Re: Campaign Maps

> Date: 	 Sat, 14 Feb 1998 11:40:32 -0500 (EST)
> From: 	 PCARON <Pcaron@cris.com>
> Reply-to:	 FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> To:		 Full Thrust Mailgroup <FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk>
> Subject:	 Campaign Maps

Great idea!  Now to find that 6' x 8' picture frame for my 
Napoleonics campaign . . . .

>	I just finished working on my campaign map for my FT "Battles"
> campaign game.  Here's what I did...
> 
> 1) I went to Home Depot (USA) and bought a sheet of duct metal. 
> 
> 2) Picked up a cheap poster frame with thin sheet of plexiglass at
picture
>    shop.
> 
> 3) Picked up a bunch of magnets at Walmart (1/2" diameter disks).
> 
> 4) Bought a bunch of children's numbers/letter magnets (you know, the
>    kind you use to stick on refridgerators).	These particular ones
had
>    1/4" circular magnets in them.  Really cheap.
> 
> 5) Took my old Starfleet Battles Tactical map and mounted between the
>    sheet of metal and the plexiglass (didn't glue it, friction keeps
it
>    in place.)
> 
> 6) Took one of my old Starfire hex maps (1" hexes) and mounted a small
>    piece next to the SFB hex map.  I use this map for my special
"closing"
>    rules for tactical combat.
> 
> 
> Total Cost:  Sheet Metal 5 dollars
>	       Poster frame 6 dollars
>	       1/2" Magnets (star system markers) 10 cents each.
>	       1/4" Magnets (fleet markers) 10 cents each.
>	       SFB Hex map (came with set so I don't know it's actual
cost)
>	       Starfire Hex map ( " )
> 
> I hang the map on the wall so my cats won't rearrange the universe on
us
> when we're not playing.  Looks really cool.  Hope someone out there
finds
> this useful.	It was fun to make (and cheap).  The plexiglass permits
us
> to draw warp points with overhead projector pens.  Using the map on
the
> wall frees up table space so we can fight the tactical games without
> having to move all of our stuff.
> 
> Pete 
>
=======================================================================
> Peter Caron
> pcaron@cris.com
> 
> "There is no nation on earth so dangerous as a nation fully armed, and
> bankrupt at home."
>			Henry Cabot Lodge
> 
>