exiled FoGTuesday, March 03, 2020 9:50:00 pm

    I really like the look of this 2mm figures - it certainly brings "mass to the tabletop"

    I have some 2mm Napoleonics (don't ask why) but I may find a "Portable" use for them!

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    1. Robert (Bob) CorderyTuesday, March 03, 2020 10:20:00 pm

      Geordie an Exile FoG,

      I look forward to seeing your 2mm Napoleonic figures in action at some time in the future.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  4. Geordie an Exiled FoGSunday, March 08, 2020 12:49:00 am

    I love that whacky gameboard

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    1. Robert (Bob) CorderySunday, March 08, 2020 7:32:00 am

      Geordie an Exile FoG,

      It's very effective, and seems to have been quite simple to convert from cheap chessboard.

      All the best,

      Bob

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