Leon Campaign Map to Table

Wargames Map

To make it easier to transfer the map battle to the wargames table I have organised my scenery to make it all standard.   There are two sets, one Spanish and one north European.

On the wargames map each village or farm is numbered or identified as farm with hedge or wall.

All built up areas (BUA) are free standing and placed on 6x6” squares of felt.   Green for farms and light brown for towns and villages.   The felt shows the foot print of the BUA.  The buildings can be removed when the enemy enter the BUA to allow hand to hand fighting and control reinforcements.

Fortified Farms

The fortified farm is a two piece homemade model.  The buildings are separate and can be used for other farms or for a village.   There are two models, numbered one and two on the map.   One felt square is used.   One infantry brigade is required to form the garrison.

Village

Each building and wall section is separate, to allow for more variety.   Again there are two models, numbered the same as the fortified farms.  Each village has a church and two or three small buildings.  One felt square is again used for the footprint.

Hedge and stone walls

All of the buildings can be used as miscellaneous farms.   There are two wall and hedge sections glued to make a standard hedge or wall around the field.   However there are also a lot of long and short sections to allow a wide range of different options.   Once more one felt square is used.

Towns

Two felt squares are used to make a town.   It requires two infantry brigades to provide a full garrison, one in each square.   I have about twenty buildings suitable for towns and cities.   Most are Hovels, the rest home made.   There is also a free standing wall which can be used for either towns or cities, and suitable for either Spain or northern Europe.   Each town has a large church and six miscellaneous buildings.   The same church is always used, but there are a wide variety of building combinations.

Cities

Four felt squares are used for each city.   It requires four infantry brigades, which is a full corps, to provide a full garrison.   The walls are only used when a walled city is shown on the map.   Each city has a cathedral and twelve miscellaneous buildings.

Once more the same cathedral is always used, but a different selection of buildings.

The aim of standardised buildings is to ensure that I used all of the available scenery in rotation.   Each wargame map has all of the available combinations.

In addition I have felt outlines for woods and marshes.