Completed Stones Dungeon Tiles - Frontline Games

[CorallineAlgae]

Very nice to see we are almost to $14,000 this morning.

 

No kidding! I was concerned for a while there. When I saw three days of negative growth I almost lost hope. The double-sided upgrade really turned things around. That and the add-ons really turned this project around. 

[Frankthedm]

So have they mentioned where the tiles will be manufactured?

[Darsc Zacal]

So have they mentioned where the tiles will be manufactured?

I asked the creators a similar question in a PM on the KS site a few days ago.

Their reply was that while they would like to eventually bring production to the US, at this time they're planning to have the initial molds and production done overseas, unless something changes domestically sooner than expected.

 

I suspect it all depends on how successful their kickstarter ends up being.

[Trodax]

A couple of days ago, when this was sitting still at $10K, I was kind of thinking it might have a hard time getting funded. Nice to see it's now almost at $16K.

 

I'm sitting on one of the EB's for now, whilst thinking about whether or not this product is for me (or rather if I can justify the expense; the international shipping is a bit rough). My situation is that I've so far been quite happy with the Chessex mat we game on. Dwarven Forge looks great, but has still been an easy pass, as for me the drawbacks seem to outweigh the benefits: very expensive, takes up a lot of storage space, a hassle to carry around (we always game at different locations), I'm guessing it takes quite a bit of time to set it up, and lastly I think the walls would actually just be too fiddly for us when gaming, especially when considering how many minis have protruding parts and whatnot. These Stones tiles seem to do better in almost all those regards, and I like the simplicity of just having everything in the 2x2 format (well, I think I would actually cut a few apart to have a couple of corner pieces and some 1-inch corridors, but it's still pretty simple).

 

I've put the question to my gaming group, and they seem to think they look pretty great. One guy commented that it might take a bit more time to lay things out (as compared to drawing on the map), but I'm not sure it would be so bad. He also said that extra time might be outweighed by the awesomness of the whole thing.

[CorallineAlgae]

I've put the question to my gaming group, and they seem to think they look pretty great. One guy commented that it might take a bit more time to lay things out (as compared to drawing on the map), but I'm not sure it would be so bad. He also said that extra time might be outweighed by the awesomness of the whole thing.

 

The affordability, weight, and small form factor got my attention right away. The double sided awesomness has me trapped. There's no escape for me. 

[MiniCannuck]

I think they look pretty great and love the 2-sided concept.  However, after having my DF tiles for some time, I think it will be a pass for my group.

 

We play both RPGs and miniature games.  We love terrain for the miniature games but with the RPGs, our game masters rather use the erasable mats due to practicality.  I guess our thought is that with a miniatures game, you want to take the extra effort to build your board since you will be playing on it for a few hours.  With encounters in a RPG, they don't last long enough and often breaks the momentum of our games to stop and put down terrain.

[Florin]

I'm backing these because they'll setup quicker than DF. DF is fantastic if you have a lot of room and time to pre-build. However, you should be able to just throw these on a table and make rooms quickly since you don't have to worry about walls.

[jcg]

I had two concerns looking at this KS and they were both $$$ related...

 

* The "Deep Pockets" of gaming have already dropped 1K-10K+ on DF. If you have a dedicated gaming table, gaming room with storage, or game in a static location; I'd choose DF too. I'll freely admit I think DF looks better. If I didn't have to transport my stuff around every week and have financial limits I'd be all over DF. DF is really nice stuff, but doesn't meet my needs.

 

* This is the absolute worst possible time for a KS to end, especially for those without deep pockets. I don't know why they choose to end on Dec 20th,  I don't know if this was chosen for tax reasons, competitive reasons (I know there's one other company that recently did a pretty successful KS that is planning a similar tile system for 2015), or for production reasons to avoid manufacturing/shipping delays and keep delivery times away from the 2015 holiday season, or what.... While they may have a backerkit or whatnot to pick up more pledges in Jan/Feb, those aren't going to help the KS grow.

 

But concerns aside, Stones will meet all my needs so I'm in for a EB now and hopefully with a backerkit or whatnot I'll be able to add more after the first of the year.

[Talae]

I would have liked to see it end a few days after Christmas instead of the 20th. That would have meant possible gift money for some people.

[jcg]

They opened another bank of EB master builder spots if anyone here is one of the 5 backers in the normal master builder spots might want to switch over for the free furniture.

[Jeneki]

I like the look of these quite a bit. After trying Dwarven Forge at GenCon long ago, I decided not to go with it, mostly because the walls got in the way and caused too many issues to justify the aesthetics. After that I tried the Mage Knight Dungeon tiles, which were cheap and the walls removable, but the size was too weird and optimized only for that specific game.

 

The tiles in Stones is exactly what I'm looking for though. This will be hard to resist.

[jcg]

The tiles in Stones is exactly what I'm looking for though. This will be hard to resist.

Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated!

[ced1106]

Funding reached. I think these tiles do an excellent job *alongside* DF tiles. Use the DF tiles for the "boss" rooms, and the DS tiles for corridors (easy to move miniatures) and minion rooms. You can also build the first sections of your dungeon with these tiles, and remove them during play, leaving your DF eye-candy tiles on the table! 

 

New inlay add-ons! Eight bucks gets you ten sheets of dungeon effects. A little saturated, but still utilitarian!

 

[pcktlnt]

That inlay add-on is what my group does with the dragobforge tiles. Print out a bunch of graphics on paper and build the tiles around the paper. It's pretty cool. Especially since you have a drop , it feels like a recess where the liquids have collected.

[Florin]

By the power of Reaper updates! Glad Reaper sent this out to backers. :)