Saturday, March 12, 2011

Portable Preview.

After spending the afternoon fussing over the grid size vs proposed base and unit sizes and configuration, I modified my portable cloth grid to include 8 6" squares each quartered to allow the use of either 3" or 6" squares. I then set up on a small table in the family room  and started comparing terrain items.

Pegasus Russian Log Cabins each occupying a 3" square. or else a 6" square  village. 

The tank is a Hat FT-17 with a basic coar of paint. A bit of weathering etc to follow. Infantry by Strelitz.


An old 15mm cardboard farm I made about 25 years ago. It fills 1 3" square but doesn't quite have room for a stand of troops.

An even older carboard town block made by friend Dave Wilson. It makes 2 adjacent 3" blocks with no room for troops or 1 6" town with room for troops 

Then I played a 2 game RCW mini-campaign.  Each game took about 45 minutes. I'll write up a proper report tomorrow but both games were fun and the rules worked well..

Whites on the right, Reds on the left. Naturally.

I finished up with a run through a 1 hit per unit mini-Crysler's Farm. Again, a full report to follow but it needs some work and thought. One of the issues I need to sort out is what to do if I go permanent with a grid, do I use many 3" squares with 1 stand units or  fewer 6" ones with multi stand units. Then I need to look at the impact on a portable game.

2 comments:

  1. Ross Mac,

    WOW!!

    Your games look far more polished/professional than my meagre play-tests on chessboards ... and look like the sort of set up I will want to pursue at some time in the future.

    I look forward to reading your battle reports, especially the RCW mini-campaign. I envisaged the portable wargame as being used for small 'one off' battles or for a series of inter-connected battles (in other words, a mini-campaign) and I would like to know more about how it worked out.

    The mini-Chrysler's Farm battle looks very impressive, and it has made me think about actually wargaming with my pre-painted Del Prado 25/28mm Waterloo figures using the portable wargame's rules.

    All the best,

    Bob

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  2. Thanks Bob but I'm afarid the camera flatters if not down right lies. That said, this is all my usual wargaming stuff with a sloppy grid superimposed and I have found that as long as things are of similar colour tones and atmosphere, they will hang together.

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