Thursday, February 3, 2011

PAPER ARMIES for SMALL SPACES




With the ice storm outside it gave me a little time to work on some PAPER ARMIE projects. The photos here show a magnetic board (36"x 24") mounted to the back of an office door, with Republican Roman and Gallic armies mounted to magnetic cards and attached. This board actually has a light 1"squares marked on it, but they cannot be seen in the photos. Price was $19.95 at Walmarts school supplies area.


The photo at top shows a close up of the Gallic infantry mass. These Paper Armies are laid out per BASIC IMPETUS rules, but by shrinking 50% on your printer you could use most of them for DBA style games as well. DBA on the back of a door might be ideal for those crowded dorm rooms.

ICE STORM HITS HOME




Ice on the cars, one the decks, down the hill, on the pond walkway, even under the deck where it dripped through.










Ice everywhere!











Well, we have been stormed in for the last couple of days with ice. Luckily no significant snow fall as expected, but with cold weather it is unlikely to melt the ice until the weekend or early next week.














Max, our dog, managed to get down the hill and then couldn't get back to the house. Kept sliding back down the hill. Finally went out to rescue him, when the poor guy gave up and just sat down.














Just before the ice storm hit, saw this owl watching for dinner. Pretty cool.














Here are a few shots taken from inside the house.