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Why Use Paper Minis in Wargaming 

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In this video I will show you my portable wargaming setup using 2D paper miniatures and terrain.
I hope that this is inspiring to you. I think this is a great way to meet someone and hang out at in public for wargaming. This can also be a great way to host demo games to show people how to get into war-gaming in general.
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@JTwoodworking
@JTwoodworking Месяц назад
Would love to see a video on how you make your paper minis. Mine don't fold up as neat
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion Месяц назад
I’ll work on that
@hariszark7396
@hariszark7396 27 дней назад
You have to choose the right paper.
@shawnvaljean9260
@shawnvaljean9260 2 дня назад
I was about to leave the same comments. I have some paper minis that I just printed on standard printer paper and they are pretty flimsy and rough looking.
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion 2 дня назад
@@shawnvaljean9260 I have a video uploading now. If I don't release it tomorrow, it will be soon.
@Donnyjohnsonbooks
@Donnyjohnsonbooks Месяц назад
I truly need a video on how you make your minis and bases 😂❤
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion Месяц назад
That has been a popular request. I’ll get on it.
@Wolf359inc
@Wolf359inc Месяц назад
I love my plastic crack, and my 3D printers love to go “brrrr”, but you do make a great argument for paper minis and terrain…
@dinihtis
@dinihtis Месяц назад
Easily portable minis and terrain showcase, actionable advises. Great video!
@kylereese3343
@kylereese3343 29 дней назад
For me personally, I LOVE paper minis. I’m about playing a ton of factions and I don’t have the space to buy a lot of different models. So paper minis work for me. Saves space, inexpensive, and I can play whatever factions I want. Thank you for the video! Your minis look outstanding
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion 29 дней назад
Thanks, yeah I’d be way behind on learning and getting used to the game without paper minis. Especially just trying out new units. I basically find the units I like and then slowly replace them with legit 3D minis.
@Tanith.1stAO
@Tanith.1stAO 15 дней назад
Highly inspired by this video, has brought back the love of TT war games Thank you.
@kevinjhubert
@kevinjhubert Месяц назад
Mf terrain be looking 12x better than my grey plastic collection. And he's spittin facts.
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion Месяц назад
Lol
@30035XD
@30035XD Месяц назад
Dude, you have to check out Peter's Paperboys!
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion Месяц назад
Just did. Thanks!
@thulyover9000
@thulyover9000 Месяц назад
This is a great idea! I'd love to know what paper stock and cutters you use.
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion Месяц назад
I think everything in this video, I print on typical copier paper around 20lbs. And then use a spray adhesive to glue that printed page onto 110lb paper. That works great for terrain. Lately for minis, I’ve just been printing directly onto 60 or 65lb paper and after you fold them, they seem fine.
@gideongallant1185
@gideongallant1185 28 дней назад
This is a great idea! Time to put together a budget I think this would be really useful to just sorta whip out at a family or friend gathering and ask if anyone wants to play a quick game if there's time. I can already see this seeing some use with my younger family members and college friends
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion 28 дней назад
Yeah, we rented a beach house a few weeks ago and I had this binder with me. Works great.
@marchanna
@marchanna 5 дней назад
Nice music but it's more suited to a high-end wine bar experience. Clever idea though. thanks for the vid.
@andersonfaleiro6527
@andersonfaleiro6527 27 дней назад
This video is a vibe. wonderful production. I'm loving seeing the wargame crowd supporting more paper minis as a way of making it easier to get closer to the hobby.
@deltapi8859
@deltapi8859 Месяц назад
Honestly I feel you would be a cool guy to play a session with :-)
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion Месяц назад
Thanks, takes a cool person to know a cool person.
@deltapi8859
@deltapi8859 Месяц назад
@@SquareTableUnion haha, thank you. A wargamer with social skills :D
@thomaskiser3886
@thomaskiser3886 16 дней назад
wonderful informative video!
@BD-si8kg
@BD-si8kg 19 дней назад
Love the video thanks for posting!
@davidk6269
@davidk6269 27 дней назад
Great job with the impressive paper minis!
@pjsines4705
@pjsines4705 Месяц назад
Great Video! Crooked Staff Terrain and Paper Forge are also making great 2D products.
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion Месяц назад
Thanks for the info.
@jeffreykershner440
@jeffreykershner440 29 дней назад
I love crooked staff!
@st0ox
@st0ox 6 дней назад
The hottest thing about paper minis is that they can have two prints for each side. Since I play more strategy games than rpgs I had to learn to differentiate all my minions by their backside 😅
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion 6 дней назад
Totally, I’ve just started writing want each unit is on the back side of the base. It is even more complicated with strategy games because similar looking models can have different weapons and upgrades.
@lemuelbecc
@lemuelbecc 20 дней назад
2:00 if you ever come to Houston, do NOT leave a backpack in a locked car unless you want to lose both the pack and the windows.
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion 20 дней назад
Not to worried about my town. I did used to have family in Houston. I couldn’t believe how hot it was there.
@MarkNiceyard
@MarkNiceyard Месяц назад
Pretty cool table.
@user-pc5ww8fh6d
@user-pc5ww8fh6d 21 день назад
The question is not why should you, but why should you not. One look at my home, and it is clear I CAN afford models. But, I sure ain't in a hurry to become a cash slave to GW. Nor Hasbro either. Paper minis are fun, and the weight is nice and storage simple. I have gone from 35th scale to 48th scale to 72nd scale in the search for how to collect more and not need a larger home. I've even considered GHQ and 285th scale. So, yeah, it should be no surprise I have a growing collection of paper wargaming. For someone to scorn my paper for a wargame, would be to laugh at them and tell them, fine, play with yourself.
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion 21 день назад
It has been interesting reading the comments and how polarizing some people can be. I have fun with both. I’m still collecting actual models, and storage and space is definitely becoming a problem.
@andersand6576
@andersand6576 20 дней назад
When making a new army paper minis are great to try out. Looking for an easy way of making some bases that are a bit more sturdy then folding them though, as i often end up goving them away so others can tey the army out.
@swervbe
@swervbe 22 дня назад
Great work promoting paper mini's. Resin/plastic mini's are ridiculously expensive these days. Convincing younger players that they are good enough to use instead of the "real thing" though is a different matter!
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion 22 дня назад
Thanks, I’m impressed with how much positive feedback I’ve gotten with promoting paper.
@gozer87
@gozer87 22 дня назад
I use paper minis for DnD as well. Great for traveling.
@JonathanTomhave
@JonathanTomhave 25 дней назад
Cool video!
@deltapi8859
@deltapi8859 Месяц назад
Love the idea of bringing paper standees into wargaming. Your minis look professional and beautiful, nice work. I also made my own with FDM printing and label paper cutted with a hobby plotter. 20 minis in one hand. Can't beat the space efficiency and sometimes they have better contrast than a painted mini. Also love that you went papercraft style with the terrain. Terrain is such an important feature for wargames, because they give game design tactics. Also wondered why the tt wargame community looked down on papercraft for terrain and found it to be stuck up. Paper standees and terrain give young people an ally more active and creative and create their own things. Which teaches creativity and taking things in you own hand. You are not just a mindless consumer. Also: it shows that you don't need to be fully rigged with expensive and sophisticated materials to play the game. The fun is in the foreground. Honestly I think wargamer are such a cool crowd, but they some times seem elitist, because of the amount of work and money that go into playing games, when you hear people saying "I don't play with players with unpainted minis or proxies". Wargaming tradition used to be very different than that. So you could say "what stops people from simply playing with papercrafts?", but it dismisses the perception of people on how to play the game "the right way", increasing entry barrier. So I really like the example you are setting.
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion Месяц назад
Thanks, yeah I’ve only had a few negative comments for this video both here and Facebook. Nothing really hateful, but people definitely feel like they need to draw a line. Which is interesting to me because I’m not anti legit models, I’m just saying that there is no reason not to have both.
@deltapi8859
@deltapi8859 Месяц назад
@@SquareTableUnion 100% agree.
@G3N0M3501DI3R
@G3N0M3501DI3R 22 дня назад
When you revealed the secret of your table I was actually shocked. Grade A stuff!
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion 22 дня назад
Nice
@cgs7226
@cgs7226 Месяц назад
Salutations-great job! Firstly, while you are not the first person to use paper miniatures it’s always good to see the ingenuity of individuals to make the hobby more accessible to the masses. Secondly, while to date I have never personally used OPR(have nothing against it), do they offer something akin to Legion Imperialis? If they do how do you generate 15mm paper minis for that game(or any similar game) that can be useable on the table-do you print them out on a heavy card stock for stability? Thirdly, the walls you have travel on one axis. How do you handle 2-sided walls or 2 to 3 story walls(I don’t know if OPR has rules for that)?Lastly, are those Gibsons🎸 in the background-cannot see because of the bokeh😀. Thx!
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion Месяц назад
Greetings, OPR as far as futuristic power suites only have a faction called the Blessed Sisters in paper minis. And the only other faction that I would call humanoid are the Eternal Dynasty, which are basically space samurai. I can’t remember all they have for 3D STLs but they haven’t really released anything yet that is like space marine armor. I’m guessing that they are assuming that people already have those models. I haven’t tried 15mm in paper yet but that is interesting. If anyone is familiar with any graphic software, then I guess the sky is the limit. Id guess I’d add a group of models on to on single base. I think that OPR is fine with resizing and combining any of their models. As far as walls and buildings, you can find multiple level builds for paper terrain but I haven’t built any yet. The guitars are both Godins. I actually don’t own a true Gibson. I’d like to have one but I currently have an ESP that is modeled in the Les Paul style. A lot of my guitars are what I call gig worthy, in which they are not crazy expensive but I’ve personally set them up and upgraded parts the make them nice.
@daisychain659
@daisychain659 22 дня назад
Thanks for the video. I'm new to all gaming.
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion 22 дня назад
Welcome
@jaymea8907
@jaymea8907 22 дня назад
Love making paper minis. My 3D printer can't handle printing minis. Paperforge is great.
@tavorua2307
@tavorua2307 Месяц назад
looks very nice. Pls make a video how u build this
@davestranger1553
@davestranger1553 Месяц назад
Hey man. Just found your channel tonight and subbed. I like it. Good content well presented. I gotta ask.... what is that guitar behind your left shoulder in this vid? It's beautiful.
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion Месяц назад
Thanks! That is a Godin A6 Ultra. It’s sort of an acoustic/electric hybrid. It has two output jack so you can split the acoustic and electric pickups to two different amps.
@davestranger1553
@davestranger1553 Месяц назад
Looks great man. Also, dunno if you've heard of them but arcknight do 'flat plastic miniatures' that are kinda like the paper ones here, but imo better. Might be worth checking out for you.
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion Месяц назад
@@davestranger1553 cool, yeah I’ll check them out.
@goldendragonbringer
@goldendragonbringer 28 дней назад
Thanks for the video. I have not seen many paper minis. But one time I did, the paper mini's were cut and stood in a unique way. It is hard to describe since I don't know what that style is called. Bear with me. Imagine one mini. The mini is made of 2 cutouts. One cutout has a cut from the middle-top, down to the center. The other cutout has a cut from the middle-bottom, up to the center. The two cutouts slide into each other from their cuts. It looks appealing to see the paper cutout from any position on the table and it stood upright reliably. If you know of this paper mini version, what is your opinion on them?
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion 28 дней назад
I totally understand what you are describing but I don’t know anyone off the top of my head that offers that.
@nothingatall544
@nothingatall544 Месяц назад
Thank for the video! I'll have to check out Dave Graffam, cause that terrain looks awesome Can you share a bit of the process you used to make it? I love the idea of having a binder of terrain but I'm not quite putting together all the dots on how to make the terrain flatten out like that
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion Месяц назад
I’ve had another request on how I do the minis. I’ve noted this and will ether add that to the same video or make a stand alone.
@GreenBlueWalkthrough
@GreenBlueWalkthrough 24 дня назад
Yes someone else expressing the vitues of 2D printing! Which what no one takes about is how cheap and fast it is to have littlerly thusends of 25mm minis! Like I can fit a good hundred or so on a page and have an ecotank printer so I pay $35 for 4 bottles of ink and even with my old inkjet being $100 it was faster so more cost efftive because time... Not that a single sheet costs all that much time mind you and alternivly you could just write the name of the unit on note paper and use them which has to be the cheapest way to wargame beyond theater of the mind.
@SavageBruski
@SavageBruski 27 дней назад
Paper/Card doll minis is definitely a way to go with minimal hobby behind it, but I dunno. I still like actual minis and all that. Even for demo games.
@Karlmakesstuff
@Karlmakesstuff 28 дней назад
Papercraft minis are a great way to get started, especially for new players. The portability you've got here is intriguing though. What do you do to the buildings so they survive repeated folding and unfolding?
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion 28 дней назад
I think any type of clear tape would fix any rips and such.
@Karlmakesstuff
@Karlmakesstuff 28 дней назад
@@SquareTableUnion that works :)
@kudosbudo
@kudosbudo 27 дней назад
Given the difficulty in fidning X-wing minis now, this might be a great way to fill out and use all those card bases i got from teh conversion kits.
@richardmullens4707
@richardmullens4707 20 дней назад
You said in the video that you took your setup to the beach. Surely paper minis and scenery would blow over in the wind if you play outdoors?
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion 19 дней назад
No we didn’t play outdoors, I took it to the beach house we rent. I probably should have specified.
@SgtOddballz
@SgtOddballz 21 день назад
i need new printer, what would you reccomend that doesnt break budget?
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion 21 день назад
I’ve just bought an Epson ET-2800. It is one of those that you can refill the ink tanks. I’ve been pretty happy with it for the price.
@okcomics1635
@okcomics1635 29 дней назад
I love paper minis too but I'd scrap the idea of using them to play in a park. It's true they are cheap and quick to make but you don't want to be replacing them after every session. Wind is the bane of my existence.
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion 29 дней назад
lol, I thought about that after I said it, but I was in a roll and didn’t want to start over.
@corvus_armatura7595
@corvus_armatura7595 18 дней назад
I suppose using metal weights might be enough to keep them on the table.
@monkeymule1286
@monkeymule1286 Месяц назад
no shade at the amazing terrain and minis that folks and companies craft, but its paper dolls for me, cheap, iterative, and kindling when you tire of it. Hadn't found onepagerule yet though, a great resource! cheers mate.
@IaijutsuRonin
@IaijutsuRonin Месяц назад
Why Not? Because i will lose every „pile“ of shame competition…
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion Месяц назад
I have gigs of unprinted STL files of shame before I can even make a pile. But honestly, I kinda have a pile as well.
@jfm.d5180
@jfm.d5180 Месяц назад
Hear me out... use your imagination. Free your mind. Free yourself from miniatures.
@grizzlyblackpowder1960
@grizzlyblackpowder1960 21 день назад
This whole comment section, and the channel its attatched to seems to be doing more to destroy wargaming than making it accessible for everyone. If you print your models(paper or otherwise) and then dowload the rules you are essentially stealing from the creators. Heavy dislike.
@SquareTableUnion
@SquareTableUnion 21 день назад
This video features products from creators such as One Page Rules and Printable Hero’s. Both creators offer both free and paid content. I personally am subscribed to both and pay them monthly. It is not stealing if they are giving it away as stater packs. So I’ll need to disagree with you about destroying wargaming. I’m actually helping to promote small business. I will agree that self printing takes away from store owners, but that is something that but us players and store owners need to adapt to.
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