Playsets
For all you 80's kids out there, do you remember the idea of "playsets," like Castle Grayskull or the GI Joe Command Center or the Death Star where you could set it up like a action-move dollhouse and create story after story?
So here's what I am doing:
Creating kits using the boxes that PLA filament comes in to hold thematic terrain for roleplaying games.
For those of you who do not know, PLA filament is the plastic thread a lot of 3D printers use to make stuff. The box is roughly 8" by 8" by 3". Half of the box can hold about 48 floor tiles that are 2" square while the other half can hold walls, corners, and other assorted pieces. Fully assembled, the kit would hold enough terrain to cover a square roughly 16" to 18" on a side, which for a small table is a pretty good layout. It can also handle three or four small rooms easily. By re-configuring the kit once or twice, you could theoretically handle eight to twelve encounters, depending on the size of the rooms involved. For my own group's speed and gaming session length, that represents easily a month's worth of gaming.
Right now I've started on the first playset/kit, one depicting a mine. My plans are to create another for a crypt, a generic dungeon, a cave, and a building (like an inn). The crypt and dungeon could share components easily, as could the mine and cave.
Here's a quick WIP shot of my mine playset. I may not have enough space for walls, and may need to re-evaluate the plan, but it gives you an idea of what can fit in a single box. I have about half the tiles painted (they are underneath the unpainted tiles). More pics as I continue work on the project.
So here's what I am doing:
Creating kits using the boxes that PLA filament comes in to hold thematic terrain for roleplaying games.
For those of you who do not know, PLA filament is the plastic thread a lot of 3D printers use to make stuff. The box is roughly 8" by 8" by 3". Half of the box can hold about 48 floor tiles that are 2" square while the other half can hold walls, corners, and other assorted pieces. Fully assembled, the kit would hold enough terrain to cover a square roughly 16" to 18" on a side, which for a small table is a pretty good layout. It can also handle three or four small rooms easily. By re-configuring the kit once or twice, you could theoretically handle eight to twelve encounters, depending on the size of the rooms involved. For my own group's speed and gaming session length, that represents easily a month's worth of gaming.
Right now I've started on the first playset/kit, one depicting a mine. My plans are to create another for a crypt, a generic dungeon, a cave, and a building (like an inn). The crypt and dungeon could share components easily, as could the mine and cave.
Here's a quick WIP shot of my mine playset. I may not have enough space for walls, and may need to re-evaluate the plan, but it gives you an idea of what can fit in a single box. I have about half the tiles painted (they are underneath the unpainted tiles). More pics as I continue work on the project.
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