A Game on a Practical and useful "Board"

One thing that comes to mind is that a folding board can be used as a mechanism for 'warp' travel in a space based scifi game. Since worm holes and warp drives connect two points in space-time, a mechanism that 'folds' the map would essentially simulate warp drives. But, you would need to have a mechanism to 'unfold' the space that does not involve strictly reversing the original fold. Otherwise, you'll end up not having traveled at all.

If there is indeed a way to 'unfold' the shirt/map from its folded space in a forward (non-reversible) direction, then I think that this mechanism might be really cool. Especially if you could rotate the space around you before you make the fold so that you end up in different locations depending upon how you orient it when hit the 'jump drive'. That way, you could simulate the very complicated aspects of warp navigation with quick deterministic mechanism. It would certainly open up a number of new possibilities in a space based war, trade or exploration game.

If the map is a finite version of the galaxy, then some rotations may even end with you off the edge shirt/map if you are not careful (in which case you are lost in intergalatic space or something... aka. not good).