Campaign Maps

> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 11:40:32 -0500 (EST)

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"

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

> PCARON wrote:

> I just finished working on my campaign map for my FT "Battles"