I wish more people would do this. For us who have been doing this for more years than we can count, it might be too easy to forget the 'basics' were once the 'new'. And, heartily agree that representing fields and roads with such as coloured paper, books for hills etc is always a fine place to start wargaming.
Cheers! Yeah, if you have been doing something for a long time it's easy to forget where you began and it can be bewildering and overwhelming for new people. I'm just trying to break down some of the basics and show it's not an overnight thing.
@@StormofSteelWargaming that would be good mate. I'm busy painting away and going to have a game on my kitchen table soon with Rapid Fire. I'm liking the idea of O Group though!
Once again an excellent vid and so informative on how to set up and what is needed for your wargaming scenarios 🧐 coupled with your other excellent vids you are showing the mass, the most exciting and enjoyable delights of wargaming. Keep up the good work and keep rolling them dice 🤓
I’ve always had trouble trying to set up a table for a one-off, non-scenario game. This was definitely helpful. I recently picked up NUTS which is sort of a RPG/skirmish wargame and it has some tables to roll in order to come up with a random setup that still has enough rules to make sense as far as where roads and rivers go.
Hi Alex - the table so important - there was a lot there that resonated with me. I agree about buying trees. I've tried to make them myself but the amount of glue needed.... I've 'made' brown ploughed fields from very cheap door mats - 99p from Lldl. The cornfields im also gonna buy from a bargain store. I've bough some stonewalls - but i think i'll have a go at making my own roads, hedges and rivers. Ive also made four woods which can be used separately or as one single large forest - ideal for September 1939! kepp up the great work mate. Hope to meet one day and have a pint. Cheers Nigel
Cheer Nigel, glad you found the video useful. Yeah, you can get a lot of scenery very cheap if you're prepared to make it yourself. Mine is a combination of bought and made and each have their pros and cons! Yep, would love to have a sit down and chat, maybe on the Somme one day?
Ha ha, thank you. I am fan of Star Wars and always have been since I was a kid, there's a couple of SW AARs on the channel as well. I also play Judge Dredd and Gaslands, but that's about it for the science-fiction and fantasy really. I was actually thinking of playing a game or two of 2nd Edition Blood Bowl, just for a change of pace!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video! The variety of terrain you can fight over is infinite, but it always helps just to think about what you want to achieve for the game.
Thank you again for a great video. I think you strike a great balance between visual appeal and playability. Like you, I am more interested in playing the game than making superbly detailed models. Game pieces and not diaoramas. Cheers!
Excellent video! One suggestion would be to place the roads at a bit of an angle, so the board doesnt look like 4 squares. That also forces things like houses and fields to be at an angle, which I personally think gives the battlefield a bit of extra something.
We battle in smaller-scales (6 - 15 mm, micro-armor etc.) and use "Cord-a-roy" brown materiel cut in rectangles for"plowed feilds" the rows already in the cut material ! Can also cut up some green-doormats for the same effect ?
A great idea, Alex. What's MDF? I'd thought they were ex-table mats, which is what I've started using. Either way, they're very convenient and save a lot of time with setting up. Do you ever use the Lardy's (or others) random terrain generators? That idea is one of the best finds I've come across in recent years. So far it's always produced an interesting layout.
Cheers Duncan, it's medium density fibre board, used in the building and construction industry. Most people have kitchen cabinets built out of it, but it comes in sheets are various thickness and sizes and if you get off cuts, is pretty much pennies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-density_fibreboard I have used random terrain generators, particularly I Would Like to Rage's one for Infamy, Infamy. It's a great way of creating a board very quickly and has the added bonus of it not being biased.
Great video. I've seen some extremely barren and poorly laid out tables in the past. It's a shame that so much attention should be put on miniatures when the terrain they're fighting over is just as important.
I wish more people would do this. For us who have been doing this for more years than we can count, it might be too easy to forget the 'basics' were once the 'new'. And, heartily agree that representing fields and roads with such as coloured paper, books for hills etc is always a fine place to start wargaming.
Cheers! Yeah, if you have been doing something for a long time it's easy to forget where you began and it can be bewildering and overwhelming for new people. I'm just trying to break down some of the basics and show it's not an overnight thing.
Really good video, Alex. You've really inspired me to get back into gaming again with all your output. Thank you!
Cheers Paul, I am glad to hear that. When this is all over, we should try for a game some time?
@@StormofSteelWargaming that would be good mate. I'm busy painting away and going to have a game on my kitchen table soon with Rapid Fire. I'm liking the idea of O Group though!
Once again an excellent vid and so informative on how to set up and what is needed for your wargaming scenarios 🧐 coupled with your other excellent vids you are showing the mass, the most exciting and enjoyable delights of wargaming. Keep up the good work and keep rolling them dice 🤓
Cheers Kevin, glad you enjoyed the video!
I’ve always had trouble trying to set up a table for a one-off, non-scenario game. This was definitely helpful. I recently picked up NUTS which is sort of a RPG/skirmish wargame and it has some tables to roll in order to come up with a random setup that still has enough rules to make sense as far as where roads and rivers go.
Cheers, I'm glad you found it useful. I generally just throw a few terrain items down and try to make it look reasonable.
Hi Alex - the table so important - there was a lot there that resonated with me. I agree about buying trees. I've tried to make them myself but the amount of glue needed.... I've 'made' brown ploughed fields from very cheap door mats - 99p from Lldl. The cornfields im also gonna buy from a bargain store. I've bough some stonewalls - but i think i'll have a go at making my own roads, hedges and rivers. Ive also made four woods which can be used separately or as one single large forest - ideal for September 1939! kepp up the great work mate. Hope to meet one day and have a pint. Cheers Nigel
Cheer Nigel, glad you found the video useful. Yeah, you can get a lot of scenery very cheap if you're prepared to make it yourself. Mine is a combination of bought and made and each have their pros and cons! Yep, would love to have a sit down and chat, maybe on the Somme one day?
Thanks for using our mats looks great!
Thanks and thanks for making such good mats, I have two and am considering a third.
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Cheers!
I am so used to you playing serious historicals i am suprised to hear you mention Star Wars! Nice video. :)
Ha ha, thank you. I am fan of Star Wars and always have been since I was a kid, there's a couple of SW AARs on the channel as well. I also play Judge Dredd and Gaslands, but that's about it for the science-fiction and fantasy really. I was actually thinking of playing a game or two of 2nd Edition Blood Bowl, just for a change of pace!
Thank you for sharing your thought process. Very enlightening and food for thought for my own PSC scenario’s
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video! The variety of terrain you can fight over is infinite, but it always helps just to think about what you want to achieve for the game.
Very detailed look. All the years it does build up. Need to look into the plastic stackable boxes..thanks!
Cheers, glad you enjoyed the video. The Really Useful Boxes are excellent, not cheap, but save a lot of time and faff when it comes to storage.
Thank you again for a great video.
I think you strike a great balance between visual appeal and playability. Like you, I am more interested in playing the game than making superbly detailed models.
Game pieces and not diaoramas.
Cheers!
Cheers Thomas, glad you enjoyed the video!
Very cool gaming terrain!
Cheers!
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Excellent video!
One suggestion would be to place the roads at a bit of an angle, so the board doesnt look like 4 squares. That also forces things like houses and fields to be at an angle, which I personally think gives the battlefield a bit of extra something.
Yeah, usually do things like that, this was just setting up for a trial run of the game really.
Where did you get the marsh terrain? Love the channel. Had my first game if OGroup the other day, really enjoyed it
Cheers, they came from Timecast. It's an excellent game.
Nice setup! Wish I could come over with a pint, figures and dice to play!
Cheers, you'd be more than welcome!
That was great
Cheers Andy, glad you enjoyed it!
We battle in smaller-scales (6 - 15 mm, micro-armor etc.) and use "Cord-a-roy" brown materiel cut in rectangles for"plowed feilds" the rows already in the cut material ! Can also cut up some green-doormats for the same effect ?
Sounds good!
A great idea, Alex. What's MDF? I'd thought they were ex-table mats, which is what I've started using. Either way, they're very convenient and save a lot of time with setting up. Do you ever use the Lardy's (or others) random terrain generators? That idea is one of the best finds I've come across in recent years. So far it's always produced an interesting layout.
Cheers Duncan, it's medium density fibre board, used in the building and construction industry. Most people have kitchen cabinets built out of it, but it comes in sheets are various thickness and sizes and if you get off cuts, is pretty much pennies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-density_fibreboard
I have used random terrain generators, particularly I Would Like to Rage's one for Infamy, Infamy. It's a great way of creating a board very quickly and has the added bonus of it not being biased.
Hi Alex, where did you get the hills you're using from?
Hi Martyn, they came from S&A Scenics, but they are currently closed for orders at the moment!
Those dome-like features could also be used on the Russian/Ukrainian steppe as Kurgan tombs.
Yeah, they do have multiple uses really.
Nice! Could you do another stalingrad video?
Cheers, it's a possibility. But I have a few videos backed up at the moment, so not for a while anyway.
Great video. I've seen some extremely barren and poorly laid out tables in the past. It's a shame that so much attention should be put on miniatures when the terrain they're fighting over is just as important.
Cheers, I agree wholeheartedly about the table looking good as well. Even just a few minor additions can make the world of difference.