Alternatives to Dungeon Tiles?
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Keeper of Secrets
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For the price and quality, I really think the Dungeon Tiles from WotC are pretty darn good.
Glyfair
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Keeper of Secrets said:
I agree.
Their biggest drawback is, interestingly enough, their biggest strength. The thickness and quality of the materials is higher than anything comparable in the RPG field (going back to some of the old GW adventure tiles from the 80's I have). The only thing as thick are the D&D basic set tiles. For some, the difference in thickness is a deal breaker.
Personally, I have no problem with the difference. I use them next to the Paizo Gamemastery tiles (which I'm going to be reviewing soon) and have no proble,s.
SavageRobby
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I dislike WotC in general, but I love the dungeon tiles (at least the indoor ones). I have two sets of each, and I'm considering a third of each just for additional flexibility.
Personally, I don't like the Paizo tiles. They are really limited and don't mix/match well (one of the WotC tiles strengths). I've heard the later sets have addressed this, but I bought a few of the early sets and have never used them.
These are all PDF products/companies:
WWG Dungeon Tiles are good, but a little limited (they need to make more sets). You can also make tiles from a number of their other sets.
Fat Dragon makes tile sets. I don't have any of those, but I have some of their 3D sets. The artwork is okay - it looks more like photographs that have been digitally massaged to fill the volume.
Skeleton Key Games makes a wide variety of tile sets, and for pure range and flexibility, if you're going to print your own, you can't go wrong. The art is a little cartoonish compared to most of the other companies, too.
Ebbles Miniatures also has a set of SciFi tiles, I believe. (They're better known for their 3D vehicles/robots, and easily are the best out there in that range.)
For homemade tiles, I print them, then spray glue them to matboard (the kind of board that is used in picture framing) and then cut them out. This gives the tiles heft and keeps them from sliding around on the table or blowing away in an errant sneeze, and also makes them about the same width as the WotC tiles.
Personally, I don't like the Paizo tiles. They are really limited and don't mix/match well (one of the WotC tiles strengths). I've heard the later sets have addressed this, but I bought a few of the early sets and have never used them.
These are all PDF products/companies:
WWG Dungeon Tiles are good, but a little limited (they need to make more sets). You can also make tiles from a number of their other sets.
Fat Dragon makes tile sets. I don't have any of those, but I have some of their 3D sets. The artwork is okay - it looks more like photographs that have been digitally massaged to fill the volume.
Skeleton Key Games makes a wide variety of tile sets, and for pure range and flexibility, if you're going to print your own, you can't go wrong. The art is a little cartoonish compared to most of the other companies, too.
Ebbles Miniatures also has a set of SciFi tiles, I believe. (They're better known for their 3D vehicles/robots, and easily are the best out there in that range.)
For homemade tiles, I print them, then spray glue them to matboard (the kind of board that is used in picture framing) and then cut them out. This gives the tiles heft and keeps them from sliding around on the table or blowing away in an errant sneeze, and also makes them about the same width as the WotC tiles.
Keeper of Secrets
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I am curious what your complaint is with the WotC tiles? Like I said, a real turn on for me was the affordability, honestly.
Nebulous
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I've been making my own dungeon tiles for years. It just takes a little Photoshop know how, and some slightly sturdy paper. Alternatively, i've also used Walmart.com to print out battle boards on 10x8 inch photo paper. I like the ones that Wizards does well enough, but it's also a lot of fun to create boards of varying size tailored precisely for your adventure. Of course, it's also a time-suck.
One of the most gruesome boards i designed was from a simple Google search: i found a high res photo of an operating procedure, cropped it to the size i needed, and used it as a gelatinous room of folding skin and bubbling ichors that the PC's had to cross.
Most of them are much simpler though, like this exterior forest map. It makes adjudicating movement penalties much easier just by seeing the terrain.
EDIT: 0one Games makes some great tiles as well, i've used their stuff many, many times.
One of the most gruesome boards i designed was from a simple Google search: i found a high res photo of an operating procedure, cropped it to the size i needed, and used it as a gelatinous room of folding skin and bubbling ichors that the PC's had to cross.
Most of them are much simpler though, like this exterior forest map. It makes adjudicating movement penalties much easier just by seeing the terrain.
EDIT: 0one Games makes some great tiles as well, i've used their stuff many, many times.
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