From: Adam Tobia Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Dungeon floor tiles? Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 11:15:13 -0500 Organization: University of Kansas Lines: 11 Message-ID: <393FC691.77F7846D@bartertown.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: bert.ittc.ukans.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsxfer.eecs.umich.edu!news.cc.ukans.edu!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:8530 Anyone know of a couple of companies and websites who make dungeon floor tiles? Please e-mail me the website URL. Thanks. Adam trademaster@bartertown.org ###### From: yt1@eng.cam.ac.uk (Y. Tremblay) Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: Dungeon floor tiles? Date: 8 Jun 2000 18:00:39 GMT Organization: Cambridge University Engineering Department, UK Lines: 32 Message-ID: <8hon07$t7k$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk> References: <393FC691.77F7846D@bartertown.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: amber.eng.cam.ac.uk Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!skynet.be!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!server1.netnews.ja.net!pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk!yt1 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:8593 In article <393FC691.77F7846D@bartertown.org>, Adam Tobia wrote: > >Anyone know of a couple of companies and websites who make dungeon floor >tiles? Steve Jackson Games produces dungeon floors in their "Cardboard Heroes" line. It comes in a book format with tiles, doors, chests, traps. etc to cut off. >Please e-mail me the website URL. Sorry, it is considered rather bad form to ask a question on Usenet and demand for an email reply. It makes one sounds as if he can't be bothered to look in the newsgroup for answers to his question and wants someone else to do all the work. So instead, you should get the answer from here. If you can't be bothered, you don't deserve an answer. Back on the question, it should be possible to buy the Cardboard Heroe dungeon floor from a lot of hobb shops and probably from Steve Jackson directly. The URL is something like www.sjgames.com. If it doesn't work, it is listed in any good search engine. Hope this help Yannick -- Y. Tremblay ###### From: Walt Smith Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: Dungeon floor tiles? Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 20:35:06 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <8hp01p$hnr$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <393FC691.77F7846D@bartertown.org> <8hon07$t7k$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.205.85.124 X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu Jun 08 20:35:06 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT) X-Http-Proxy: 1.1 x62.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 147.205.85.124 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDfirelock Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!newspeer.monmouth.com!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:8499 I'm thinking tagboard and a laser printer...draw some lines on a screen with your favorite drawing program and make as much as your want. Probably won't be nearly as colorful or as professional looking as a purchased product, but you can lay out a much bigger dungeon for your money. I bought a couple kinds of dungeon tiles, and supplemented them with oddly-shaped, hand-colored special room tiles cut from old manila folders. This was *long* before laser printers. Walt Smith -- Firelock on DALNet Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ###### From: Peter Knutsen Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: Dungeon floor tiles? Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 02:58:28 +0200 Organization: http://www.knutsen.dk Lines: 40 Message-ID: <39404134.5F82D1DD@knutsen.dk> References: <393FC691.77F7846D@bartertown.org> <8hon07$t7k$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: msx-esp-39-7.ppp.cybercity.dk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.cybercity.dk 960512150 30016 212.242.17.136 (9 Jun 2000 00:55:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@cybercity.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Jun 2000 00:55:50 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!ams.uu.net!news.cybercity.dk!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:8441 "Y. Tremblay" wrote: > > In article <393FC691.77F7846D@bartertown.org>, > Adam Tobia wrote: > > > >Anyone know of a couple of companies and websites who make dungeon floor > >tiles? > > Steve Jackson Games produces dungeon floors in their "Cardboard > Heroes" line. It comes in a book format with tiles, doors, chests, > traps. etc to cut off. I haven't bought them, because well... they're just flat card- board tiles, with no way of linking them physically to each other. I don't see a need for a dungeon layout that can be scattered if someone sneezes. > Back on the question, it should be possible to buy the Cardboard Heroe > dungeon floor from a lot of hobb shops and probably from Steve Jackson > directly. The URL is something like www.sjgames.com. If it doesn't > work, it is listed in any good search engine. I bought the fantasy Cardboard Heroes set from SJG, ordering directly from their website, and my total expenses were the exact same as I'd have paid in a Danish RPG shop, I later discovered. The character-cardboard sets are good, and I highly recommend them, but the idea of using cardboard tiles for a dungeon layout seems rather bad. Or does it work, in practice? > Yannick -- Peter Knutsen ###### From: Wayne Shaw Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: Dungeon floor tiles? Message-ID: References: <393FC691.77F7846D@bartertown.org> <8hon07$t7k$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk> <39404134.5F82D1DD@knutsen.dk> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 7 Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 21:03:55 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.153.245.35 X-Trace: news.randori.com 960523307 208.153.245.35 (Thu, 08 Jun 2000 21:01:47 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 21:01:47 PDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!ptdnetP!newsgate.ptd.net!news.randori.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:8580 >The character-cardboard sets are good, and I highly recommend them, >but the idea of using cardboard tiles for a dungeon layout seems >rather bad. Or does it work, in practice? IF you don't try and lay out the whole building at once, they can be a considerable time savings over drawing on a battlemat or the like, and work at least as well. ###### Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc From: imp@connect.org.uk (M.S. Caldwell) Subject: Re: Dungeon floor tiles? Sender: news@csc.liv.ac.uk (News Eater) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 08:53:07 GMT Lines: 24 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: imp@ulls.connect.liv.ac.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <393FC691.77F7846D@bartertown.org> <8hon07$t7k$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk> <39404134.5F82D1DD@knutsen.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Organization: Computer Science, University of Liverpool, UK X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!easynet-tele!easynet.net!server5.netnews.ja.net!liv!lucs!news Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:8456 In article <39404134.5F82D1DD@knutsen.dk>, Peter Knutsen writes: > > The character-cardboard sets are good, and I highly recommend them, > but the idea of using cardboard tiles for a dungeon layout seems > rather bad. Or does it work, in practice? I havnt used the SJG set that I bought yet (well dungeons and Conspiracy X just dont mix!). However I have played in games run by a friend who used simple cardboard pieces from a long vanished games company. They actually worked rather well along with 25mm figures and allowed us to visualise the fights a lot better than descriptions or rough sketches would have. Sometimes we did have to resort to blue tac to hold the pieces of cardboard down if the floor plan created was becoming complex but for simple layouts it worked very well. I have heard of miniature gamers who have mounted similar items onto wooden bases to give them more weight. I have even heard of one person who put them onto metal and magnetised them so they wouldnt move on a metal table top. Cheers Mark ###### From: "Haywire" Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: Dungeon floor tiles? Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 10:54:29 -0400 Lines: 23 Message-ID: <8hr0ql$hj8$1@bob.news.rcn.net> References: <393FC691.77F7846D@bartertown.org> Reply-To: "Haywire" X-Trace: fToaMqWuGUW7WkA/ysP3ydCmEpV7/hp/t9koCrQD9As= X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Jun 2000 15:00:37 GMT X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!skynet.be!europa.netcrusader.net!207.172.3.37!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:8534 A company called dwarven forge has resin stone walls and other miscellaneous stuff. The pieces can be purchased from Crazy Mage. http://www.crazymage.com/products/dwf/dwf.html ever the insane, haywire Adam Tobia wrote in message news:393FC691.77F7846D@bartertown.org... > > Anyone know of a couple of companies and websites who make dungeon floor > tiles? > > Please e-mail me the website URL. > > Thanks. > > Adam > trademaster@bartertown.org > ###### From: grimbunny2@my-deja.com Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: Dungeon floor tiles? Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 18:17:59 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <8hrcc4$ajm$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <393FC691.77F7846D@bartertown.org> <8hon07$t7k$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk> <39404134.5F82D1DD@knutsen.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.48.172.20 X-Article-Creation-Date: Fri Jun 09 18:17:59 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.5 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x68.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 209.48.172.20 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDgrimbunny2 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.bme.hu!news.iif.hu!fu-berlin.de!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:8504 > > The character-cardboard sets are good, and I highly recommend them, > but the idea of using cardboard tiles for a dungeon layout seems > rather bad. Or does it work, in practice? > > > Yannick > > -- > Peter Knutsen > workls fine for large section of a dungeon, the circle of folks I play with has been using the same two boxes of Dungeon Tiles (from Games Workshop 1 inch = 5') for at least 12 years now. Sure some of them are a little frayed arround the edges but they still work just fine. I even have another set that is about 20 years old that uses a slightly different scale (10' wide corridor with 3 divisions across corridor is about 1&3/4 inches wide) that would still be useable if we wanted to use them we just don't bother. The problems with them aren't sneezing players but spilled drinks. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.