Post by kiladecus on Oct 21, 2011 2:12:32 GMT -9
Ok, I have got TOO many irons in the fire, but I can't help getting distracted when I get a random idea pop in my head.
Who here enjoys 3D terrain?
Who likes to have their terrain be stored flat?
Who here likes to have a map with modular pieces?
Who enjoys easy to build models that look great?
Well, if ANY of these aspect appeal to you, then I may have come up with a brilliant design for you...
I don't know if this is even practical, let alone would work, but I just had an idea pop in my head... this happens a lot, its just that they get replaced quickly with new ones.
Here is my idea...
Many publishers have fold-over maps, where you score and fold the same way Jim designed the figures we know and love.
Many people use foamboard for their bases... cover and drop a slit in the top to put a figure in and remove them as easily.
Follow me on this one...
Why not do the same thing with terrain?
Have a fold-over wall section with a tab on the bottom. Use large sheets of foamboard (or like I do, two pieces taped together to form a "hinge" so it folds up like a gameboard), and cut a slot where the lines for the squares would be.
So, the WHOLE map would be cut to form a grid, and the wall sections would simply slip anywhere you wanted them. When the game is over, pull out the wall sections, and drop them in a Ziploc bag.
Keep in mind, I just had this idea. Other people may have already thought of it.
The only concerns I can think of at this point is the tops of the wall sections might lean a little if they are too tall. Maybe have a device that would slip over two sections to have it form a "T" to hold them together.
Another option would to have slits in the tops of the walls every couple inches, and decorative moulding along the tops of the walls that would really be tabs that slip into the slits on top of the walls.
I don't have time to do this, but I can see it in my head as clearly as if it were on the table in front of me.
Any thoughts, questions or general feedback? If you don't understand what I am saying, I could try to whip up a prototype.
Ok, thanks for your attention.
Who here enjoys 3D terrain?
Who likes to have their terrain be stored flat?
Who here likes to have a map with modular pieces?
Who enjoys easy to build models that look great?
Well, if ANY of these aspect appeal to you, then I may have come up with a brilliant design for you...
I don't know if this is even practical, let alone would work, but I just had an idea pop in my head... this happens a lot, its just that they get replaced quickly with new ones.
Here is my idea...
Many publishers have fold-over maps, where you score and fold the same way Jim designed the figures we know and love.
Many people use foamboard for their bases... cover and drop a slit in the top to put a figure in and remove them as easily.
Follow me on this one...
Why not do the same thing with terrain?
Have a fold-over wall section with a tab on the bottom. Use large sheets of foamboard (or like I do, two pieces taped together to form a "hinge" so it folds up like a gameboard), and cut a slot where the lines for the squares would be.
So, the WHOLE map would be cut to form a grid, and the wall sections would simply slip anywhere you wanted them. When the game is over, pull out the wall sections, and drop them in a Ziploc bag.
Keep in mind, I just had this idea. Other people may have already thought of it.
The only concerns I can think of at this point is the tops of the wall sections might lean a little if they are too tall. Maybe have a device that would slip over two sections to have it form a "T" to hold them together.
Another option would to have slits in the tops of the walls every couple inches, and decorative moulding along the tops of the walls that would really be tabs that slip into the slits on top of the walls.
I don't have time to do this, but I can see it in my head as clearly as if it were on the table in front of me.
Any thoughts, questions or general feedback? If you don't understand what I am saying, I could try to whip up a prototype.
Ok, thanks for your attention.