In the Middle of Lidl

The box

Measuring some 195mm across the flat sides and with hexes 26mm across the flat sides this has ‘Portable Wargaming’ written all over it!

The pieces that make up the ‘puzzle’ element

As you can see they are 26mm across….

….and around 7mm thick.

I spent this morning with Laurel on a ‘getting some bits in for Christmas and topping up other odds and ends’ mission which was fr the most part successful. We visited three stores and the last of these was Lidl - the well known ‘budget’ supermarket for those who are unfamiliar.

One of the features of this shop is the central aisle - the ‘middle of Lidl’ as it has come to be known - that usually contains all manner of items ranging from assorted tools, garden bits and pieces, items of clothing and children’s toys and games.

It is always worth a look down this aisle and today proved the wisdom of doing so as I picked up a copy of the above for a mere £3.99!

The uses for this wonderful piece of kit are many. With some careful terrain building - the pieces contained therein could be used for hills or similar - a laptop sized wargame could be fought whilst sitting on the sofa with a cup of tea and a chocolate hobnob! One thing that crossed my mind would be using this for Gladiatorial type games or indeed, any kind of duel setting. 

I may well have to go back and try and get a couple of other copies of this!