In With The New

 I have finally retired my old 2x4 boards, they were becoming a tad frayed around the edges and to be honest being 12mm MDF were becoming a bit of a ball ache carrying them downstairs. I have been using my new boards, two 4x3 and one 4x2, (these being 9mm and surprisingly lighter) recently covered with either my own dyed decorators cloth or my Deep Cut Studios gridded one for To The Strongest.

I investigated covering them in towelling like my old ones, but with the cost of the material, glue and spray paint coming to £75 at least, not factoring in the cost of time, I decided to look for a mat from one of the many suppliers, I was quite taken with the fleece ones produced by Geek Villain I had seen used on YouTube, this was during the first lockdown and they were not available. Other things since occupied my mind until I saw a Tabletop CP video on YouTube, they were playing a Bolt Action game set in Sicily and were using  a GeekVillain mat of the same name, I really liked the look of it especially as many of my games and new project (the campaign in Sicily ) are set in the Med it was ideal. I duly placed an order, I must say how pleased I was with the turnaround, ordered on a Tuesday evening and despatched the next day, arriving on the Friday. Impressed with the quality too, it is also a little bigger than 6x4, ideal when placing hills underneath.

I was also looking at getting some roads, again material, paint and time being a factor I looked for some commercially made ones and remembered that the ones available from Fat Frank on EBay receive good reviews. Subsequently an order was placed, again a good turnaround and quality product, I have since ordered more for a bit of variety on the table.

With local lockdowns and now the national one any face to face games with Dave this year are now out of the window I fear so I plan a solo outing for the new mat and roads this week all being well.

Keep safe folks.

TTFN