IHMN game boards (Guide to Cobbles on page 4)

[Whtknt1066]

My $10 basketball fabric arrived! I'm...90% happy with the texture.  I'd actually prefer slightly larger "cobbles", but unless I want to sculpt an entire table myself this is a great alternative.  Thanks for the tip!

[Rob_bresnen]

I love your game board, and it is an innovative idea, but what is missing is the pavements (side-walks). I think if you added a base to your buildings with the pavements built it, that would still give you the flexibility to put your buildings wherever you want, but would look much cooler.

just my thoughts

[Craig]

At the time pavements were only common on popular modern avenues and streets. In the East End and Docks areas they would have been quite rare.

[Dewbakuk]

Thanks for the tip!

No problem, show us how it comes out.

but what is missing is the pavements (side-walks)

I've talked about this previously as it was a concious decision but that was pages ago

As Craig said, the rougher/denser areas of London wouldn't have had pavements and even today there are older areas of the city that only have kerb stones running along the edge of a building as the streets aren't wide enough for pavements. Pavements were/are much more prominent in the Gerorgian areas of the city which also tended to be wealthier. I saw a great photo this weekend that showed a street with both Georgian and Victorian buildings along it, the Victorian buildings had much smaller pavements in front of them and that was on the same street. Quite a few photo's show the 'pavement' area of Victorian streets as just being a change in the cobble pattern of the street.