Terrain is a key element in the latest edition of the Warhammer 40,000 game, so much so that the wise folk at Games Workshop have produced all sorts of exciting terrain options for folk to have fun with.
Terrain is a tricky thing to manage; ruins, burnt out vehicles, statues, forests and the like for your toy soldiers to fight over are an essential part of most war games. But that also makes them pretty chunky sort of things; if you’ve got limited storage space or have a house so full of stuff that you have to play games elsewhere, moving these things about can be a challenge.
The wargaming industry has come up with all sorts of solutions in the past, from pop up books to just using any old stuff you have lying around. GW loves to give you options, and they do have plenty of old-fashioned plastic terrain pieces, as well as various guides on how to make the stuff. Their latest solution it the Terrain Area Set, a cardboard envelope with sixteen full colour, double sided cardboard tiles.
They lie flat and essentially have ruins printed on them. Because the new game has very specific terrain rules, these work fine. And they also function as beer coasters of sorts for actual terrain that you may want to use without scuffing up your nice table.
It’s a nice, if odd idea, and our main take away is that the folder they come in opens from the bottom and doesn’t really re-seal, meaning that you’ll end up finding a new place to store them. Or using they as fancy mats for your drinks. Odd, but useful, and we do wonder why they weren’t in the excellent Armageddon box.
