Can someone recommend Dungeon Tiles for KotS?

[JVisgaitis]

Just curious if someone could recommend what set or sets of Dungeon Tiles I would need to run KotS? I normally just usea dry erase board, but we're going to give the tiles a try and we wouldn't to pick up a couple sets. Thanks!

 

[JVisgaitis]

Um, does anyone use Dungeon Tiles?

 

[Snarls-at-Fleas]

Yep I use them and they are great. I am just not so familiar with KotS yet to give any advice. But I think Sets #1, #2 (Arcane Corridors) & #3 (Hidden Crypts) would be good for it.
#1 is a generic dungeon.
#2 has lots of magical traps & trappings
#3 has lots of death-related thingies and diagonal tiles, which are great

#4 (Wilderness) is not so useful here I guess so as #5 (Caves) and I don't have #6 (Fane of the Forgotten Gods) to say something about it.

 

[Jer]

Um, does anyone use Dungeon Tiles?

I do. But I haven't had the time to sit down and see if the room shapes in KotS are going to work well with the Tiles or not. Thanks for the reminder that I need to get on that before next weekend...

I would hope that, as Snarls-at-Fleas suggests, the tiles in sets 1, 2 and 3 would be enough (actually, I'd hope that two sets would be enough unless you want to keep the whole dungeon on the table the whole time), but:

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There is the one part of the first level that is basically a small network of caves, IIRC. If you want it to "look" like that you might want the "caverns of the underdark" set as well. I'm not sure yet - I find both the caverns and the wilderness sets to be too much of a pain-in-the-neck to deal with at the table most of the time. So I'll probably just use the regular tiles and tell the players to imagine it looking more "tunnel-y".
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[JesterOC]

Um, does anyone use Dungeon Tiles?

I don't but I am curious also. Anyone?

JesterOC

 

[hero4hire]

Just curious if someone could recommend what set or sets of Dungeon Tiles I would need to run KotS? I normally just usea dry erase board, but we're going to give the tiles a try and we wouldn't to pick up a couple sets. Thanks!

I see you got a slightly more helpful response then my thread I posted yesterday asking the same question.

 

[WotC_GregB]

Just curious if someone could recommend what set or sets of Dungeon Tiles I would need to run KotS? I normally just usea dry erase board, but we're going to give the tiles a try and we wouldn't to pick up a couple sets. Thanks!

I found the most recent set, Dungeon Tiles VI: Fane of the Forgotten, and the second set, Dungeon Tiles II: Arcane Corridors most useful. Although my tiles are so mixed together, I'm sure I used things from other sets as well.

 

[AZRogue]

I have 4 each of every set (only 2 of the first set, though) and keep them all in a jumble in a file box. It's pretty hard to organize them so I'm afraid that I can't offer much help as to which tile sets to use, though the advise above is sound and I think any of the tile sets that feature dungeon rooms and corridors could be adapted. You don't have to be exact, just make an approximation.

As to the encounter areas, I have a flexible file folder, with different pockets. I've put together 4 areas so far, laid out on a table against black poster board, and taken a digital picture. Those tiles, along with the picture, go into one of the spaces in the file folder. When the PCs get to an area I can pull out the picture and lay out the tiles inside as shown--and I know that the folder pocket only contains those tiles I want to use.

I was going to mark treasure and creatures on the digital photo but was too lazy. They're in the module anyway.

It's a useful way to organize for quick deployment at the table. I even have ziploc bags with my minis for each encounter area, too.

 

[Boarstorm]

I have 4 each of every set (only 2 of the first set, though) and keep them all in a jumble in a file box. It's pretty hard to organize them so I'm afraid that I can't offer much help as to which tile sets to use, though the advise above is sound and I think any of the tile sets that feature dungeon rooms and corridors could be adapted. You don't have to be exact, just make an approximation.

As to the encounter areas, I have a flexible file folder, with different pockets. I've put together 4 areas so far, laid out on a table against black poster board, and taken a digital picture. Those tiles, along with the picture, go into one of the spaces in the file folder. When the PCs get to an area I can pull out the picture and lay out the tiles inside as shown--and I know that the folder pocket only contains those tiles I want to use.

I was going to mark treasure and creatures on the digital photo but was too lazy. They're in the module anyway.

It's a useful way to organize for quick deployment at the table. I even have ziploc bags with my minis for each encounter area, too.

Those are... excellent tips, actually.

Thanks, AZRogue. I think you just saved me twenty minutes of digging through my tile drawer next session.

 

[hero4hire]

I have 4 each of every set (only 2 of the first set, though) and keep them all in a jumble in a file box. It's pretty hard to organize them so I'm afraid that I can't offer much help as to which tile sets to use, though the advise above is sound and I think any of the tile sets that feature dungeon rooms and corridors could be adapted. You don't have to be exact, just make an approximation.

As to the encounter areas, I have a flexible file folder, with different pockets. I've put together 4 areas so far, laid out on a table against black poster board, and taken a digital picture. Those tiles, along with the picture, go into one of the spaces in the file folder. When the PCs get to an area I can pull out the picture and lay out the tiles inside as shown--and I know that the folder pocket only contains those tiles I want to use.

I was going to mark treasure and creatures on the digital photo but was too lazy. They're in the module anyway.

It's a useful way to organize for quick deployment at the table. I even have ziploc bags with my minis for each encounter area, too.

Damn man ya wanna come over and organize my gaming shelves too?

Those are good tips though. At least I know what I am getting into if I go out and buy the products.

Thx guys!