Desert of Athas Dungeon Tiles

[WanderingMonster]

I suppose it makes sense to have water stand in for silt from the standpoint of getting more use out of a single set of tiles, and also avoiding confusion between regular sand and silt.

 

[ourchair]

In 4e heroes are exceptional! And are exceptionally good at finding exceptional things like water! Exceptional!

 

[Dice4Hire]

In 4e heroes are exceptional! And are exceptionally good at finding exceptional things like water! Exceptional!

I find it exceptional you used the exceptional word exceptional an exceptionally exceptional amount of times in this exceptional thread.

 

[hvg3akaek]

A bit disappointing that the 3D elements are largely the same as the last set, but overall, the tiles do look nice!

 

[Jools]

What are the bench like parts at the back?

 

[WanderingMonster]

What are the bench like parts at the back?

That's where old folks in Athas feed the dire pigeons.

 

[Lord Xtheth]

If only I hadn't already printed out those Dragon tile PDFs...

 

[Dice4Hire]

What are the bench like parts at the back?

Those are wagons, kinda. Enough room at the top for 2 medium miniatures and enough space in the back for a large. One comes with each set.

So looking at reverse sides:

Building: Adobe brown or light brown.

Stairs: Ditto

Water pieces: With the exception of two pieces, all the water pieces have desert or other non-water elements on the back.

The boat has a stream mouth on the reverse. And the small 2x2 has solid water on one side and a bend in a stream on the other side.

So the set can make a nice desert with no water if desired. Nice design.

With water, you pretty much saw all the water in the pictures linked above. So about two-thirds of the non-3D tiles have water elements. The are solid water pieces, a few shore pieces, and some river/stream pieces.

 

[Pseudopsyche]

So the set can make a nice desert with no water if desired. Nice design.

I just got my set, too—thanks, D&D Encounters!—and I agree about the design. But I find myself really wanting to create a desert-island side trek now!

 

[Jhaelen]

So the set can make a nice desert with no water if desired. Nice design.

Agreed! Definitely another must-buy for me.

Water/coast/harbour tiles is actually one of the sets I've been asking for.

Since next year there'll be an ice/snow set, all that's really left is a couple of swamp/marsh and maybe hill/mountain tiles.