Malaysia Scenario Design: 12 Mat
So now for the thing we get more questions about any other…the mat. There are lots of ways to make a mat and I’ve tried most of them. No one way is better or worse. It’s really what you like… Continue Reading
Ramblings
Personal observations and thoughts of a general ratty nature.
Malaysia Scenario Design: 11 Surface
We have a pile of foam…pink foam, but what we want is hills and countryside so lets talk surface. But before we jump into that I need to add a little more structure because I have big hills that we… Continue Reading
Historicon 2019, The Road to Parit Sulong
The Malaya board is done and the scenario complete but we are still catching up on posts about the process. Ed is running the game at Historicon 2019 this weekend as “The Road to Parit Sulong”, Heritage Room Table H-16.… Continue Reading
Malaysia Scenario Design: 10 Elevation
The Earth is not flat and even a desert board should have some changes in elevation. Our board is set in an area of large rolling hills. So large that individual hills are impractical…here we go with tiles. Now when… Continue Reading
Malaysia Scenario Design: 09 Balance
I have to admit that much of my planning for convention games is centered on imagining all the ways things can go horribly wrong. This can take all sorts of forms, be it missing figures or components, broken terrain or… Continue Reading
Malaysia Scenario Design: 08 Production Management
Allow me to introduce you to the Ikea Samla box because moving forward many design decisions for the project will be guided by this box. If the box is sitting in the middle of the floor we have reached the… Continue Reading