"The Truly Portable Wargame" Topic

I've been working on some boards, terrain and miniatures for a travel weight game to take on vacation this summer.

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Nifty. You might think about marking only the corners of the squares. Use a dark olive green or bright yellow. When I make "square" mats that's what I do. Really helps the overall visuals.

Here is my "game in a box" concept:

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Just add counters or paper minis….

Looks interesting.

I generally just use a fabric, or felt mat, rolled up, for the table cover, and then put hills under, and/or that and other things on top, as desired. A few have hexes drawn on them for use with aerial rules that require those, though generally, I prefer rules without them.

I don't have everything in one box yet, but am planning multiple boxes for the larger, bulkier terrain bits, like village buildings, etc..

I do try to keep some minis for game play, dice, rulers, etc., etc., in a box or two, for taking to the local gaming club.

1/285th and smaller miniatures are ideal for this, but I think even 1/144th scale minis will work well for that too, at least for an average sized game.

If you can get everything in one box, that would certainly be ideal.

Nicely done, both. These days, much of my "away" gaming is on a 3x3 surface, so I haven't worked lately on a travel box--just stuffed the troops and terrain for the conflict of the day into a duffle. Thinking of reworking the Risk figures into a suitcase game next year, but I've got to get a few projects completed first.

Thanks fellas.

@Extra Crispy: That's a nice looking setup you have. It's kind of the same idea I have except the box would only be functional to hold stuff. It would not be the actual board. Yours seems to have the best of all worlds though since you have lightweight terrain and board that you can use whatever figures you like or are willing to travel with.

@Mako11: Fabric was an option and still may be because I want to make a grid based board for home use…maybe with 2" squares. For the record, the grid I used was 1.75", which is being enough to hold my 15mm WRG based ancients and small enough where my ACW figures on 1" strips won't look lost in the space.

@robert: Forgot about Risk figures! Another fine, low-cost and durable option for gaming!

In the end I ended up getting a second box for troops. But having a complete battlefield "to go" is very handy.

Also, for play testing, since I have no game space at home, I can set up a game and just slide it under the couch in the den.

The play-testing thing is a plus but the small size is absolutely key.