"Board games and miniatures" Topic

I'm thinking of playing GMT's Panzer but using 6mm miniatures instead of counters. Maybe a couple 3d printed houses to give it a bit of a 3d look.

I love my 15mm I ain't been shot/chain of command games but setting up and breaking down a table for solo gaming is tedious. Sometimes I just want to throw down a map and place some minis on the table and play in minutes.

So, anyone here play board games using minis? Any tips, tricks or advice?

ASL and Panzerblitz with 1/285 (6mm) in the early 80's. From there I went from board games to miniatures. Not the same, but setup with map boards does make for an easy set up.

I tried it during quarantine. In the end I just played boardgames solo. Minis just didn't add much, they just looked out of place.

I have done a few boardgames with miniatures – B17 Solo board wargame by Avalon Hill with 1/300 aircraft is quite fun. Converting ground warfare to figures requires a bigger map normally as the figures are far larger than counters. I have done Flight Leader by Avalon Hill with 1/300 aircraft on a large hex mat which worked well. Also done Wooden Ships and Iron Men by Avalon Hill with a large sea hex mat and 1/1200 ship models which was also a lot of fun. I did get a massive scan printed for me of Raid on St Nazaire solitaire game (bascially blew the map up to 6 feet long) and have 1/600 scale ships and 1/300 figures. It does look impressive on the table :-)

We do many of the Commands and Colors games using miniatures instead of the wooden blocks provided with the games.

A picture of the Battle of Thannuris (528AD) using the C&C Medieval rules on a 6" hexed mat.

Jim

I played a couple of times Advance Squad Leader with miniatures. Very fun games.

I would think it's a good mix

Only ones that come with miniatures. Of course, there's always Ogre.

Fighting Wings with 1:300 or 1:700 aircraft minis on telescopic flight stands.