Miniatures Gaming Podcast

Episode 8: Super Cheap Urban Terrain

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In Episode 8, I described how to create inexpensive urban terrain for use with your figures, and added new rules for Pistols and Submachine Guns (SMG) to the Simple Skirmish Game rules.

Update to SSG

Simple Skirmish Game Rules (Version 0.1)

Super Cheap Urban Terrain

Here’s what you’ll need:

· two or three small cardboard boxes, 2-6 inches (50 to 150 mm) on a side is about the right size

· a sharp knife (hobby knife or serrated kitchen knife – kids, get your parents to help!)

· gray primer or flat spray paint

Optionally, you’ll need the following:

· dark gray, white, or black primer or flat spray paint

I found these boxes in the office supplies cabinet at work and in the kitchen pantry at home. The largest is about 4 inches by 5 inches (100 x 125 mm) and the smallest is about 2 ½ by 4 inches (60 x 100 mm). It doesn’t matter how tall they are since we will cut them down to size.

Here are the boxes after I’ve cut out windows and doors and cut or torn them down in an irregular pattern to represent ruined buildings. I placed a couple of the figures down next to the boxes to get the window height above ground and the size of the windows in proportion to the figures.

Here are the finished ruined buildings, after spraying them with light and dark gray primer. Altogether I spend about 15 minutes on these three buildings, and spend $0.

Here is a closeup of one of the boys in action!

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