PART ONE
The Plan Brother Pilots drive-in at an abandoned desert air strip. The airstrip and the board box are the first parts of the terrain plan. This will be the general layout of the Machinas™ Wasteland Game Board. It will be between 24” and 27” (61cm and 69cm) wide and 30” to 34” long (76cm to 86cm). This planned size will fit onto the 4”x6” (1.25m x 1.84m) tables at my Hometown Gaming Store. Plenty of room for our Two Hour Wargames ™ rule books and the cards.
I will build the board inside a frame for two reasons. First, I need to keep the game compact for demonstration purposes. Sometimes I have nearly a 36” x 36” (1m x1m) table for demo games. We’ll keep the cars inside the frame. The second consideration is for sturdy storage. I’ll fix a removable hinged lid for the board so all the terrain will fit inside.
To save on weight I might use thin luan / underlayment or corrugated black polycarbonate for the box’s lid. I have some luggage handles from a woodworking supply company so that will trick it out and give me an easy way to carry the game board. It’ll be very light weight but the sturdiness comes from how it’s constructed. It’ll be like a rock band on tour, Machinas™ will be inside a hefty crate. I plan the frame for the Machinas™ board so I can drop in a different board as the players make suggestions about what sort of theme they’d like to see.
Variety, I like it.
Probably paint the exterior of the board black and stencil a hot-rose-pink-red “Machinas” on the outside top and sides. 
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