The weak points are likely to be the clips, which you can buy additional packs of fairly cheaply. Don’t barbarian rage and huck them at your players or run over them with a wagon, and you should be fine.
The sets also come with additional clips to make them compatible with 3D-printed pieces, which The walls and floors connect using plastic clips in some cleverly-designed slots in the bases.Also included in both core sets are columns that clip directly to the walls and can be used to close the awkward gaps that appear any time you’re trying to build out walls for this kind of exercise.Walls can go in pretty much any square configuration, which means that the square inch-age you get is more flexible than comparison sets.There are also several internal wall pieces that also slide between floor tiles, which is both a brilliant idea, and lets you create complex internal structures.Internal doors slide between floor tiles. Doorways come in several varieties: external doors that clip to floors, including some double-doors.The walls are all half-height, with some pieces (windows and doors) rising higher.The fact that the walls clip on, rather than being built in also improves their flexibility. This vastly increases the flexibility of the sets, since you can swap floors between town and dungeon options. In what might be the single-best idea Wizards had, the floor tiles are all two-sided, with one side being stone floors, and the other being wood.The basic dungeon set is about the same cost per square inch of coverage as a pre-painted Dwarven Forge starter set (58-60 cents/square inch). The Town & Village set is much smaller at the same price, clocking at 96 inches. You won’t be building any megadungeons with this unless you also plan on spending megabucks. Size: at 168 square inches of floor coverage, the Dungeon I set is just a little under a quarter of the footprint of a Paizo battle map.Visual appeal: all tiles are pre-painted (thank goodness), and when clipped together, they look seamless.I’m blessed to be in an area where there are no fewer than four local gaming stores I go to on a fairly regular basis three of the four had these tiles in stock on opening weekend. The main reason I never bought Dwarven Forge stuff is honestly because it wasn’t available at any of the stores I shop at, and I’m really, really big into instant gratification. Availability: this is a big, big deal.However, that’s less than the cost of two core books for most of the non-indie games that are out there now, so it’s not aninsurmountable obstacle for players who are in the market for this kind of thing.
Cost: at 100 bucks for a starter set, these are not cheap.While I’m sure there are differences in quality and how they work in-play, unless rubbing Dwarven Forge tiles grants wishes or something, I’m confident the comparison is fair, even if I’m not personally holding a piece at the time. However, the information I use for comparison is freely available on the Dwarven Forge website. I don’t actually own any Dwarven Forge tiles, primarily because up until a couple of weeks ago, when I wanted tiles or terrain I either 3D printed or made them.
I have no regrets, and will almost certainly be buying more as they come out.
DUNGEON TILES LOST CAVES OF THE UNDERDARK FULL
I’m just some semi-adult nobody who still likes playing with toys, and I paid full list price at a friendly local gaming store for these.
This is clearly their answer to Dwarven Forge tile sets, and while it isn’t cheap by any stretch of the imagination, it is also very, very cool. Recently, WizKids has released several sets of interlocking three-dimensional tiles (called WarLock) that can be used to physically build encounter locations.
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