Leadership 2

Whenever I see tournaments with felt boards it makes me want to do this post.. A simple pictoral guide to making a gaming surface.. to be followed with terrain such as hills, trees, houses, fences, impassable.

You will need OSB, Wood glue, jigsaw, paint rollers, sand, 1 gallon flat house paing, 2 quarts of lighter and even lighter flat house paint, static grass. You should be able to average $40 a table before terrain if you are making them in bulk.

7/16ths OSB, have the lumber yard cut it to 6ft for you.

Mark the edges with a paint can as guide, to be rounded off, corners are easily damaged in transporting and hurt if rammed into you during moving to and from events. Sand edges but dont expect perfection.

Get some wood glue, an old paint roller, and start rolling out glue on the rough side of the OSB. I water down the glue maybe 2 cups water per gallon to get more tables out of it, you dont have to. Too much glue makes thick sand and very heavy boards, spread it light and even.

I like to throw out some rough sand, then fine sand over the whole thing. A variety of sand is available, coarser sand leads to heavier boards and bigger rocks are prone to breaking off in transporting and prevent smooth movement of movement trays in game play. Sand to thin may show OSB texture in the final product.

After the sand sits a few minutes I lay out a drop cloth and stand the board up on it, pounding on the back side of the board dislodges loose sand and the drop cloth collects it all to be poured into a bucket for later use. Let this dry well before applying paint. Pictures of painting will follow another day.. apply a thick coat of a dark color, followed by a drybrush of 2 successive lighter colors with drying time between each, and flock spots after fully dried.