Ludus Gladiatorius in a tin - Birthday!

[6milPhil]

Thanks chaps! I'm no longer sure of the wisdom of this project, he hasn't lost a game yet... 

[pocoloco]

Hehe

So student has become a master in no-time

What can we say... vae victo?

[6milPhil]

I was thinking more "Stinkus Eunt Domus"... 

[Rob_bresnen]

A great idea for a game and a great gift. I like the idea of suing magnetic bases too, as then the figures would just stick to the tin, and make storage even easier (although it might not work through the MDF hexes). I wonder if their are any other games you could fit in a tin or box?

[Mason]

It has certainly worked out well then, Phil, by the looks of it.
A convert in the making?

I wonder if their are any other games you could fit in a tin or box?

Check this thread/challenge out, Rob.
(And anyone else who might fancy trying it out!)

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=51661.0


Very similar to Phil's idea....

[6milPhil]

Aye the magnets would work on a thinner material, the ply is just too thick. Card would be fine I imagine. I'm not sure magnets would work that well for storage, I've tried that before and it's a bit hit or miss. I admit I ran with it to get it done than thought about it first.

The only thing which I can think of to fit in a box would be to replicate that excellent Viet Nam Tunnels game which I think some dutch kerels had at Salute a couple of years back. You'need a box with internal, lift-out, trays.

Smaller scales make it more viable I think, in 2 or 6mm it's a sizeable area.

Have to point out how I originally got the idea from IanH http://www.iandrea.co.uk/wargames/glads/page42/page42.html who originally got it from  Military Modelling magazine, Vol. 3, No. 8, August 1973, p520, in an article entitled "First, take a biscuit tin..." by Hugh Walters. Not sure many articles from forty years ago still live on.