diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj b/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
index 406107f042..243e37438d 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Actor.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Clock.cs" />
     <Compile Include="float2.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Region.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SheetBuilder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="HardwarePalette.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MainWindow.cs">
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Region.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Region.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24e939222e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Region.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Drawing;
+
+namespace OpenRa.Game
+{
+	class Region
+	{
+		PointF location;
+		Size size;
+		Renderable drawFunction;
+
+		public Region(PointF location, Size size, Renderable drawFunction)
+		{
+			this.location = location;
+			this.size = size;
+			this.drawFunction = drawFunction;
+		}
+
+		public void Draw(Renderer renderer, Viewport viewport)
+		{
+			renderer.Device.EnableScissor(location.X, location.Y, size.Width, size.Height);
+			drawFunction(renderer, viewport);
+			renderer.Device.DisableScissor();
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Viewport.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Viewport.cs
index 0d535a4bf1..e25e1de745 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Viewport.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Viewport.cs
@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Drawing;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
 using BluntDirectX.Direct3D;
 
 namespace OpenRa.Game
 {
+	public delegate void Renderable(Renderer renderer, Viewport viewport);
 	class Viewport
 	{
 		readonly Size clientSize;
 		readonly float2 mapSize;
 		float2 scrollPosition;
+		readonly Renderer renderer;
 
 		public PointF ScrollPosition { get { return scrollPosition.ToPointF(); } }
 		public Size ClientSize { get { return clientSize; } }
@@ -20,10 +23,40 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			scrollPosition = (scrollPosition + delta).Constrain(new Range<float2>(float2.Zero, mapSize));
 		}
 
-		public Viewport(Size clientSize, float2 mapSize)
+		public Viewport(Size clientSize, float2 mapSize, Renderer renderer)
 		{
 			this.clientSize = clientSize;
 			this.mapSize = 24 * mapSize - new float2(clientSize) + new float2(128, 0);
+			this.renderer = renderer;
+		}
+
+		List<Region> regions;
+		public void ResquestRegion(AnchorStyles anchor, int distanceFromAnchor, Renderable drawFunction)
+		{
+			switch (anchor)
+			{
+				case AnchorStyles.Top:
+					regions.Add(new Region(new PointF(0, 0), new Size(clientSize.Width, distanceFromAnchor), drawFunction));
+					break;
+				case AnchorStyles.Bottom:
+					regions.Add(new Region(new PointF(0, clientSize.Height), new Size(clientSize.Width, distanceFromAnchor), drawFunction));
+					break;
+				case AnchorStyles.Left:
+					regions.Add(new Region(new PointF(0, 0), new Size(distanceFromAnchor, clientSize.Height), drawFunction));
+					break;
+				case AnchorStyles.Right:
+					regions.Add(new Region(new PointF(clientSize.Width, 0), new Size(distanceFromAnchor, clientSize.Height), drawFunction));
+					break;
+				case AnchorStyles.None:
+					throw new NotImplementedException();
+					break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		public void DrawRegions()
+		{
+			foreach (Region region in regions)
+				region.Draw(renderer, this);
 		}
 	}
 }