Making An Urban Streets Gaming Mat

With all of the zombie games people are running these days, there’s got to be a big demand for a gaming mat marked with an urban streets grid. Skankgames has the solution.

Urban High Rise Ruins From Plastic Storage Crates

Here’s a great idea: using plastic storage crates to represent the steel skeletons of a burned out urban landscape.

Making “Forest Filler”

Another good article from Armored Ink: This one on making “forest filler” — the clumps of undergrowth on the forest floor.

Trees From Nails

Armored Ink Blog has an article about making cheap trees from nails.

Be careful. A wargaming pal of mine did this and at one point, lost his balance, tried to catch himself and put his hand right down on one of his trees. Drove the nail right through his palm.

Ouch.