Wednesday Works in Progress

The bad news, no packages Wednesday.   I still haven't gotten any of my new miniatures.   Nevertheless I did make some progress on various projects, amazing for a Wednesday.

First, I began work on the maps of Tower Graf for Sunday's game.  I 'm tiling them up in detail, since presumably Rotwang will be moving in after its cleared.    I based it off the very brief description of a standard Keep from the ACKS book, which says it's 60 feet square (Exactly 1 of our standard 1 foot tiles---Excellent!!) with 10 foot thick walls (that's pretty darn thick).  I've mapped out 2 floors, and since the keep is said to be 80' tall, I'm figuring about 6 floors, plus roof and basement.

I've also laid some groundwork for the inhabitants (I knew basically what they were, but needed to finalize some core choices), and made my decision about the master's grand plan, which had been
a little vague in my head, now it's clear.  (No spoilers).

I also broke down and de-sprued my Robin Hood figures, which I bought a year ago, and which I'll use for pilgrims and archers for the crusades game.   I wanted to wait for my Sprue Nipper to arrive, but just used a utility knife.  It was okay, I guess.   I glued a dozen figures to 2 "wooden craft sticks" and primed them.

I've also been working on the rules for the game.   One conundrum I'm facing is that I'd like each stand to have 2-4 cavalry or 6 infantry figures,  but 7-8 infantry would look better on the sized stands I'm using.   The rules use the number of figures to show how many attack rolls to make.   I suppose I could change my stand size a bit, but I've already cut 30 or more of them.    Well, I'll keep puzzling on it.

P.S.  It seems if I try to post a picture to blogger while in Internet Explorer, it freezes the system.  But, if I switch to Firefox, no sweat.   You suck, Gates.