As my regular blog readers will know, I have mentioned the unofficial 'wargame in matchbox' challenge set by Tradgardmastare (whose blog is known as The Duchy of Tradgardland) and that had been accepted by Mark, who writes the Man of Tin blog.
Since then, others have taken up the challenge, including Peter, who writes the Grid Based Wargaming – but not always blog. Peter's game – which is an American Civil War ironclads naval wargame – is truly outstanding and really does meet the criteria hands down.
I won't steal his well-deserved thunder by writing too much about his game as I hope that my regular blog readers will follow he links to Peter's blog and see what he has devised. Suffice it to say, I think that he gives other wargamers pretty well all the information – including rules – that they would need to replicate his game.
The following photographs give a flavour of his design:
The complete wargame in a matchbox.
The contents of the matchbox.
A battle in progress!
I am of the opinion that Peter's design has commercial possibilities, and if he was to create complete 'wargames in a matchbox' and sell them online, I for one would buy a one.
Please note that the photographs shown above are © Peter of the Grid Based Wargaming – but not always blog.
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