Monday 1 October 2018

An expansion of the battlefield

I have started work on designing some new scenarios using the C&C La Grande Battle (LGB) system.  I will post these on this site when completed and play tested.  One of the issues I noted is that the battlefield (26 hexes wide by 11 hexes deep) is a little narrow for some battles and can end up with distortion of the ground to squeeze onto the table.  When I had the tiles which make up the table extended from the original 9 hex deep C&C system to 11 deep to accommodate the new Epic and LGB systems, it resulted in the additional 2 hexes added to the depth being put on one side.  This left the other side with room to add 2 deep hexes as well.


To keep the system flexible, I asked Martin at Warbases to prepare some 4x6 inch hex mdf bases with a mark left so that the hexes are distinct from one another.  These have now been flocked and extra PVA added to ensure the flock stays on!  I now have a table 13 hexes deep which should be more accommodating of the grander LGB games planned including Borodino, Waterloo, Ligny and Wagram.

You get an idea of how big the table is above, 14' by 6'.