| donlowry | 08 Jul 2009 11:57 a.m. PST |
I'm planning to run a scenario based in Tunisia, late '42 – early '43. Can anyone point me to some good pictures of what the terrain there looked like? Or even to some photos of well-done gaming terrain for that area? About all I know is: hilly-to-mountainous, dry but not desert, some orchards and a few grain fields. Not sure about the architecture, either: southern European style? Arab style? mix of both? |
| Lion in the Stars | 08 Jul 2009 12:26 p.m. PST |
Hrm… I've heard that Tunisia is very much like southern Idaho, so try: link
(that's actually an unusual area for southern Idaho, but it's particularly pretty and good for ideas) The Snake River Canyon: link And the real area: link |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 08 Jul 2009 1:08 p.m. PST |
A lot of the Tatooine scenes in the Star Wars movies were filmed in Tunisia, might want to check those :) |
| Mobius | 08 Jul 2009 1:11 p.m. PST |
Go to Google Earth and zoom in. |
| KSeward | 08 Jul 2009 2:19 p.m. PST |
After the Battle magazine just ran an article on El Guettar that includes several modern color comparison shots. Its in the latest issue. |
| donlowry | 08 Jul 2009 2:28 p.m. PST |
One of my fellow online-games players/GMs just sent me several links, including this: YouTube link Looks a lot like the terrain around here (inland So. Cal.)! |
| GOTHIC LINE MINIATURES | 08 Jul 2009 5:31 p.m. PST |
Here is a tip:At the shopping mall there are usually travel agents,just approach the brochure stand and pick up some Tunisian and perhaps Algiers and Egipt brochures,these have sometimes good landscapes and architecture to inspire you!
Cheers
wargames48.blogspot.com |
| donlowry | 08 Jul 2009 8:24 p.m. PST |
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| Brownbear | 08 Jul 2009 10:25 p.m. PST |
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| alcal50 | 20 Jul 2009 9:13 a.m. PST |
Hi this was a four 16` board Crete game that might help. I did table 3 & 4 link link link link |
| donlowry | 20 Jul 2009 12:11 p.m. PST |
Brownbear, thanks for the link to the Tunisia game! I saw pics of it back in Nov (was it?), but had forgotten. I wasn't thinking of doing a scenario back then. Really outstanding terrain in that game! Unfortunately, I don't have the stuff available to do anything nearly that nice. Nor the know-how. This will be a scenario for an on-line mini-campaign. I'll post an AAR when it's done. alcal50: Yes I saw the Crete game pics recently. More outstanding terrain! I'd love to see a tutorial on how it's done. Don |
| alcal50 | 20 Jul 2009 2:18 p.m. PST |
I always do a pictorial on my builds,not sure if its visible on the SOGG public section if not the second link is my photo Bucket
Cheers AL link link |
