"In My Imaginations Things Are a Bit Different ." Topic

When my wife (a.k.a. Mama') got her new dining room table my wargaming place(the dining room table) was suddenly off limits. Having no other large flat surface I was reduced to using a piece of 3/8" plywood 19 1/2" x 26 3/4". When I say "reduced" I mean reduced. It has turned out for the best. Infantry regiments now have 6 indivudually mounted figures(1x light infantry figure; 1x grenadier figure; and 4x line infantry figures. Here's the best part of that: Now light infantry and grenadiers can be easily brigaded into light infantry units, the same for grenadiers. I have read that such was popular in the 18th century. Cavalry regiments have been reduced to 3 indivudually mounted figures. An artillery battery is now 1 field gun and 4 individually mounded gunners.
Ranges have been reduced as well along with casualties being . . . reduced. Games play through to a fininsh in much less time. Because this is a solo campaign game I don't spend that much time setting up, playing through a game, or storing everything. Best of all, my "reduced" playing survace now rests comfortably vertically behind my desk. There is a great deal more to this. Stay tuned.

Interesting concept, I have limited space so play at local store.

I'd put a cover over the new dining room table or buy a folding table or two. Good luck with your project. What size figs do you use?

There is a great deal more to this. Stay tuned.

Sounds very interesting. Do tell us more!

Well that certainly is making lemonade out of lemons and all that, but I just hope you arenīt using 54mm!
Looking forward to more info as well.

Sounds very interesting … and not a million miles away from what I have been doing for the past few years as I have developed my PORTABLE WARGAME rules. See link

Thank you for your kind comments. When Mama' says "Don't you touch my new dining room table, you don't touch her new dining room table or Maritial Discord abounds. I use 25mm plastics. At Hobby Lobby is a cardboard-backed plastic bag of "Billy V."/IMEX figures, both(!) the British and Colonial sets for $10.00 USD. THE best deal in wargame figures bar none. I also use a Lionel Tarr Periscope as an "aide" in deciding where to move. What you see from 1" above the table is a world apart from what you see from 18" above it. That is a Paradyme Shift. Figures can hide behind hills and ridges and in tall grass and weeds. Plans for L.T.P. are on the 'net. BTW – There is a a way to get paint to stick to plastic figures … and they don't need a bath. Stay tuned.

This is one of those Guild Secrets handed down to me almost 40 years ago. Paint will stick to soft plastic figures when they are first sprayed with a clear acrylic spray fixative like Krylon Crystal Clear. After the spray has dried paint them with acrylic paint. After the paint is dry the figures can be flung across the room against the wall and two things will not happen: The figures will not bend or break . . . and the paint will have not chipped or flaked. Besides plastic figures are more atonomically correct and their weapons are in correct proportion to the figures. Next time: Terrain features that have a purpose besides looing pretty.

Terrain features should have a purpose besides looking pretty. Using the Lionel Tarr Periscope this is possible. When the playing surface is viewed from 1" above the surface, contour elements (hills) that are the same height as the figures make sense: Figures can hide behind them. This facilitates hidden movement. Hiding behind ridge lines? Whoever heard of such a thing? Well, in my imaginations we have. It changes tactics. Also, a playing surface that looks like the fairway of a golf course? In my 1750's imaginations there are only 5 golf courses in the two countries combined. And the club members are very fussy about their fairways and greens! Tall grass and weeds abound outside the cities, towns & villages. Guild Secret Time! Using the cap from an oval deodorant despencer as a template, trace the oval <make lots of them> and cut them out. Then make strips 1.25" wide x as long as you can make them and cut them out. Use the .25" at one side of the length of the strip as a gluing strip. Score the length of the strip then cut V's out along the length of the .25" length. Glue the gluing strip to the bottom of the oval, following the curve of the oval. When you get back to where you started, cut the strip free from the length of the strip and up to the top of the strip. Paint the whole thing green, inside and out. VIOLA! Now your individually mounted figures can hide both behind and in the tall grass and weeds. The Lionel Tarr Periscope will see to that (pun intended). Because you have made plenty of them,apply them liberally to your playing area. Your games will change dramatically. Keep those dice rolling!