"Pics of a Burma game in our Club" Topic

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Doc

The game looked really impressive! Just wish the pics were larger.

Thanks,

John

Thanks, yeah I was running a game so I couldn't get a lot of close ups this time. Dave's tables are like an I Spy for wargamers, so much stuff put into them.

Doc

What are the white areas of the table meant to represent?

Black and white photography? (These are Chinese on the Ledo Road with M5s):

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I have yet to see pics of a wargame table for "Burma" that did not make me wonder what planet it was supposed to be on. Folks really should take a look at the actual vegetation, clearly shown in period photos.

Allen

Hmmm, white areas are either the smoke, or the off white sand color of the table mat which I believe is there to represent open ground or light cover.

Allen, can't wait to see your Burma table :)

Doc

I'm still working on getting the right sort of sunken boats from the pet store.

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And that shade of fleece for roads is not easy to find around here.

Ha, well at least you have your manners and social skills honed, the rest should be easy.

Doc

Oh, the heck with it.

I'm still trying to figure out how to get Burma right – Allen does have a decidedly sound point on what most people use for Burmese jungle – take a look at photos, and you'll not have a palm tree in sight. Palms of various types are common around standing or running water, and often cultivated near settlements, but the jungle is predominantly hulking great deciduous trees of various types, including teak obviously. For a change of pacer there's always the rubber plantations, which are of course even more hulking great hardwoods….

Dom.

Fair enough Dom, I just took pics of a friend's table that was nice enough to host a game for the Club. I can't speak for Dave, but he was using the same veggies from our other Pacific games. From the looks of things there is running water and a settlement on the table, and some sunken boats :)

Cheers,
Doc

I recall Burma having quite varied vegetation depending on what part of the country the troops are fighting in.

Along the western border are the mountainous jungles. Pretty much impassable to vehicles except along narrow roads. The steep and jungle choked hills and ravines are murder on infantry. Troops are often sick and exhauseted on both sides just from moving to their objectives.

Further into the interior of Burma the land transitions into an arid plateau. Much easier to move about. In the dry season a red dusty sun-baked terrain. Dry watercourses and rivers that are easier to cross. The villages here are fenced by cactus hedge. Most stands of trees will be along the watercourses, with space inbetween fairly barren. Hills and heights here and there. In the rainy season the rivers are higher, the watercourses are now wet, and the red dust is mud.

Looks a good game was had, thanks for posting it up.
Regards,

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Along the water's edge, absolutely. But the jungle is predominantly hardwood, generally with few to no palms.