15mm Board Test AAR

Despite the slightly curly edges, MacSver and I had a battle to test out the slightly smaller (22" x 22") board size.

I was the Orcs (MacSver) vs Undead (myself). Three treasures were place across the centre of the table. Whoever got the most home (or routed the other side) won.

15mm Skirmish Box - reworked board, work to do!

I've been reworking the board for the skirmish box.

Instead of 4 x square foot tiles I've changed to 6 tiles covering a 22 inch x 22 inch area. The reason for this is to avoid the complications and quality issues with having to apply a number of paper sheets to the same tile. This size lets me print one sheet of A4  to one tile, looking  to give a smoother and less gappy finish. Hopefully the loss of a couple of inches to the board dimensions will make little or not difference to the enjoyment of play.

 Also I have moved from printing on standard printer paper to 210gsm card (the same grade as the buildings). This gives a more durable playing surface I feel and applies to the adhesive tile better (no problems with the print flopping or wrinkling)

On the setback side though I've found that may tiles are curling up at the edges which isn't ideal at all.

This causes problems for my "smooth and less gappy" play surface brief. The problem I think come s from the way the tiles are manufactured. I'd assumed that they were flat, but looking again there is a slight bevel in them, so the the edges stay flush to the floor if the adhesive fails. Of course I'm using them upside-down, so this translates to the edges naturally curling upwards.

I'll have to figure out how to solve this or move to a different board material or setup.

Why all this R&D I hear you ask? Well, almost as if I was short of projects (which I'm not), I'm looking at producing a few of these skirmish boxes to see if there are any interested customers out there. If I can run a small batch and they go then we'll take it from there.

So far already it's been an interesting experience just considering the processes of upgrading something I bodged together for myself to a cost effective product that is practical to build and with an end product that I'd be happy paying hard cash for.

By the way, don't worry, I'm well aware of copyright\IP issues and have already made contact with relevant parties. No piracy here (unless its a theme for a future Pirate boxset!)

Hang 'Em High

MacSver has almost finished the final details of his Wild West Town. Finished enough to get a in a game, in fact.

It was to be Lawmen against Desperados.

 Lucky Luke had gone and got himself caught by the local Law, and sentenced to swing. Mad Dog McNut couldn't allow this to happen, so took his boys into town.

15mm Skirmish Box - Orcs

The third of my initial Skirmish Box warbands, The orcs.

Mounted Leader and 2 Cavalry

Remaining Command Group: Mage, Standard Bearer, Guard and Hero

Orc Warrior Horde

Whilst not all figures make it into the Skirmish Box pre-built warband the list is:

• Mounted Orc Leader; 92pts; Quality 3+, Combat 3; ;Leader,Long Move,Mounted;;
• Mounted Orc Boar Cavalry;47pts; Quality 4+, Combat 3; Long Move,Mounted;;
• Mounted Orc Boar Cavalry;47pts; Quality 4+, Combat 3; Long Move,Mounted;;
• Orc Warrior;23pts; Quality 4+, Combat 3
• Orc Warrior;23pts; Quality 4+, Combat 3
• Orc Warrior;23pts; Quality 4+, Combat 3
• Orc Warrior;23pts; Quality 4+, Combat 3
• Orc Warrior;23pts; Quality 4+, Combat 3

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