Re: [GZG] [Terrain] Dwarven Forge rant Re: Shipboarding'uninvited' [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Sam replied on 11/19/2007 02:44:00 AM:

***snippage***

> The advantage of the 'thin' walls is that all tiles are the
> same size (since the wall sits inside the tile), so you can
> have a wall between two rooms. The advantage of the 'wide'
> passages is that you have a full tile available for putting
> miniatures on, but they need to have space around them.
>
> So there seemed to be a logical reason to having both types.
> Or at least, it was a mistake which turns out to be an advantage.

I can see that, and can probably put together with the out-lying walls
as
perimeter, and the in-lying walls as 'interior', but I've not tried
anything large enough to have much space 'interior'. When you try to
match
up walls along the outside, unless I've miss previously mentioned
transitional pieces, it looks a bit tacky.

Also, when you're trying to run simple games with inch round bases, the
whole tiles become important.

Thanks for all the points! Still haven't dug out the sets to try for
myself
yet.

***snippage***

> Um, yeah :-) I did look into ordering direct from the states a
> while back, but it worked out almost twice as expensive as
> buying the stuff locally (what with shipping and import duty).
> Buying from a show, I could just stick it all in the back of
> a car, and not have to pay any delivery.
>
> But yes, I have a lot[1]. On the other hand, I've probably spent a
> similar amount on stuff from Purbeck[2] for my wargaming.
>
> > I've never bought at more expensive than 50% of retail; you must
REALLY
> > like it.
>
> I'm in the situation where I have more money than time, so I'm
> quite happy to buy things which require no effort to paint (to
> a point).

Well, my being lazy, incompetent, and low on money, bottom-feeding-r-us
(note, no challenge to the Toys-R-Us trademark intended...). ;->=

***snippage***

> Thanks for the offer, but I'll hold off for now. The SF range is
> currently only in starter sets, and works out much more expensive
> than the dungeon stuff did for the same amount.

Like I said, I owe too many favors not to make the offer. ;->=

> [1] http://www.glendale.org.uk/wargames/fiverings/dungeon.html
>     That's just the caverns sets, which I don't have much of.
>
> [2] http://www.glendale.org.uk/wargames/

Kewl beans! Makes me regret the several times I've seen sets being
flushed
out of shops and DIDN'T get the heavy discounts. *shrug*

I went to the Purbeck site, but they seem to be really centered on
selling
at shows, and the price list doesn't seem to linked by id numbers to any
of
the images (yes, I should be grateful there ARE images), so cross-briny
ordering would be a bit tricky.

Must say, I'm rather taken with the stream/shore/harbor pieces.

Ok, this has prolly gone way OT. Apologies to anyone going impatient.

The_Beast

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