Comments on: Playing with my Dungeon Tiles

By: themarcus

themarcus — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:10:21 +0000

These days I typically buy two sets of each as soon as they come out, usually one a week (when my weekly Borders coupon arrives). I’ve also recently discovered MasterPlan, and am using their Tactical Map tool with tile libraries I got from the PyMapper Yahoo group. You can save the maps out as .jpg files, for easy numbering etc.

By: newbiedm

newbiedm — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:45:31 +0000

A set of each except “streets of shadows”, and a few multiples of set 2 and 3.

By: JS Dougan

JS Dougan — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:17:53 +0000

Which sets do you own? How mahy of each?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:08:00 +0000

Yeah, the poster tack / foam board method for dungeon tile maps has really worked well for me for years.

By: newbiedm

newbiedm — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:53:15 +0000

@claus: let us know how it goes…
@carl: thx for the tip

By: Claus

Claus — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:36:02 +0000

Me too, have stopped using my tiles long ago. Exactly like you said, the tiles never seemed to fit my encounter ideas. I think your “make the room first, then fit the encounter around it” strategy might work better I will try it for this week’s game.

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By: kiltedyaksman

kiltedyaksman — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:04:50 +0000

What I’ve been doing to laying the map out on the floor with tiles. Take a picture. Open the image up in Paint and number all the rooms. Then, insert that image into your one-page dungeon sheet. There you go

Also, this makes for nice one-session sided dungeons for groups that don’t get togeter that often but still want a sense of accomplishment.

By: Carl Cravens

Carl Cravens — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:58:54 +0000

If you have a Canon printer, there are excellent third-party ink manufacturers. I buy carts for my PIXMA iP3000 for about $5 each and the quality has always been excellent. I’ve only had a problem with one cart, which was over-full and leaked until I gave the cart a squeeze over a paper towel to relieve the pressure.

If you have one of the newer ones that uses a chip to track usage, you can get a chip resetter for $15… I bought one for my wife’s PIXMA MP502 and it works like a charm. Just snap the chip off the old cart, snap it into the replacement, pop it in the resetter for a few seconds and it’s good to go.

Ink doesn’t have to be expensive, and you don’t have to get into messy refilling to get a good price.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:43:10 +0000

Using tiles can be challging, if your going to build your encounters in advance i recommend getting some straight pieces of cardboard, and use sticky tack to hold the tiles down. The sticky tack will hold the tiles in place for a few weeks.

Also You can use overhead projector sheets on top of your tiles, to add your own flair with dry erase markers.

the downside is that sometimes you need to buy multiple sets, or building the encounter while you play takes away from game time.

Love your maps, pretty solid.