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Hiho,

the past months I thought about developing a modular gaming table/board that would feature laser cut 1 foot by 1 foot (or 30cm x 30cm) squares to assure a proper fit. They would then be filled with XPS foam to carve the terrain features. Each side would feature between 2 and 4 magnets, so would the base.

I am still in the experimenting phase and was looking at different materials: 0.9mm Bamboo veneer, 2 or 3mm MDF etc. and even thought about inlays to fancy the whole thing up.

I came up with the following profiles:




As I am still finalizing my designs I would be interested in your opinion in terms of material, design etc. Maybe you have some suggestions how to improve it further. I am very conscious of weight so while the 3mm MDF is cheap and easy to get, it would also be comparatively heavy. I thought of cutting a geometric design in the base to reduce the weight and then back this with thin card. Another factor is visible wood grain. It would surely look very nice to have this, but MDF can be painted easily.

In any case, I summarized my thought process and experiments on my blog, just click the picture below. Any comments would be appreciated