Two and a half years ago I debuted a table-setting called "Missile Base Omega". It didn't seem that popular with my group and had some minor issues during play. So I retired it and thought about how I could change it. I managed to re-use the "frame" pieces in a game a little later that year.
My first thought was to split the structures between the ends of the battlefield. While the asymmetrical nature of the original idea was cool, it led to problems with the Defender having a greater amount of Cover than the other players. Splitting things between both ends evens the amount of Cover out and solves that problem. This led to the new concept and name for the table-setting, The De-Militarized Zone.
My original idea to help represent this was to have someone stitch together a few pieces of felt -- green in the middle, brown at either end -- to represent the surface of the battlefield. Then Make-It Blocks came out with a line of cheap baseplates and I switched my thinking.
So that's a picture of my initial start; the baseplates, the framework buildings, and the fencing -- which I used in the last version of this idea and is a variation on this build. You can see how both ends of the battlefield are defined with an open zone in the middle. I like how it looks but I have to say it was a pain in the ass getting all the baseplates synched up. The quality control isn't as good as Lego's and I broke a lot of 2x2 Reddish Brown plates trying to get it all lined up.
This is a close up shot of a framework building.
A Frame's-Eye-View looking up the battlefield.
At this point I dug into the bag holding the rest of the constructs that were used in Missile Base Omega and started re-assembling them and laying them out to fill in some of the remaining empty space.
Missile silos, ranging from closed to open.
Defensive guns.
Size Comparison: Fencing. In the background you can see an antenna array.
All of that work leads to this. There's nice open section in the middle with plenty of Cover at each end.
Each Frame Piece is 4 Hits. The Platforms will be 1 Hit. Missile Silos are 3 Hits to destroy. Antenna Arrays are 1 Hit. Defensive Guns are 1 Hit. Fence Sections are 1 Hit, Fence Posts are 1 Hit. I have enough extra sections for the frame buildings to make two more. I also have more fencing. And I have two Make-It Blocks Scenery Polybags set aside if there's the need for a little more variety in the Cover selection.
Hopefully this will see use some time in 2021.
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