This afternoon I ruled one side of my felt cloth into 3inch squares for gridded games. It will be used for a variety of periods, scales and rules. It can hold 1/72 scale tanks for example.I set up the first game with my 40mm Dark age figures-
A card river and linoleum road was added,along with hedges,trees and a bridge.
Note berserkers in foreground. Three close order figures to a square,two figures for skirmishers and cavalry.
I hope to play the game tomorrow .I am pleased with the look of the set up and hope the game works out as well. Rules probably Gathering of Hosts maybe a Tony Bath adaption, we'll see.
That looks like a nice small game setup. Happy gaming!
ReplyDeleteThanks.Now to try and find some 40mm scale fantasy stuff...
DeleteWell done for getting such straight lines on a piece of felt!
ReplyDeleteThe advantages of having folk in the house who do crafty things and own long plastic fabric rulers/set squares which I can borrow...
DeleteSelotaping it to the floor prior to ruling helped too.
Looks good. The 'clean' look seems to particularly match these figures, it all just seems to 'fit'.
ReplyDeleteI find that a graphic "game" look seems to help a few figures, esp a few 40's, look believable as a small army rather than as a few individuals.
I think so too re your first comment.
ReplyDeleteYour "graphic game" comment I don't quite understand ( brain addled by sleep or lack of) could you elaborate?
I meant graphic as in clear, easy to understand, symbols that are meant to indicate more than their superficial appearance as opposed to a diorama where everything looks real but in a game setting is often misleading or confusing when it turns out that this or that piece of terrain or group of figures is not what they look like after all.
DeleteI think that there should have been a comma after graphic. As an example of what I mean, a nice rugged, bottle brush style christmas tree (I'd be lost without them) on a square of a gridded board instantly says "a patch of woods". An accurate 1/56th scale model of a Norwegian Pine tree on a diorama like board says "a tree".
Tradgardmastare,
ReplyDeleteI like the 'look' of your felt 'battlefield'. You have made an excellent job of making on the grid ... better than I did when I tried. I think that the 40mm-scale figures look great and are a good fit - in terms of figure scale compared to grid area - with the 3-inch squares.
All the best,
Bob
Looks excellent. Time to paint up the Rohirrim I've had for ten years!!
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