Wargame mat and stuff

Solo Gaming ..??

Having a job where I cram a weeks hours into 3 days...which is nice I must say...I have usually 4 days off to do "stuff".

One thing I have been toying with for a while is to try solo waragaming or just run through a new set of rules to get my head around the mechanics.

Problem ....having bought a LOT of figures, I realised that I have no gaming table as such and very little in the way of scenery and terrain.

So...the dining table, fully extended is as close to 6ft x 4ft as to make no real difference, so all I require is a gaming mat, or 4.

Mat, Hedges and Trees

Enter Deepcut Studios www.deepcutstudio.com

I have bought a couple of mats for our gaming club, but i need one of my own...which will probably travel to and from the club anyway.

I decided upon the Wargames Terrain Mat - Fields in the mousepad material. Hopefully this should do for 28mm and 15mm such as Bolt Action and Sharp Practice 2 (28mm) or ACW games of Black Powder or Pickets Charge (15mm) and also I Aint Been Shot Mum or Flames of War in 15mm also.

I also bought a pack of the Dirt Path tiles ( a path in 28mm and a muddy road in 15mm hopefully ) and a pack of the Midland Nature tiles which have copses, rough ground, elevated ground etc.
These will be useful for delineating woods and difficult terrain.

Close up of the mat detail

This is a close up of onr of the Dirt Path section

I have randomly put some of the tiles together quickly to get an idea of how it goes together. Already, I can see that I need more path or road sections for this size mat.

The tiles can be cut with scissors to give you a more irregular shape. Although it is very 2D, it will be a quick fix for what I require. The hedges and trees are from a company that I came across on the web called Amphibmods..www.amphibmods.com.

Close up of hedge

Hedges are nice and are mounted on a rubberised base. These are 15mm versions. 

...and trees

The trees fit into the bases which are included. The bases just need drybrushing and flocking a bit.







I will probably use this quite a bit and also use it as a backdrop for pictures of wip as opposed to an old painting desk. Numidian cavalty are coming along fine.