Rather than using a table, I'm using a magnetic whiteboard, with magnetic counters. I can store this on a wall, with a game in progress, or easily transport somewhere.

Instead of using terrain, I just print out the game's map onto paper. I use a scaling factor of 42% (relative to the full-size table).

This makes a 4' × 4' standard table 500 mm × 500 mm, and a 4' × 6' standard table 500 mm × 750 mm. Both of these fit on my whiteboard.

A 4' × 4' standard table can be printed out on six overlapping sheets of A4 paper.

I used 3 mm MDF bases from Warbases, (with 3 mm holes in their centres) and 3 mm diameter 3 mm deep magnets from Bunting.
I labelled the counters with Brother P-Touch printer, with 12 mm wide tape. I used black-text-on-white for the Allies and vice-versa for Axis.

The best way to make the counters is to apply the label, then push the magnet into place, then superglue it from the back.
I painted over any exposed MDF in the appropriate colour.

Squads, HMGs, Company Commanders, and Battalion Commanders are represented by 15 mm square counters (i.e. scaled down 50% from normal Crossfire)

Scaling PCs and FOs the same way would give very fiddly 7.5 mm × 15 mm bases so, instead, I used 15 mm diameter circles. These can either more on their own or be attached to the top of a squad counter and move with it (counting as a group move). Note: it is important that you keep the same polarity (e.g. all north up) of all the magnets in the counters if you want to do this.

Vehicles are 15 mm × 30 mm, sometimes with a 10 mm diameter turret. The latter fits on the top, is rotatable, with a stripe to indicate the way it is facing.

I used coloured P-Touch tape to further differentiate the counters by applying it to the front of the counter (making it easier for the player who is having to look at upside-down text). This also indicates the fronts of HMG and guns.

• FO, guns = blue
• HMG = yellow
• BC, CC = red

My labelling consists of a type designations and then unit ID.

The label is in the form 'type-y-z' where:
y is the platoon ID, z is the company ID,

I use these type designations:

(blank) = Squad

• SMG = SMG
• HMG = HMG
• BC = Battalion Commander
• CC = Company Commander
• PC = Platoon Commander
• FO = Forward Observer

Status markers are done similarly, using 10 mm diameter MDF counters, with the usual 3 mm magnet in the middle.

They are colour coded and labelled. I painted the sides of the counters took, so that they could still be identified if stacked on a squad.

Pi - pinned - yellow
Su - suppressed - red
NF - no fire - blue
GH - ground hug - green

Tapered MDF

Laser-cut MDF counters are slightly tapered. If you make the lightly larger side the top, they are easier to pick up. I do this for all my counters, except for the tank turrets.