Looking at the map of the Fiddletown & Copperopolis Railway ...
... I was struck by the similarity to the sort of maps found in Donald Featherstone's book, WAR GAME CAMPAIGNS. This set me thinking ... and I remembered the 'Long Live The Revolution!' mini-campaign that I included in my book, DEVELOPING THE PORTABLE WARGAME.
The campaign was a linear one and players moved backwards and forwards from one map to another, thus:
Regional Capital
Provincial Capital
Railway Station
Capital City
Now, the last two maps had railways of them, and it would not be that difficult to add some railway track to the others. I could easily build four small, self-contained baseboards (in the style of those featured in the Budget Model Railway Challenge) that I could then use to fight a mini-campaign on, based on the 'Long Live The Revolution!' one ... and I could also connect all four together to create a small model railway.
I don't know if anything will come of this idea ... but it is certainly an interesting mini-campaign to think about!
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Bob - great idea & it will most likely work- ever since I read your "Long Live the Revolution" I have been developing a back story & maps in a mythical Latin American Republic of Burritos with its breakaway province of Mojiito - I figured the civil war would go back & forth along the main & branch railway lines until either the revolutionaries were defeated or the government lost the provincial city of Fandango (most towns had either Spanish food or drink names) - I have only got as far a failed uprising in Fandago with the revolutionaries retreating across the Tamale river to the Cigarillo Hills -so go forth & do it 😀😃
ReplyDeleteAndrew,
DeleteCheers! As I wrote, nothing may come of this … but reading about your current project certainly encourages me to give it some very serious thought.
All the best,
Bob
Linking wargame scenarios to make a train layout sounds like a great idea to me - ticks all the boxes!
ReplyDeleteMaudlin Jack Tar,
DeleteIn some ways, this is a sort of version of what I would like to do with my Belle Époque project, so doing it might be a useful, proof-of-concept.
All the best,
Bob
That's a great little campaign and the idea to combine your two active hobbies is great.
ReplyDeleteWEK 3,
DeleteCheers! Thanks for the encouragement; it helps to give me the impetus to develop this idea further.
All the best,
Bob