Pop-Up Terrain: Is This The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?

I've just backed a Kickstarter campaign -- and it's not a cheap one ($290 for the full set) -- for fold-away-pop-up terrain. If you're familiar with pop-up books, you'll get the idea.

There's four sets - Ancient, Dungeon, Cathedral, and Obsidian (which is a sci-fi set), all with 1-inch grids. Each set is made of a number of tiles which can be swapped out should you want to put trees in your dungeon, and the 3D structures are strong enough to hold the weight of miniatures, allowing you to stand them on roofs and other structures.

Upzone - The Pop Up Wargaming & RPG Terrain System

Pop Up Terrain System for Wargames, Miniatures Tabletop Games, RPGs, D&D and more! Setup in Seconds & Fold away completely flat!

www.kickstarter.com

As I mentioned, it's not cheap. $290 for the full set, or $100 for a single set. Technically you're getting three sets for $290, but they're giving away the fourth, Obsidian Zone, for free as a stretch goal. There's also a bunch of small terrain pieces (crates, rune circles, trees, rivers, etc. available as stretch goals).

Now I just need the pandemic to end, as terrain and miniatures aren't much use on Zoom!

 

[DarthPanic]

Looks great and I think its pricing is fair for a board of that size. That said, I considered it but decided against it, as even from the videos the buildings seem to wobble, and I'm afraid that constant use will deteriorate them. Also, fixed positions of terrain pieces its not optimal for repetitive gaming . But I wish them all the luck

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Is This The Best Ting Since Sliced Bread?​

Having looked at the prices charged at my local bakeries and supermarkets, I would have to say the best thing since sliced bread is .... unsliced bread.

 

[Morrus]

Is This The Best Ting Since Sliced Bread?​

Having looked at the prices charged at my local bakeries and supermarkets, I would have to say the best thing since sliced bread is .... unsliced bread.

Unsliced bread came before sliced bread. Pretty much by definition.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Unsliced bread came before sliced bread. Pretty much by definition.

Are you sure?

Word on the street is that the first birthday cake was made by gluing together 40 cupcakes.

I learned that absolutely true fact at Sprinkles!

 

[TheSword]

Loving this terrain. A really smart idea, particularly for 40k players like me that play a couple of times a year and don’t have the space. A couple of choice barricades etc would work really well with this set.

 

[Arilyn]

What a cool idea.

 

[pogre]

I use terrain and miniatures on Zoom all the time. I just set up a second camera (phone). It's kind of cool, because sometimes you can set up entire encounters ahead of time and just move your camera around the table for the current "scene." Just a thought.

On topic - these are cool and for usable portable terrain seems like a worthwhile investment.

 

[Von Ether]

This one was much cheaper and more modular, but it was also more DIY. It was popular enough to a second KS.

Pop-Up Miniature Terrain Kit

We're producing a kit so you can craft paper pop-up terrain for miniature tabletop wargaming and RPGs!

www.kickstarter.com

But for saving space and ease of setup, pop up terrain needs more love.

 

[darjr]

I’ve been asking for this for years! I bugged fat dragon games and those pop up card folks.