Further to my earlier blog posts (here and here), I have been thinking about the tabletop battlefield I might use for my hybrid rules.
In the DOMINION rules, the tabletop looks like this:
In the FAST-PLAY 3 x 3 PORTABLE WARGAME the tabletop looks like this:
I have been looking at two possible hybrid tabletop layouts, both of which combine aspects of the above. The first is a slight reworking of the FP3x3PW …
… and the second adds a further rank of squares to create a tabletop that has a 3 x 4 grid plus reserve areas.
I hope to experiment with both tabletop layouts over the coming weeks in the hope that a preferred layout emerges.
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Interesting looking board Bob. Presumably movement is restricted to Rear to Forward in a unit's corresponding sector (L, C or R), or from Reserve to Rear (any sector)?
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ReplyDeleteI'll be interested in seeing how that pans out. I'll be honest with you and state that I haven't really cottoned to the 'Dominion of..." concept, probably with an uneasy feeling that (a) I'll be distracted from other projects (that's what happened with my Roman Civil War!), and (b) the action would become rather stereotyped.
I have to admit, though, that the presentations by Mark Cordone and others do look very attractive - very nearly tempting!
The extra 'depth of field' with the 4x3 concept might offer more variety and tactical scope as well.
Meanwhile, a fleet action is developing in 'La Manche' - what the irreverent Ruberians call 'the Trouser Leg' - as the Azurian Navy tries to break past 1st Battle Squadron, covering an invasion fleet. So far, the outnumbered 1st Battle Squadron is giving a good account of itself, but they are starting to hang out for the 2nd to come in from the north.
Just where IS Admiral Jellibene and his powerful battleships?!
Time is running out, taking 1st Battle Squadron's stamina with it...
Cheers,
Ion