Folding Skirmish Board

It’s not perfect and it needs filler, but for a project that I started about 3hrs ago I’m going to call it a success.

It has dice trays. It has a mat. It folds.

Not bad for £16.99 plus scraps I had around the house.

Lucky break regarding the pieces of wood in the middle. Once all the staples through the hardboard were removed I discovered that they had not glued the bits of wood in… so they slide out. Which means I can slide them back in again for storage.

Trimmed the icy cobbles mat fit and using up some left over felt from an old project for the ends of the table. Imagine straighter lines and everything held in place securely.

First step was relatively painless. The wood needs filling in places, but the hinges work and it folds up… obviously I didn’t position the hinges incorrectly the first time so it wouldn’t fold… honest!

So after I fixed the hinge problem I tried it on my table and although it’s not perfectly flat (it’s cheap wood and slightly warped) I can fix that with some padded feet, or a table cloth when I use it.

Internal dimensions are 33.5 inches wide by 43 inches long. That assumes I’m taking out the bits of wood on the hinged end… which is on my list.

I have a frostgrave mat that I will trim down along one edge to make it fit the width.

At each of the long ends I’m going to put a bit of green felt down with wooden dividers to provide each player with a die rolling tray, space for tokens and somewhere to put cards for any skimish games.

That’s the plan anyway.

Got the wallpaper table. Just wide enough to be annoying carrying it under my arm for the 1.3 miles I carried it home. Sometimes being a driver and owning a car would be useful.

First step is to dismantle it and remove the hinges. Rough cut wood so it need sanding down and then I put the hinges on the other side.

Drinking coffee at moment… and making plans…

To be continued…