I'm curious, has anyone tried making there own board expansion?

I read about the card expansions, but haven't seen anything on a board expansion.

I have been thinking about doing one (using paper, not an actual board) and wanted to see if anyone has any success/failure with making one?

I was thinking about doing my own version of Forest, Mountains and City to tie me over until the official ones come out.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Go to these sites and download some expansions to look at

TalismanIsland.com

http://www.boardgame.de/talisman.htm

http://www.randomdice.com/games/talisman/

Talisman Island seems to be the only one that is currently up to date and has the Revised 4th Edition.
I checked the board expansions on there before, but they seem to only be placements you put on top of the current main board (minus the Timescape).

What i want to (hopefully) do is make a board expansion like the dungeon one.
Making them the same size, spaces, ect.

Right now when we play, we use my fiances fathers 3rd edition expansions for forest, city and mountains.
Looks kind of strange when you have the dungeon so big. I want to have all 4 the same size.

I hope this explains more about what i am trying to do.

Thank you for the other 2 links, but not really what i was looking for.

The only board expansions I've ever seen are for homemade and previous editions. I don't think you'll find what you looking for if its close to commercial products. That's something you may have to create from scratch.

cjlow10 said:

You don't need a lamination machine. Take the time and money to got a print shop and get quality color copy prints of your board. Most expansion boards are small enough that one or two pages can print the pieces you will need to past to black paper covered "chipboard" (the best choice). Then go to an office supply store and ask where you can find self adherring lamination sheets. They are everywhere is look carefully.

Another option I've used in the past is clear adherring contact paper; its thing plastic not acutal paper, and its cheap. I laminated my 2E board and cards and all expansion components with this stuff. And all those components are now almost as good as the day I bought them (though my daughter has had them for the last ten years).

Either of these take a little practice to apply properly, so make yourself a small test piece to try them out and figure out how to roll then on a bit at a time. Perhaps use a folding bone or blunt handle of a table knife to smooth the lamination down as you go. There are even simple tricks to use to get rid of a bubble if you mess up and get one two such in the process. There is no lamination machine that is as inexpensive as this.