I’m running some friends @ work through a DW campaign, but I’ve got a rotation of player characters that show up. I decided to make each session episodic – they’re exploring the perilous catacombs beneath a major city. Each session ends with the PCs back on the streets, and the next starts with whomever shows up back in the catacombs (like a mini first session).
Anyhow, I made these tiles to help randomize the dungeon each time. The stack is placed face-down and each time a PC nears one of the 8 exists, a new tile is drawn and the players decide which facing the new tile will be placed with! Then I get to make a move…
I’m considering starting a Kickstarter for these tiles but wanted to find out if this is something people would even want!
Thoughts?
I would definitely throw in $15-20 on a kickstarter for this type of thing. Even if the product were a PDF, this would save me so much headache.
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This looks worth raising the ire of SWMBO to back. I’d love to have a set of these, the bigger the better.
Interesting. How many panels are there?
My money. Take it.
I’d back it.
I’m in.
What are these drawn/printed on? It looks like it could be fun to make these
KICKSTARTER THIS SH!T đ I WANT THEM~ They look like a more intricate Betrayal@HouseOnTheHill board, or Wrath of Ashardalon board..
I’d tap that.
Back that. DYAC.
Inkwell Ideas has already made some. Though less gorgeous.
http://www.dungeonmorphs.com
I’ve considered using dungeon tiles (in one form or another) to generate a random dungeon for Dungeon World. I don’t know if I would Kickstart something like this, but I am interested in hearing how the game using them went.
Wow I would totally back up this
Until I started playing Dungeon World I’d say that I wouldn’t but after the first couple of sessions, random dungeons have become fun for pretty much the first time ever. Maybe not for physical versions, but PDFs I can print out and we can draw on then I’d be all over that.
I’d be interested also. How did you make these and what are they made of? They look quality.
The emerging standard for geomorph design in the OSR is a 10×10 square with openings at 3 and 8 on each side (midpoint of each half of the side, as it were). These appear to be 5×5 with openings at 2 and 4 of each side, which is similar but not quite compatible.
Would you consider changing them to align with this standard, so they would be more easily interoperable with the increasingly large library of geomorphs out there?
Subbed for a Kickstarter link!
it was just pointed out to me that 5×5 with 1″ squares let you easily use 25mm figures. Derp, I realized that yesterday and forgot I had.
Beautiful, would back the project.
Nice. I’d back the project.
Those are pretty tiles. I would consider backing a KS for them.
Was working on a similar idea but yours are far more amazing! If you kickstart keep us in the loop.
I think I’m in. I’d prefer to have the finished product rather than a pdf, but I wouldn’t want to pay more that $30 for it.
Would back.
I would back this. Then again, I’m a Kickstarter junkie.
Thanks for the comments everyone! It’s been really helpful.
Keith J Davies LOL@SWMBO… note that these are not sized for minis. They’re more of a reference/inspiration tool for “mind’s eye” dungeon delves.
Sean Dunstan I currently have 20 unique tiles in the prototype set, but will need to increase that number for a real release. Still testing to see what works; what percentage should be big rooms, how many should be strictly hallways, etc.
Shadi Alhusary Kirby Bridges I drew these straight onto white foamboard I bought at an art supply store. Staples carries a similar board too.
Christopher Stone-Bush It was pretty interesting… the players drew tiles and placed them as they saw fit, and I then made a GM move. I used the details on the tiles as inspiration for traps and encounters.
Charlie Etheridge-Nunn yeah there’d definitely be a PDF version to back. Plus I am looking into options that include being able to use erasable markers on them.
Keith J Davies Definitely! My next prototype will be a 10×10 grid on 4″ tiles.
Matt Smith Yeah, I really need to figure out costs before committing to a price-point, but $30 for a single stack of cards would be great.
10×10 on 4″ cards (with openings at 3 and 8 in each side) would have a lot of people really excited, I think. I could see wanting a big stack of ’em.
Regarding being sized for minis or not, Inkwell Ideas had ‘geomorph dice’, and no way were they sized for minis.ï»ż
$30 for a stack… any idea how big a stack?
These are beautiful. Mind if I share them on RPGBooster.com this week? Where could I read about how you make them? Great photo’s of them too!Â
I’d back this!!!
Keith J Davies l’d really have to research printing costs to figure out what these would go for.
Of course. I was just wondering if you’d done that yet.
Not the cheapest way to go (so possibly a decent baseline — it can only get better!), The Game Crafter (https://www.thegamecrafter.com/publish/pricing) can print 3.5″ square tiles and charges $0.54 each, print on demand. You’d still have to add some kind of container and any other packaging, determine shipping and handling, and so on; a dollar per tile at these prices is not unbelievable.
You’ll probably want to get manufacturing costs down even more, and it shouldn’t be hard (TGC isn’t cheap for large runs, but I understand gets you good quality without the large runs, the normal POD tradeoff).
Nice! If KS, i’m in!
Before reading your post I saw the photo and thought, damn, where can I get those! So, all of the “yes” đ
Great idea!
Really cool stuff!