Small Box Blues, Part One
How do you cram as much gamable space as possible into as small a space as possible? We’re going to kick 2016 off with a week-long series of posts introducing my solution to one specific kind of terrain. Specifically, a solid set of sci-fi interiors that are attractive, provide...
The Complete One Hour Wargame
What with one thing and another, it occurred to me that you’ve never seen the medieval Big Box in all its compact wargame glory. One complete wargame As you can see, the Big Box contains the following: A three foot by three foot ground covering cloth One large...
Big Box Terrain, Part Five
Reality check! Now that the new box has a nice selection of terrain, it’s time to verify that the terrain will fit into the box with room left over for the armies. The armies aren’t here yet, so I cut some rough bases out of paper to see how...
Back To My Roots
New year, new project, new focus on the core mission: Wargaming that is cheap, portable, storable, and fun. We’ll get into the nitty-gritty later on this week. For now, here’s our goal – put together a fun wargame that can fit completely within a fairly small box. So let’s...
Berfday Case
My big birthday present this year turned out to be a new miniature carrying case. The Almost Awesome Storage Case just wasn’t cutting the proverbial mustard any more. My collection is getting wider and more varied, so it was time for a change. Behold the Plano 1362 2-by Rack...
The Big One
That building is crazy big… But it has to be in order to hold the bridges safe and sound… Both of them, for now…...
Solutions Everywhere
Retro-future-cities should look something like this: My buildings are too boxy for that. A complete overhaul would blow the ability to pack it all into one tidy box right out of the aetherium. What to do, what to do? We’re gonna need the right paint scheme and some baubles...
Pocketmunda – The Adventure Begins
Pocketmunda is a side project for those times when work on the big spaceship is on hold for one reason or another. A small table of urban terrain in the Necromunda style for 15mm gang fights. As an easy kickstart to the terrain build, I picked up ten paper...
Are We Learning Yet?
This blog was supposed to keep me grounded. It’s called War In A Box for a reason – that’s supposed to remind me that I’ve got no space and that every game needs to fit into a tidy little box. The spaceship I’ve been working on is super-kewl, but...
Merry After Christmas-Sale Day!
Happy Boxing Day! In honor of whatever is those kooky Canucks celebrate today, let’s all point at Warren and laugh at how he still hasn’t learned his lesson. Remember way back earlier in the year when I spent hours building roads for Car Wars and when they done it...