DWPetros
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I've been thinking a lot about preparing 'historical geoboard' ideas and am soliciting feedback along that line.
We already have a few of such geoboards; some fairly recent ones were designed with actual historical terrain in mind (the latest Fort board). The general concept - a battlefield that both comes close to the historical field layout / and also can be used for other battles. A hybrid; specific while still versatile. Easy to produce, not a lot of fancy rules / SSRs - could easily lend itself to an AP or Journal.
Yesterday, I spent hours trying to create such a layout for Cassino. I've not quite gotten there yet with it, but its a promising idea. (would need a bunch of Rubble overlays though
I can think of all sorts of other places/battles myself, but thought I'd throw it out there for general comment. Not much interested in one-off / obscure battles - more straight forward Russian front / Western front stuff.
What battles do you think would lend themselves to this kind of treatment?
We already have a few of such geoboards; some fairly recent ones were designed with actual historical terrain in mind (the latest Fort board). The general concept - a battlefield that both comes close to the historical field layout / and also can be used for other battles. A hybrid; specific while still versatile. Easy to produce, not a lot of fancy rules / SSRs - could easily lend itself to an AP or Journal.
Yesterday, I spent hours trying to create such a layout for Cassino. I've not quite gotten there yet with it, but its a promising idea. (would need a bunch of Rubble overlays though
I can think of all sorts of other places/battles myself, but thought I'd throw it out there for general comment. Not much interested in one-off / obscure battles - more straight forward Russian front / Western front stuff.
What battles do you think would lend themselves to this kind of treatment?