Binchois
Too many words...
A couple of thoughts to get your reaction to...
My basement now possesses a great new, expandable table that can easily accommodate very large scenarios and most HASLs (Hatten, VotG, Corregidor, RO, RB, etc). Only the full, four-panel, Schmidt/Kommerscheidt map overhangs slightly on the short side (curse you and your 1" hexes BFP! ). So I am looking forward to exploring these games in full for the first time.
But I do find flattening and aligning these huge sheets to be a pain, as is keeping them well-aligned for LOS draws. Any recommendations for this - short of glue (pics are nice). Plus I don't love the idea of a giant sheet of Plexiglas (ASL gives me way more than enough stuff to try and find storage for!)...
Also, is it cost prohibitive or simply too ungainly to issue these boards in SK-style - perhaps larger panels than normal, packaged in a larger box? I am picturing something like Deluxe-sized (or even larger) boards - with regular size hexes - folded in half. These would unfold flat and line up much neater with adjacent boards. I think this would be a better solution. Besides, the seams on most HASL maps crack and wear right out of the box - they usually come that way.
P.S. and why 1" for 4-panel Schmidt/Kommerscheidt but the smaller hexes for 2-panel Vossenack? The latter works great and looks beautiful on my new slab!
P.P.S. So long cheap old kitchen table from my bachelor apartment days!
My basement now possesses a great new, expandable table that can easily accommodate very large scenarios and most HASLs (Hatten, VotG, Corregidor, RO, RB, etc). Only the full, four-panel, Schmidt/Kommerscheidt map overhangs slightly on the short side (curse you and your 1" hexes BFP! ). So I am looking forward to exploring these games in full for the first time.
But I do find flattening and aligning these huge sheets to be a pain, as is keeping them well-aligned for LOS draws. Any recommendations for this - short of glue (pics are nice). Plus I don't love the idea of a giant sheet of Plexiglas (ASL gives me way more than enough stuff to try and find storage for!)...
Also, is it cost prohibitive or simply too ungainly to issue these boards in SK-style - perhaps larger panels than normal, packaged in a larger box? I am picturing something like Deluxe-sized (or even larger) boards - with regular size hexes - folded in half. These would unfold flat and line up much neater with adjacent boards. I think this would be a better solution. Besides, the seams on most HASL maps crack and wear right out of the box - they usually come that way.
P.S. and why 1" for 4-panel Schmidt/Kommerscheidt but the smaller hexes for 2-panel Vossenack? The latter works great and looks beautiful on my new slab!
P.P.S. So long cheap old kitchen table from my bachelor apartment days!