What Size Board do I Need for my Miniatures Game? (2024)

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What Size Board do I Need for my Miniatures Game? ›

Miniature wargaming board and mat size varies by game developer. The most popular sizes for skirmish games are 22x30", 44x30", and 36x36" boards.

Warhammer 40K's standard table size is 6'x4', but your game of choice may call for a different sized table. Do research, read the game's manual, and ask others who play your game about the standard table size.

Example Sizes of Popular Board Games

Scrabble: 15″ x 15″ double panel – 1/2 fold. Candy Land, Chutes & Ladders: 15″ x 20″ double panel – 1/2 fold. Monopoly, Clue: 20″ x 20″ double panel – 1/2 fold.

Recommended battlefield sizes for Warhammer 40k are a 44-by-30-inch rectangular area for Combat Patrol and 44-by-60-inch for 1,000 to 2,000-point games.

Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000, Kill Team, Age of Sigmar, and Warcry. Age of Sigmar 4th edition (released in 2024) board dimensions vary by game type: Spearhead games are played on a 22x30" board (technically 22.4")

How big can my board be? Boards should be either 22 inches by 30 inches (incidentally, the size of the boards that come in the new Battlezone packs), or 2 foot by 2 foot.

Game Board Materials

Grayboard—manufactured from pressed paper, remains the most widely used structural material for game boards. It cuts precisely and is robust and adaptable to most needs. There are several grades of grayboard available from 1.5 mm to 3.0 mm.

Large listed companies: 8 to 12 directors. Medium-size listed companies: 6 to 8 directors. Small listed companies: 4 to 6 directors.

This is specific to a 2000 point game of Age of Sigmar. For 1000 point games, we recommend 30” x 44” tables with a minimum of four terrain pieces. For games over 2000 points, we recommend a 44” x 90” board, with no less than twelve pieces of terrain.

Warhammer miniatures stand around 1.1 inches tall, but it takes five to six hours to paint and create a detailed character.

What size is the Warhammer 500 point board? ›

We always play 500-1000 point games on 4'x4' that way you still have the 24" between you when you start the game so if you choose to bring ranged attacks or magic you have the chance to use it a couple turns still.

Kill Team uses a single 30-inch-long-by-22-inch-wide board. Boarding Actions use two 704-millimeter-long-by-607-millimeter-wide (roughly 27.7-inches by 23.9-inches) boards instead.

It varies. It's typically considered to be 28mm heroic scale. That means it's kind of 28mm but some features like weapons are modelled slightly larger for emphasis and style. However, I think it's slightly closer to 32mm but the scaling has always been off and sometimes by quite a bit.

A standard game of 40k is played with either 1500, 1850, or 2000 points, however games can be played with how ever many points both players agree upon. For beginning players it is recommended to start by playing a match using a 1000 point limit.

The history of the game is long and eventful, and the basing system has also undergone significant changes over time, such as the move from 25 to 32mm round bases and the recent addition of 28mm standard bases.