Completed Dwarven Forge KS4

[Erk]

hm. I kinda wish I'd been around with a budget for the first two kickstarters, the last one was less suited to my needs... and I am not sure about this one. If it's castle parts that's great, but if it's going to cost hundreds of USD to build anything that's another story.

 

Mind you, mainly when I need castles for my players I need a room here and there, not an entire single constructed castle. I don't know if he's stating his budget for that. I will be watching.

 

Curse the exchange rate.

[kodiakbear]

 

Mind you, mainly when I need castles for my players I need a room here and there, not an entire single constructed castle. I don't know if he's stating his budget for that. I will be watching.

 

 

 

 

For your above need It sounds like the KS1 items might be your best bet.  Perhaps the few people who posted here they had not used their KS1 items might wish to sell to you.

 

On the other hand KS4 might have an even better option.

 

We will have to see.

 

[Talae]

I need to pick up more KS1 stuff. Ebay has it consistently, but the Dwarven Forge store isn't a bad choice.

 

As for this Kickstarter, I am under the impression that the $1500 total would give a full tanle layout of a castle, while the $300 estimate will give a nice keep/watchtower  (which is more practical for my games anyway).

 

The other thing, though, is depending on how this is structured could impact my decisions greatly. The big value is in the stretch goals. Getting multiples of stretch goals really compounds value and makes the per piece cost go down.

[Erk]

Oh, I definitely need ks1 stuff. I'll be done my education and making money in six months, and then I'm going to buy so much dwarven forge that I can swim in it like scrooge mcduck.

 

I do have use for exterior castle stuff too, just again not piles and piles. I expect to be in for the decor and for enough to stage a defence of a wall or a fight by a gate. Of course I thought I'd just be into bones 3 for a few core baddies, and I wound up getting most of it.

[edz16]

I went in for 3 sets on the first KS, 5 on the second, and the city level on the third.  I found that painting my first KS pieces was easy, bought the second KS pre-painted, and plan on painting the third.  I will plan on painting the fourth as well.  The instructions are good and the techniques are easy - its just time.

 

For me, the Castles (KS 4) is it.  I am a huge castle fan.  Castles are my thing so I expect to go in big.  I also feel OK going in big because my 5 boys (ages 11-2) all play with my dwarven forge stuff more than I game with it.  They love it, so I feel justified :) 

 

I have found that the easiest thing to do with the DF stuff is to use the floor plates, doors, and accessories, etc only, not the wall pieces.  If you have a big stack of floor plates (caverns or dungeon) and all the accessories quickly at hand, it is very easy to quickly make up an encounter location.  Plus its easier for everyone around the table to see in.  Just this little bit adds a huge amount to my games.

[Fugazi]

New teaser pic:

[kodiakbear]

One of the guards on all these DF KS4 Teaser pics has got a real pipe weed smoking problem.  It must be legal in Valor.

[Talae]

One of the guards on all these DF KS4 Teaser pics has got a real pipe weed smoking problem.  It must be legal in Valor.

It helps pass the long days on duty...

[dice4hire]

And carrying those huge freaking axe heads. Especially at that angle. 

[canuckotter]

One thing I'll be curious about with this is whether it'll break down nice and dense the way the KS3 stuff does... I can pack an entire table's worth of Frostgrave-ready buildings in the free tote bag that came with the KS rewards, plus one extra (small) box. That doesn't include everything I got (e.g. the roofs aren't included, nor are a bunch of the decorative items) but it's plenty for a good Frostgrave setup on a decent-sized table. Takes a bunch of setup time, of course... but it means I actually have place to put the stuff. If I tried to get the same number of buildings out of Hirst Arts blocks, I'd never have the space to store it all. If the Castles stuff can achieve the same storage density, then the value of it goes up quite a bit for me, because it means I'll be able to add a LOT more variety to my terrain options (especially for bigger setups) and still be able to store it.

[dice4hire]

https://plus.google.com/photos/photo/105024169190012987913/6252113182809053522?sqid=106644116220921162902&ssid=86803a32-4fc9-4166-9bd5-0aa6b03d4c0a

 

Newest pic from DFIV

[kodiakbear]

A teaser pic showing a few more details on the up coming DF KS4

 

 

 

[Fugazi]

Looks really cool.

 

I can't wait to see the rumored flying buttresses.

[morari]

The photos look cool, but I really wish that we would see more compatibility between sets and pieces. I backed the first two campaigns pretty heavily, but skipped out on the third because of this. I don't want slightly different stonework for my cities and castles, I just want cool new pieces to turn my preexisting dungeon walls into those things. In my mind, the third campaign could have just introduced some streets, windows, and roofs to have accomplished what I wanted. I fear that the castle will end up the same way. The initial dungeon tiles are still the most versatile and I'm already using them less and less outside of set-piece finales.

Edited February 23, 2016 by morari

[kodiakbear]

I love my dungeon tiles but they are no where as detailed as my KS2 and KS3 tiles.

 

And the reason IMO is that DF was not sure how much detail Dwarvenite could take and what kind of shapes would work in the molds. 

 

I remember how in the pre KS1 video Stefan almost seamed sad that they had to move to this PVC stuff. 

 

I think he and the rest of DF learned a lot during KS1 and started to push to see what he could do and what the factory could do for the awesome KS2 caverns.

 

Stefan is an sculptor and sculptors are artists, while I do not think DF with abandon the original dungeon tiles I do expect he wants to push for more artistic tiles.

 

As much as I love dungeon tiles their stones are pretty blocky.