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So you are playing F2F and you have a conference map for when you are
away from the board. The problem is, it doesn't have all the pieces on
it so you have to keep going back to the board to see where things
are. You could always write on the map where all the pieces are each
turn, but after a year or two you get a pretty well scribbled on map.
Now I know some people can remember where all the relevant pieces are
when they are away from the board, but I am not one of those people,
so I came up with a little solution.
I visited staples, and picked up a clip board, some stick on cork, and
two sets of assorted color push pins (with one set translucent
assorted color). Cut the cork and stick it on the clip board, use a
couple of the clear push pins to pin down a conf map to the clip
board, and stick pins in for the units for the various nations. To
denote fleets, I put little black dots on the top of the pins.
To see pictures, go here:
http://gort.rutgers.edu/images/accessed_elsewhere/conf_board/side_board.jpg
and here:
http://gort.rutgers.edu/images/accessed_elsewhere/conf_board/top_board.jpg
I used a mini clip board that measures 6 X 9 so it is easier to carry,
and I cut down a conf map to fit. Black push pins don't seem to exist,
so I used translucent purple for germany, and translucent blue for
england. French has the normal blue.
You will notice in the images I put two "bins" on the corners of the
clip board. These are just little bits of cork I stuck on and put
paper over so you don't see the cork. I also put some pins in nat and
nrg since they are such big spaces.
The Conf map I used was the one here:
http://www.diplom.org/Online/maps/standard-judge-bw.pdf
Here was the stuff I bought for this project:
1' x 1' Quartet™ Frameless Cork Panels, 4/Pack
Item No. 641894 4/Pack $9.59
OIC Clipboards, 6" x 9", Brown
Item No. 377253 Each $0.99
Staples Push Pins, Assorted Colors, 100/Pack
Item No. 224147 100/Pack $0.99
Translucent Push Pins by OIC
Item No. 461206 50/Pack $0.99
Totaling about $13.
Assembly time: about 3 minutes. No glue or tape is needed since the
push pins hold the paper on and the cork has adhesive on it.
Plus I have a lot of extra cork left over (If you are ever at rutgers
and need cork let me know
-Rob
robkohr at hotmail.com
put "nsp" in the subject to get through spam filter.
So you are playing F2F and you have a conference map for when you are
away from the board. The problem is, it doesn't have all the pieces on
it so you have to keep going back to the board to see where things
are. You could always write on the map where all the pieces are each
turn, but after a year or two you get a pretty well scribbled on map.
Now I know some people can remember where all the relevant pieces are
when they are away from the board, but I am not one of those people,
so I came up with a little solution.
I visited staples, and picked up a clip board, some stick on cork, and
two sets of assorted color push pins (with one set translucent
assorted color). Cut the cork and stick it on the clip board, use a
couple of the clear push pins to pin down a conf map to the clip
board, and stick pins in for the units for the various nations. To
denote fleets, I put little black dots on the top of the pins.
To see pictures, go here:
http://gort.rutgers.edu/images/accessed_elsewhere/conf_board/side_board.jpg
and here:
http://gort.rutgers.edu/images/accessed_elsewhere/conf_board/top_board.jpg
I used a mini clip board that measures 6 X 9 so it is easier to carry,
and I cut down a conf map to fit. Black push pins don't seem to exist,
so I used translucent purple for germany, and translucent blue for
england. French has the normal blue.
You will notice in the images I put two "bins" on the corners of the
clip board. These are just little bits of cork I stuck on and put
paper over so you don't see the cork. I also put some pins in nat and
nrg since they are such big spaces.
The Conf map I used was the one here:
http://www.diplom.org/Online/maps/standard-judge-bw.pdf
Here was the stuff I bought for this project:
1' x 1' Quartet™ Frameless Cork Panels, 4/Pack
Item No. 641894 4/Pack $9.59
OIC Clipboards, 6" x 9", Brown
Item No. 377253 Each $0.99
Staples Push Pins, Assorted Colors, 100/Pack
Item No. 224147 100/Pack $0.99
Translucent Push Pins by OIC
Item No. 461206 50/Pack $0.99
Totaling about $13.
Assembly time: about 3 minutes. No glue or tape is needed since the
push pins hold the paper on and the cork has adhesive on it.
Plus I have a lot of extra cork left over (If you are ever at rutgers
and need cork let me know
-Rob
robkohr at hotmail.com
put "nsp" in the subject to get through spam filter.
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