Wargame in a Wee Matchbox? Challenge Accepted #1

I belive this challenge to fit a complete wargame into a Wee Matchbox came into being through a dialogue between Alan and Mark in the comment-section on their excellent blogs, The Duchy of Tradgardland and The Man of Tin Blog respectively. Very soon they invited others to join the challenge as well. 

In June I 3D-printed a small 'travel dice-tower' and tried to make a QRS of the rules for using during a game of One Brain Cell Toy Soldier wargame outside. Since then I've been tweaking to make it even smaller and easier to carry along, so I purchased smaller dice to fit in numbers (12 to be exactly) inside the tower when on the go, and the smallest tape-measure I could find. All just to try making a 'portable wargame (no pun intended) arrangement' which would be easy to bring along for wargaming outside battles. 

Even being small, it's far away from from fit a Matchbox and particularly not a Wee one. So, is it possible at all to make it even smaller and to fit a wargame in a Wee Matchbox??

So how small (or large) is exactly a Norwegian Wee Matchbox, as these are crucial limitations to this challenge?

Outer dimensions are 57mm x 37mm x 17mm. Gee, that's small (!). I don't know how these dimensions match up against it's British counterparts? How large are your Wee Matchboxes?

Already thinking about making wargames small and portable, I was really tempted to join this challenge, and when Alan suggested a deadline within December I decided to postpond a couple of other projects and wargames to join this challenge(!)

So before setting off I just needed to repeat the limitations in this challenge:

• The rules have to be in the (Wee) box, or written on it.
• Everything needed, except playing surface, to be in the box. -So no support of online rules or 'dice-apps' to save space...

As most of my wargaming has a 'budget approach' I decided that this should be no exception.

Now I need to start thinking about suitable scenarios and rules. It must be something simple, yet interesting. Some kind of duel perhaps? By the way, are 'home brewed' rules accepted?

Meanwhile it's very inspiring and informative to follow Alan and Mark at The Duchy of Tradgardland and Man of TIN blog and their development and how they tackle this challenge. I encourage other wargamers to attend to this challenge. 

Wargame in a Wee Matchbox? Challenge accepted! 
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The reason that time was a factor among other things to me attending this challenge, was that I've been away, and more or less off line from internet an hobbies, for the whole week visiting my oldest Son in Ålesund where he studies. I visited the old Devold factory close to Ålesund were there is a big H0 model railway display claiming to be the biggest in Norway. They are about to open a section of the nearby Rauma Line from Åndalsnes to Dombås, which the real thing was opened 100 years ago this Saturday:

This is the New Rauma Line Section

From Åndalsnes. Not completely finished yet

All the buildings are scratch built after the prototypes

Kylling Bridge

They also have a small section from the old and closed Flakvands line:

Even if it's a Norwegian model railway, they also have a small Danish section:

Another cool feature on their model railway

Due to it's soon December and Christmas. they invites local schools and kindergartens to make Gingerbread-buildings to a 'Gingerbread Village' with G-scale trains. It's yet early of the season so there was not so many Gingerbread buildings yet, but the LGB-trains were already running:

If you are in the area of Ålesund I highly recommend you to take a tripp with the Rauma line as it's one of the most scenic railway-journeys in Norway, and please pay the model railway at the Devold Factory a visit as well if you're there on a Saturday.

Now I'm off to make a closer study of my matchbox....