This year I decided to take the plunge with Salute and not just have a stand but also run demo games of The Woods. That opens up a whole can of worms with needing to arrange bigger transport, get more helpers on board, stock up on books in the expectation (hope!) of sales... and the fun part- build a stunning display tale to suck people in!
I have wanted for some time now to build two boards- one based on Fairy Glen on the isle of Skye, the other based around the Giant's Causeway/Fingel's Cave. So, of course, I decided to roll them into one and do it all on a 2' square module. Madness? Well, yes. The real mission is going to be to make sure there's enough space to actually play a game!
I chose a 2' square area (actually 660x660mm square for reasons I will explain later) because I want these demo games to move quickly. Normally there's a couple of turns of 'positioning' before warbands can get into a fight. These are important strategically in the game but not necessary when just learning the mechanics. Hopefully the cluttered nature of the terrain will prevent one side wiping the other out immediately.