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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #30 on: 08 January 2018, 13:40:56 »
That's pretty snazzy airfield, you should pitch it to CGL as part their new maps their coming out with!!

Funny thing, was when i glanced :D at it when i went to the posting, it looked like a silhouette of a space station.
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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #31 on: 08 January 2018, 13:52:08 »
Gives you an excuse to make some of the Jihad: Terra buildings! Which would lead you to Brain Castles and such!

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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #32 on: 14 January 2018, 04:22:24 »
So, board almost done, just needs the hexes put on.

I made the Air Strips 9 hexes long, but TOTAL WARFARE, page 87, has a conventional landing strip at 8 hexes long, so, I'm probably gonna repaint the ends to make them 8 hexes long.

Anywho, here are a couple of shots, one without any features, the second showing some buildings, landing pads, etc on the board to giver a sence of scale.
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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #33 on: 14 January 2018, 14:50:02 »
I'd keep the ninth hex and proclaim it as a turnabout or a holding position.

Looks good!

When's this gonna be on Evilbay?  #P

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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #34 on: 14 January 2018, 15:59:52 »
Quote from: truetanker on 14 January 2018, 14:50:02
I'd keep the ninth hex and proclaim it as a turnabout or a holding position.

Looks good!

When's this gonna be on Evilbay?  #P

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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #35 on: 16 January 2018, 17:53:50 »
You know...these things are so fast and easy to make (and because my regular game was cancelled for this weekend :(), I've started 4 more boards to add to the mix.

Below, is the planed...URBAN BOARDS, cause we all need cities :D
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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #36 on: 16 January 2018, 20:18:18 »
When your done, you should do a Rural board or two!

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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #37 on: 09 February 2018, 11:38:02 »
Quote from: NeonKnight on 04 January 2018, 19:03:27
OK, except for two hex boards I'll need to paint with hexes by hand ...

How did you paint the rest of the hexes on the boards?
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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #38 on: 09 February 2018, 17:02:51 »
Quote from: mbear on 09 February 2018, 11:38:02
How did you paint the rest of the hexes on the boards?

I have a HEX TEMPLATE from Litko, lay flat, spray with Black paint, wipe clean, reposition, lather-rinse-repeat.

But this work only if the board is flat...put a hill on, and the template can be placed in some areas properly, and as a result need to do those hexes by hand :(
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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #39 on: 12 February 2018, 09:27:49 »
Quote from: NeonKnight on 09 February 2018, 17:02:51
I have a HEX TEMPLATE from Litko, lay flat, spray with Black paint, wipe clean, reposition, lather-rinse-repeat.

But this work only if the board is flat...put a hill on, and the template can be placed in some areas properly, and as a result need to do those hexes by hand :(

Nice. Thanks!
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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #40 on: 01 March 2018, 04:16:15 »
OK recently found something interesting that I thought those of you who use terrain might be interested in, so I came here to post it, and once I saw this thread, well that's better then starting a new thread.

Any what I found was this, a long finished Kickstarter for tools to make your own hexes for a modular set-up. Now while this Kickstarter is finished, he did post about another production run in May of last year, so you might still be able to get them.

Now these are tools to make individual hexes out of Styrofoam and the hexes it makes are 100mm or 4 inches across so I don't know how interested people would be.

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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #41 on: 01 March 2018, 14:48:24 »
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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #42 on: 01 March 2018, 15:26:44 »
Boy...Both of you guys suck at putting links in ;) :P

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1378063512/tabletop-hex-terrain-toolkit
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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #43 on: 01 March 2018, 15:34:47 »
Yeah, I had looked at the kit and thought to myself, I'd be interested, but the hex size is too large for Battletech.

At 1.75 " hexes that I use (and is compatible with HEROSCAPE), a 4x6 table can do a 2x2 layout of a 'scaled-up' Battletech map layout.

One could up the scale to a 2" hex just fin and not lose much. This would work great with the toolkit if people wanted to overlay a hex grid on top of the hexes as shown below with a 2" grid.
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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #44 on: 09 August 2018, 13:01:30 »
Quote from: NeonKnight on 06 January 2018, 12:17:08
Well....they be done. I have my first Home game of the New Year tonight, and WOW was set-up a snap!

Will be fun to see what my players think.

Here is tonight's game set up

Excellent stuff! Very inspiring.
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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #45 on: 09 August 2018, 23:36:18 »
NeonKnight, your modular game boards look great.  I am in Burnaby so maybe one day I can check them out in person.

I am curious though.  Why did you choose to use hexes over top rather than just playing with the miniature rules?  Any reason in particular?  Modular terrain with hexes takes more time and requires more precision, while also being more restrictive for moving units and positioning terrain.  I can understand using hexed maps when space and budget is limited, but you seem to have sufficient gaming acreage and the materials more costly than paper.

Not a criticism at all, just genuine interest in your decision factors.

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« Reply #46 on: 10 August 2018, 08:58:14 »
Quote from: Porkins on 09 August 2018, 23:36:18
NeonKnight, your modular game boards look great.  I am in Burnaby so maybe one day I can check them out in person.

I am curious though.  Why did you choose to use hexes over top rather than just playing with the miniature rules?  Any reason in particular?  Modular terrain with hexes takes more time and requires more precision, while also being more restrictive for moving units and positioning terrain.  I can understand using hexed maps when space and budget is limited, but you seem to have sufficient gaming acreage and the materials more costly than paper.

Not a criticism at all, just genuine interest in your decision factors.

Hey, Thanx for commenting. I have brought it out to Bonsor Rec Centre game night in Burnaby (p.s. Tonight we are doing the WORLD WIDE EVENT starting around 7pm. BONSOR across from METROTOWN).

While yes I see what you mean with the Precision and space, and yes I have an entire room (approximate 10 feet x 15 feet for Gaming), I actually prefer BattleTech on Hexes as opposed to free form. Even my Alpha Strike is hexed.

It comes down to a few factors really. First I'm not as young as I used to be. Sure 51 is not 'old' today like it used to be 20-30 years ago, but while I don;t feel old, my body likes to remind me once and a while ;) In fact my best friend and gaming buddy, is going on his second week in Hospital in Langley for inflamed disks in his back which just sort of snuck up on him all SURPRISE! and he's younger than me. So With free form gaming, the whole lets bend over and get a Mini's Eye view is just not practical for us anymore.

Related a bit to point 1 is point 2. With hexes, things are just a little easier. A point on the board is much easier to be determined IS or IS NOT. Is Mech A in medium range of Mech B's medium laser? Count the hexes 1-2-3-4-5 YES, yes it is. Can I move there? yes or no based on movement and hexes. It just makes the games a little quicker.

Additionally, I can easily and accurately provide the players with accurate maps to plan Hidden movement, artillery strikes, and most important, is this woods hex 4 hexes from me and 6 hexes from you intervening or not? (See Attached photos). These have the added benefit of meaning if it is a particulary long match, I can take a photo of the game board, everyone says good night, and I can reset up at a later date with 100% accuracy as to who was where and facing which way. With a free form table, one could only ever hope for a 'close enough'.

Finally...I guess I just love hexes. Again, having played BT since 1rst/second edition days...it just isnt BT without hexes.
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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #47 on: 10 August 2018, 10:33:09 »
Another benefit of hexagones is that you always know the starting position of a model. If the player chances his mind as he moves the model and want to redo the move the model will start from the exact position it was in at the beginning of the move. You can't gain by mistake (or by design) an extra 1/4" to 1/2"...
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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #48 on: 10 August 2018, 11:08:06 »
Exactly. It is the 'exactness' of hexes I like. the 0/1 state, the on/off-ness. No fuzziness.
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« Reply #49 on: 10 August 2018, 12:56:17 »
Quote from: NeonKnight on 10 August 2018, 11:08:06
Exactly. It is the 'exactness' of hexes I like. the 0/1 state, the on/off-ness. No fuzziness.

Indeed. I recently rediscovered the 0/1 state of hexagones during a game of Ogre/GEV with the Designers Edition mega box. Hadn't played of hexes in decades. Really loved the exactness of a hex map.
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Re: It's that Time of Year Again - New Modular Game Table Design
« Reply #50 on: 11 August 2018, 00:55:46 »
Those are pretty good reasons.  Our group uses the 2" mini rules, prefer to flexibility of free form terrain and are not overly concerned with accuracy so I guess it works better for us.  Used to use hexes though ... I think maybe 15 years ago (OMG) for perhaps the 10 years preceeding that.  So from experience I can agree with the validity of your points.  Nice thing about battletech is that one can play either way.

Sorry to hear about your friend.  Hopefully medical science can get him gaming again.

If you regularly go to Bonsor maybe I can go one time you are there and meet you.  Busy with finishing a new house by Deer Lake park until the end of September and hunting in October, but maybe afterwards. 
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« Reply #51 on: 14 August 2018, 14:08:18 »
Can you PM me the litko 1.75 hex link?  I have looked for something like that . . .
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« Reply #52 on: 14 August 2018, 14:16:15 »
Quote from: Colt Ward on 14 August 2018, 14:08:18
Can you PM me the litko 1.75 hex link?  I have looked for something like that . . .

Sure one sec.
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