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Enchanted Trinkets Complete--a hardcover book containing over 500 magic items for your D&D games!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeGKushner" data-source="post: 2011910" data-attributes="member: 1129">After reviewing Wizard’s of the Coast 3-D maps, I went back to a product I received for the Ennies, Darkstone Halls, Volume #1 in the Chunky Dungeons series. In many ways, it’s the same type of beast as the WoTC product. It has a similar construction and packing. The tiles are on good heavy stocked paper and have great illustrations. They can be assembled and made into a 3-D environment. Instructions on the cardstock itself are brief to nonexistent. In terms of physical material, we have 60 pages with over 279 full color items. The only problem I have with it, is that the floor tiles don’t have marks to show where the crucial one inch marks are for any D&D campaign. It’s not a terrible issue as most of them look suitied for say Mage Knight and you could approximate it, but it’s a shame that the extra step couldn’t be taken. Maybe provide one for the one-inch scale and on the electronic version, include another one for the one and a half inch version. A lot of material is included here. This ranges from classic floor tiles with everything from skeletons and sewer grates lined up on them, to water and laval canal tiles with props ranging from bookcases and beds, to tables and torture wheels. The scale on those and the walls isn’t really as noticeable as the lack of scale on the floor.The crucial area where this product is superior is that it comes with a CD. When you pop the CD into your computer, you get a menu with adobe reader, instructions, and models and more instructions. When looking at the WoTC product, I knew that some people who love this paper stuff would want multiple towers and walls requiring them to buy multiple copies. With this product, you can just print out the stuff you want extras of.When looking at the instructions, they’re in PDF format. The bad news is that the instructions are ugly being on a black background and would tax even the most robust of printers with it’s ink drain and is thus a better online guide. Instructions include a list of materials, printing instructions, cutting tips, gluing, edging, clipping, weighing down the models, and how to store them. This information could easily apply to all 3-D paper products and is good advice. While the black background is an abomination, each section does include full color photos for ease of following along.When looking at individual parts, say for example, columns, you’ll have two files. One the actual models themselves, in PDF format, the other, instructions for that model, also in PDF format. These instructions are much better in that they’re on white background with specific instructions for that type of model. It includes difficulty, build time, and number of models that you’ll typically need. For example, on columns, it has a listing of four to six.The instructions and the ability to print out what you need make this product superior to the WoTC one in pretty much every way. Even if you count the downloads from the WoTC site, this product includes the CD with it and has more pages than the WoTC one. If you’re looking for an inexpensive Reviewer's Note: This review covers the print version, available from DoorDice, costing $39.99 and can be found here: http://www.doordice.com/GameAids/ProductDetails.cfm?Product_UID=PJ4LK7M0www.worldworksgames.com</blockquote>

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