Dungeon Delve feedback for WotC

[Daniel D. Fox]

I dig the article and layout of the Dungeon Delve. However, it would be tremendously helpful to publish how many sets of the Dungeon Tiles needed to lay out the entire map, so introspective DMs don't have to rearrange all of the tiles between rooms.

Plus, it could help boost your sales for the Tiles product (now, only if you can make them compatible with dry erase markers).


Cheers,
Daniel

 

[Adso]

I dig the article and layout of the Dungeon Delve. However, it would be tremendously helpful to publish how many sets of the Dungeon Tiles needed to lay out the entire map, so introspective DMs don't have to rearrange all of the tiles between rooms.

Plus, it could help boost your sales for the Tiles product (now, only if you can make them compatible with dry erase markers).


Cheers,
Daniel

Hi Daniel,

I know it was a goal in the development of Dungeon Delve to simplify all the delves so they required only one set of tiles. While that could not be achieved with some of the larger area (see "Shadowfell Schism" page 162 as one example) those areas that require more than one set are called out in the "tiles" section of the delve.

So, if it doesn't say the number, it is one set. If it's more than one, it tells you. If it doesn't, that's just an error and one I wouldn't mind calling out in an update of the product in the future.

I can't help you with the second request. I know we looked into it, but it would have hiked up the price of the product. We went for awesome and affordable. I think we made the right decision there.

 

[avin]

Adso, what do you guys think of try someday sell that adventures with the maps included instead of tiles?

As an owner of 6 of your dungeon tiles I'd like to say that in my experience maps are far easier to use.

 

[Adso]

Adso, what do you guys think of try someday sell that adventures with the maps included instead of tiles?

As an owner of 6 of your dungeon tiles I'd like to say that in my experience maps are far easier to use.

Well, we do sell adventures with maps. The number of maps that are in Dungeon Delve would have easily doubled or tripled the price of the product. Dungeon Tiles on the other hand are versatile and almost infinitely reusable.

While I am not knowledgeable about the exact numbers, I am pretty confident our Dungeon Tiles vastly outsells any map product we've produced. While maps are easier to use, they are harder to customize. With mapping, customization often wins, I think.

I use a variety of mapping solutions in my game, but Dungeon Tiles sees the most use from me. I have a velvet tablecloth that keeps them in place (and it’s black so the set-up just looks cooler). I put individual dungeon sections in plastic envelopes, so I can grab a section and place it quickly. It also helps when I am running games away from my home game table.

 

[AnthonyRoberson]

I dig the article and layout of the Dungeon Delve. However, it would be tremendously helpful to publish how many sets of the Dungeon Tiles needed to lay out the entire map, so introspective DMs don't have to rearrange all of the tiles between rooms.

Plus, it could help boost your sales for the Tiles product (now, only if you can make them compatible with dry erase markers).


Cheers,
Daniel

On a related note, it would super-cool of WotC to publish a (reduced size) image of all the tiles in a new set on their website so that prospective buyers can see them. For instance, I am interested in Caves of Carnage, but I really would like to see exactly what's in the set before I lay my money down...

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

I use a variety of mapping solutions in my game, but Dungeon Tiles sees the most use from me. I have a velvet tablecloth that keeps them in place (and it’s black so the set-up just looks cooler). I put individual dungeon sections in plastic envelopes, so I can grab a section and place it quickly. It also helps when I am running games away from my home game table.

Ah, a velvet tablecloth will help keep them place! We use one of the 8'x4' markerboards with the 1" squared already marked on it (for geometry classes) and just began purchasing the Dungeon Tiles products. I was using stickytak to keep them in place, but I like your method much better.

Thanks for the tip, and the feedback!

Cheers,
daniel

 

[fba827]

On a related note, it would super-cool of WotC to publish a (reduced size) image of all the tiles in a new set on their website so that prospective buyers can see them. For instance, I am interested in Caves of Carnage, but I really would like to see exactly what's in the set before I lay my money down...

Thanee on these boards was nice enough to compile a picture of all her(?) sets.
http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/234507-dungeon-tiles-photos.html
The thread is only updated to a couple months ago, so I don't believe the particular set you're asking about is there. But all the others seem to be there.

 

[Hawke]

Two things...

1) Has anybody stuck the sticky (i.e. no heat based) laminate you can buy from officemax on the tiles? I thought that would be a good method of making them dry-erase compatible.

2) The best solution I've found so far are the giant flip-charts you can get from officemax that have a 1 inch grid on them. Easy to get a quick marker and colored pencils and draw up dungeons. Looks like the delve ones will fit pretty easily on a single sheet so it should be some fun gaming for only a few bucks to get the flip chart!

 

[Thanee]

Yep, Caves pics coming up in two weeks or so. Don't have the tiles yet.

Bye
Thanee

 

[smerwin29]

I know it was a goal in the development of Dungeon Delve to simplify all the delves so they required only one set of tiles.

Dude, we SO need a Dungeon Delve 2!

Shawn
(who is not biased in any way)