The wargame in a matchbox challenge: There is a report … and yet another genius entry!

Since mentioning Peter of Grid Based Wargaming – but not always blog on my blog, he has uploaded a battle report of a wargame fought using his magnificent ‘wargame in a matchbox’ American Civil War ironclads naval wargame.

I hope that my regular blog readers will follow the links to Peter's blog and read his wonderful battle report.

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Maudlin Jack Tar has also designed a ‘wargame in a matchbox’ and has written a very extensive blog entry about it on his blog, Projects and Procrastination.

He took his inspiration from Archduke Piccolo’s recent Fast Play 3 x 3 Portable Wargame Roman Civil War campaign and the results are stunning … as the following photographs show.

This informal competition has produced some wonderful designs … and I have a feeling that there are more to come!

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Please note that the photographs shown above are © Peter of the Grid Based Wargaming – but not always blog and Maudlin Jack Tar.

Sheer genius!: An American Civil War ironclads naval wargame in a matchbox!

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 the 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.

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Please note that the photographs shown above are © Peter of the Grid Based Wargaming – but not always blog.

Wargame in a matchbox challenge

I have been following a very interesting online wargame design challenge set by Tradgardmastare (whose blog is known as The Duchy of Tradgardland) and that has been accepted by Mark, who writes the Man of Tin blog.

The challenge is to design a wargame that will fit in a matchbox, and both Tradgardmastare and Mark have written about their design ideas on their respective blogs … and mighty interesting their blog posts have been!

I must admit that I have been tempted to accept the challenge and were I not already quite busy trying to improve my mobility and working on my Belle Epoque project, I could see myself getting quite engrossed in it.

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Please note that the photograph featured above is © Crafty Capers and Amazon.