Wargaming on the shelf...

[DonVoss]

Well its not my idea, I read about it in an old wargaming magazine years ago.
The idea is more or less to play like a child with its plasticsoldiers an the book-shelf: a very narrow gaming board, but quite long. Say 6" wide and 26" long...

Of course you have to make special scenarios to let the idea work...

I don't know if anyone ever build a narrow board or gamed a narrow game, but here is my interpretation.

Examples of scenarios...
Spain 1810, a french collumn in search of a spanish guerilla-leader is penetrating a mountain-pass, poorly defended by some spanish soldiers. But a relief-force is on the way.





Or of course the Thermopylae...



And 1942 in the Caucasus. Wehrmacht hunting down the Red Army-Forces...



And the gamingtable.
It is modular designed because I have to transport it around.





The river can be made into a wadi or be covered completly...





So what do you think of the idea...?

DV...

[Belgian]

So what do you think of the idea...?

DV...

Awesome! 

[matakishi]

That's a great idea well executed. Is the river cover the river piece turned upside down?

[Silent Invader]

Very clever.

Am interested in how it games. 

[OSHIROmodels]

That certainly does the job 

cheers

James

[thebinmann]

Love it and in 6mm you could have a massive scrap!

[DonVoss]

Great you like the idea...

I'll post my gaming experiences...

Is the river cover the river piece turned upside down?

Yes.

DV

[Gluteus Maximus]

That takes me back to when I used to do "Bridge at Remagen" type scenarios using my Airfix bridge, tanks and soldiers. Even though it was a very limited battlefield area, I used to have some great games trying to get my Americans across.

I've also played a few games which involved trying to fight through defiles etc using a similar shaped board.

That's a lovely set-up and limited only by the scenarios you dream up. I look forward to reading your game reports  .

[anevilgiraffe]

good idea that... great set up...

overall idea should fit with dungeon crawls/space hulk as well...

[uti long smile]

Like it

[Barry S]

Looks great! I quite like that idea.

[Jules]

Nicely executed

[Johnno]

Brilliant...
Beautiful terrain too.

[Doomsdave]

Wonderful idea.  This would be easy to transport, and you could store it on a shelf with minis on top as a diorama when not in use.  Just brilliant.

[JollyBob]

I think the word I am looking for is WANT.