OMG! Why didn't I know about this before today?!?

[Jan van Leyden]

I bought one of their products to test it. Assembling the stuff was okay, and the models look really good, but ... how on earth is one supposed to store these things?

I mean, dozens of delicated paper models! They won't survive for long in our family.

As cool as they are looking and as fun it is to work with them, I have decided to drop the idea.

 

[jdrakeh]

I bought one of their products to test it. Assembling the stuff was okay, and the models look really good, but ... how on earth is one supposed to store these things?

I get the impression that adhering the cardstock to foam core makes the pieces far more durable and, if notched properly, said pieces can be disassembled and reassembled like Master Maze stuff. This is what I'm going to attempt with the CastleWorks set, anyhow.

 

[Vicente]

Worldworks stuff is really good. We have been using it for some months in my 4e game and the players love it

We have printed the tiles over magnet and the scenery on 250gr paper with small magnets on the bottom and then we mount everything over a magnetic whiteboard (90cmx60cm) and it doesn't move an inch and it looks great (and you can use part of the whiteboard to take notes about initiative, status,...).

 

[Jan van Leyden]

I get the impression that adhering the cardstock to foam core makes the pieces far more durable and, if notched properly, said pieces can be disassembled and reassembled like Master Maze stuff. This is what I'm going to attempt with the CastleWorks set, anyhow.

Right, but still you have to store the stuff somewhere. And be able to retreive it when you need it.

I don't have a big cupboard at the gaming table, and no cupboard with enough free space in it in the entire house.

It's a nice idea and well executed, but due to practical reasons not useful for me.

 

[jdrakeh]

Right, but still you have to store the stuff somewhere. And be able to retreive it when you need it.

This is true of all gaming terrain. If I affix this cardstock stuff to foam core, it should actually take up less space than traditional game scenery/terrain. I should be able to break it down and carry it disassembled in one of my old army transport cases. I mean, unless I'm building entire cites to scale (which seems like an exercise in madness, even if I'm only working with cardstock).

 

[D'karr]

This is true of all gaming terrain. If I affix this cardstock stuff to foam core, it should actually take up less space than traditional game scenery/terrain. I should be able to break it down and carry it disassembled in one of my old army transport cases. I mean, unless I'm building entire cites to scale (which seems like an exercise in madness, even if I'm only working with cardstock).

Keep in mind that if your plan is to carry your new terrain in a "collapsed" state and then reassemble it in another location, you will have to modify your builds to account for this. This might require that you do not glue all the tabs on a set so that you can easily break the terrain apart. You might have to look into a different adhesive of just use double sided tape.

It is doable but you will have to plan for this from the beginning as you are building your set. Once you've closed all the boxes and glued all tabs in place the build shapes are mostly permanent and not easy to break apart, without some prior planning.

 

[Calico_Jack73]

The Worldworks stuff is VERY nice but it does take some work and quite a bit of time to get even the smallest dungeon built. I gave up on it as I don't have the time to sit down and build wall section after wall section.

 

[Xer0]

DMMagic, in some of those photo sets you added, you mentioned having to resize them for 1 inch grids. Are they not already set up for D&D minis play, ie, 1 inch grids?

 

[FunkBGR]

What's even better is that World Works Games fully supports kitbashing their own models - that is, ripping them apart and putting them together in new ways!

I bought a lot of their sets, and build all kinds of things with it. Instead of their standard masterboard setup though, I put magnets on a 40" by 30" sheet of foamboard, and put adhesive magnetic paper from the local craft store on the bottom of my models. You can store them sticking to the board, or hell, even on the fridge that way.

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

Cardtsock terrain is great, I'm glad you found the hobby! We've got a number of sets available as well, two of which even won ENnies: