"Base board Areas" Topic
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| Dicymick | 01 Aug 2014 10:58 a.m. PST |
I wonder why war game base boards are either square or rectangular. Is there a valid reason for not using an L shaped board for instance. |
| MajorB | 01 Aug 2014 11:19 a.m. PST |
I wonder why war game base boards are either square or rectangular. Becuase most table (of the dining room, kitchen and occasional variety) are square or rectangular!
Is there a valid reason for not using an L shaped board for instance. None at all. |
| leidang | 01 Aug 2014 1:26 p.m. PST |
I've played several games on L shaped boards. It just has to fit the scenario to make sense. I've also played on a round board, a T shaped board and a + shaped board before. |
| Dan 055 | 02 Aug 2014 6:25 a.m. PST |
We played on a donut shaped one once. But otherwise, I agree. No reason why boards cannot be irregular shaped. It's just that most battles (pre-modern at least) were rectangular in shape. |
| Patrice | 09 Aug 2014 4:30 a.m. PST |
We sometimes use a L shaped (or T, ou double-L) board to give more dimension to a skirmish. It gives the impression that the battlefield is very large without having to crawl on it to reach the middle to move the miniatures. Also the miniatures must walk a long way to reach the far away edges and that is interesting when a role-playing-inspired scenario includes places to explore, NPCs to meet, random encounters, etc. |
| Weasel | 09 Aug 2014 10:43 a.m. PST |
Most of my gaming until recently was on a round table because a round table is what we had :) |
| bobm1959 | 11 Aug 2014 3:17 p.m. PST |
Did a really good game based on Hydaspes on an L shape not too long ago….but it played out as two rectangular battles at 90 degrees to each other. |
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