I know people get the impression when I’m not talking about something online that I’m not into it anymore. Well, a few months back I started painting my Battleloard set and was documenting most of it online. I mentioned battle reports and building a table, but, never documented any of it. Well, I was off today and figured I’d take a few pictures and update people on what I’ve been doing with Battlelore.

(Origina thread in the archives: www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffgforums/posts/list/16194.page;jsessionid=4311AD39801A9F4CDEB06AAB87F1B75D )

First, about my campaign. My good friend Steve and I have been trying to get together once a week (although life, holidays, and family often change that…as they always do). We socialize, talk about politics and games, drink lots of coffee, and cap off each visit with a game of Battlelore.

We are playing through the battles in the main box set as a campaign. Each battle won grants a bonus VP to the total. All other victory points are totaled. He who wins the battle may not win the war! We have 3 battles to go, and it has been up and down…but Steve has been generally out-general-ing me and is still ahead.

Here are the campaign results so far:

Steve and Dave’s Battlelore campaign

Battle #1
Winner: French (+1 Victory Point, added in)
Victory Points: French 5, English 3

Battle #2
Winner: English (+1 Victory Point, added in)
Victory Points: English 6, French 2

Battle #3
Winner: French (+1 Victory Point, added in)
Victory Points: French 7, English 3

Battle #4
Winner: English (+1 Victory Point, added in)
Victory Points: English 7, French 2 (Do Goblins count?)

Battle #5
Winner: French (+1 Victory Point, added in)
Victory Points: French 7, English 3

Battle #6
Winner: French (+1 Victory Point, added in)
Victory Points: French 7, English 1 (Stupid Spider!)

Battle #7
Winner: English (+1 Victory Point, added in)
Victory Points: English 6, French 1 (a terrible blow to the leader!)

Campaign Total: English 29, French 31

So, now that that is out of the way I’d like to show you the new and improved table I’ve been working on. I went with 3 inch hexes because I wanted enough room to make some descent terrain, but, not be so big that it is a pain to play on and transport.

I have more pictures of the making of the table, but I think people might be bored with that type of stuff (but if anyone wants more information just let me know), so I’ll just show you how it’s coming along. I’m sort of pecking at it slowly, and still have a lot of terrain to build, but I have the foundation finished (it was actually a bit more time consuming than it looks).

If you look closely at the table edges you can sort of see the war council on both sides looking over the battle. I’m working on a base for them, card holders for the edge of the table, and some matching dice towers…but these things take time, and I’m taking it casually.

Images in next post...

Boy this site makes it difficult to post images. Lets try this:

nice pics not really my thing (meaning im never gonna paint my minis and im not going to make 3d terrain) but it looks cool

derros87 said:

That´s exactly what i said when i bought the game, now two years later I´m almost finished with all the goblin units and have just started thinking about how to paint the dwarves. And thanks to these pictures I´m also thinkinb about making som terrain...

derros87 said:

Well, I'm primarily a role and mini war gamer, not a board gamer. It's really hard for me to be a "passive" player of any game, I always have to be doing something with it (inbetween playing it) or I feel like I'm not being active, creative, and productive enough.

Simply outstanding. Love it.

I am nearly done painting all the humans in the base set, and I've been thinking about what to do next.

I think terrain is the way to go rather than painting the expansions. I was playing with the idea of 3" hexes, and it looks like it would be great. I was planning to take the easy way out and buy a hex map online.

I saw your post on BGG about the construction. What did you use for the trees?

Thanks for the inspiration.

tkostek said:

I was going to buy a bunch of 4" hex stuff from Kallistra, but I realized 2 things. First, that wouldn't be any fun. Second, it would cost me about $200-$250 to do what I've done so far for about $25 (including the Trees, which cost me about $20).

Those Trees are standard model train fare. They are from Life Like Trains (small and mini). I like these becasue they are more durrable than most (kind of like the Games Workshop ones). With a few coats of spray sealer they are rock hard and I can toss them around without worrying about damage or shedding foilage all over the place. I mounted them on metal washers (I think these are 3/4 inch, but I just used what I had laying around) for both a more stable base, and to give them some weight so they don't tip over whenever I bump them moving troops into a hex with one in.

diaper said:

i really dont think there is any need to do that stuff everything looks great right out of the box and i dont have the time money patience or skills

Sort of a "finishing touch" to the table. I realized I would need a place for Victory Points, since I didn't have the game board anymore.

Since the table takes up a lot more space on the play surface, I decided to combine a few things that would save space, and hopefully look cool, and be portable as well. I came up with this idea for a combination card holder/VP holder/ and a place for the War Council (without that big card in the way).

I decided to step away from simply copying the way the game board looks, and create a unique look. It looks better in "person", and I really like the way things came out...and now I don't have to worry about the card holder tipping over on me every time I laugh (does anyone else have that problem? I laugh on the card holder and the air blows it over at least 2 or 3 times a game session.).

Absolutely AMAZING work here grubman! Thanks for sharing! I too love to create 3D boards of some of my favourite games and/or paint the minis for them and these are great!