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Nirmala City Tiles is an excellent example of the STL Kickstarter boom

December 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The campaign has hit its funding goal, so we’re on track for digital delivery. It’s the 7th campaign for Ola and builds on a previously established track record.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 3d printers, kickstarters, terrain

An interview with Louis Cassidy-rice, the man who’s found a way to make cheaper mushroom dice

October 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Designer and GM Louis Cassidy-rice had done the clever maths, the schema and figured out the production. There was a way to make models, models of fantasy mushrooms, that were also dice.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice, kickstarters, terrain

JustBard goes to Kickstarter: Replace battle maps with JstTerrain modules

September 13, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The boards are made from high-density foam, which means they’ll keep their shape, no matter what, says JustBard, and resist heat, even solvents like Acetone.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, terrain

Real Terrain Hobbies completes a stunningly realistic The Shire wargame board

September 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The last YouTube in Real Terrain Hobbie’s massive wargaming board for The Shire is complete.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: terrain, wargaming

Can you have dice shaped like mushrooms? This Kickstarter thinks so

July 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The idea behind dice shaped like mushrooms comes from an attempt to save money.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice, kickstarters, terrain

Upzone’s pop-up gaming terrain transforms tabletops

November 14, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The video shows whole buildings emerging when two halves of a playing mat are opened up. These mats fit together so you can turn a floor or a tabletop into an entire battleground.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battle mats, kickstarters, models, terrain

This D&D Waterdeep: Dragon Heist battle grid is lost in deadly fog

April 8, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

There are even sound effects for the scene with the bog bubbling and cracking as the PCs struggled in the mud.

Filed Under: Online Shows, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cartography, Dungeons & Dragons, terrain

TradeCraft Bonus: Tabletop chests, rugs and dungeon features

February 14, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Do you use miniatures in your RPGs? Do you use them to help make sense of melee? Or perhaps to assist the imagination? Over on Etsy, CicadaCrafts has a collection of tabletop terrain that does both. I’m not a huge fan of models in my gaming. I prefer to let imagination have almost total control […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dwarven Forge, Etsy, maps, models, terrain, tradecraft bonus

Terrain: Lizardmen Pillar ruins

January 26, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These fantastic terrain enhancements were built for a Warhammer game. The designer, William90, is interested in Nerf and robotics, so he’s clearly quite a creative chap. Instructions for building your own lizardman pillar can be found at Instructables if you fancy having a go. The moss-slicked standing stone, shaped like a gargantuan question mark, stood […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: terrain, wargaming, warhammer

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