Modular Modern City Board 2.0

[audrey]

I have to ask though, since most games use inches, and most tables are generally determined in feet, how come you settled on 10" squares rather than 12" squares?

The short answer: cost  .

The long answer: the 9.5" paper terrain worked ok with games, so bumping up to 10" should work fine as well (as stated above about making the street slightly wider). Plus laser cutting 10" tiles I was able to fit 7 tiles per sheet as opposed to 5 tiles per sheet if it was 12". The Sintra board I bought was 11" x 14" so I could cut it down to 10" x 10" on the same table saw so it would match the hardboard and use the extra cut off to make a 2" x 10" side walk. If I was going to 12" I would have to order larger Sintra board, which again costs more. I wasn't too concerned about keeping with traditional game table sizes. If a skirmish game calls for 36" x 36" I can use a 4x4 tiles setup and ignore the extra 4in. A large board of 50" x 50" will still fit fine on a 48" x 72" table. Also the game table I regularly play on is 60" x 96". I don't play tournament gaming so fudging the setup of a game by a few inches is not going to radically change things.

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[Major_Gilbear]

Fair enough! 

I wasn't sure if it was made for a specific game/purpose, that's all.

Another thing that occurred to me... Since there is space under the boards, does that mean you could potentially do sunken features like canals too? Or is it too shallow for that?

[audrey]

Since there is space under the boards, does that mean you could potentially do sunken features like canals too? Or is it too shallow for that?

There is, but not too deep. You could go about 1/2" down. I could add a pond to a park area for example.