Post by MasterTiMothee on Oct 29, 2005 23:31:23 GMT -5
My daughter and I just finished making some boards to play Attacktix on. I thought they came out looking pretty cool, so I'm posting them here, in case anyone else wants to use them.
Here's what to do ...
1. Purchase a 36"x48" poster frame from Hobby Lobby or some similar store.
2. Print one of the following posters that I've linked below, in 36"x48". If you don't have a wide-carriage printer at your office, burn the file to a CD and take it to a printing store. Or, print them in "tiles" and glue them to the cardboard backing that comes with the poster frame. Click on the link below the picture to go to a small version of the picture; then, click "View Full-Size Image" to get the 36"x48" version. (Again, the files are so large that, depending on how the server's doing, you may need to right-click and "Save Target As.")
When printed 36"x48", the battle area on the two-person is roughly 30"x30"---just the right size for playing Attacktix.
3. Put the poster into the frame. The plexiglass on the poster frame provides a great surface for Attacktix. Plus, it provides a relatively tough, portable way to play pretty much anywhere.
(We made these because we ended up putting several scratches in an antique parquet-top table in our dining room while using it to play Attacktix. You can probably imagine how that went over. The Battle Boards are intended to keep us from having our Attacktix confiscated again.)
Here's what to do ...
1. Purchase a 36"x48" poster frame from Hobby Lobby or some similar store.
2. Print one of the following posters that I've linked below, in 36"x48". If you don't have a wide-carriage printer at your office, burn the file to a CD and take it to a printing store. Or, print them in "tiles" and glue them to the cardboard backing that comes with the poster frame. Click on the link below the picture to go to a small version of the picture; then, click "View Full-Size Image" to get the 36"x48" version. (Again, the files are so large that, depending on how the server's doing, you may need to right-click and "Save Target As.")
This one's my favorite:
timothypauljones.tripod.com/timothyslife/index.album?i=59&s=1
This one's an experiment---seeing if it's possible to make a three-person variation. We've been playing it as a 100-points-per-person game, 50 points in backups, the lines indicate where each person starts, your defeateds and backups go in the area that points ("<") to you. We'll have to play it more before I'm convinced that it's workable:
timothypauljones.tripod.com/timothyslife/index.album?i=60&s=1
When printed 36"x48", the battle area on the two-person is roughly 30"x30"---just the right size for playing Attacktix.
3. Put the poster into the frame. The plexiglass on the poster frame provides a great surface for Attacktix. Plus, it provides a relatively tough, portable way to play pretty much anywhere.
(We made these because we ended up putting several scratches in an antique parquet-top table in our dining room while using it to play Attacktix. You can probably imagine how that went over. The Battle Boards are intended to keep us from having our Attacktix confiscated again.)