Gah! Two weeks since I posted! I am backsliding! And lazy!
OK, that’s enough self-flagelation.
Last year I supported the Dungeons and Lasers Kickstarter from Archon Studios, from Poland. They had both fantasy and sci-fi terrain. I have plenty of fantasy at this point, so I got their base $100 pledge for sci-fi. Been a while since I ran any sf game, but it is nice to have in case, and I can use it in the megadungeon, too, as either ruins of an earlier, more advanced civilization, or a Beholder complex, or some such.
In addition to the core set, they provided some extra rooms you could choose from. The Xenogenesis looked a lot like H.R. Geiger/Alien work, so I got three of those. They also included a lot of dressing and animal companions as stretch goals. Overall, I thought it was too much for the price, but I took a flyer anyway.
Expected delivery was June. Despite the world wide outbreak, despite their halting manufacturing at one point to make plastic masks for healthcare workers/first responders, and despite FedEx putting restrictions on their shipping, I got mine just days into July.
Well done, Archon.
I like the quality, too. All flat pieces that you assemble as needed, rather than tiles like Dwarven Forge, it might take a little longer to construct things, but big deal. The detail on the pieces looks pretty good, and the coverage is great for the price. A few pics:
OK, maybe just one picture. That took like three minutes to upload.
This is everything in the box. That is a lot of stuff! Maybe I’ll make the other other pictures into a comic, so I can post them using less pixels.
As far as painting, it will be a while before I get to them. I just finished a batch of Aztec tiles I got from the Lunes D’Argent kickstarter, and am working on some more of theirs. These should show up soon in the Greywater Chronicles. And, embarrassingly enough, I still have tiles from Dwarven Forge’s 5th and 6th Kickstarters to paint up. In addition, I should have some lava from their 6.66 Kickstarter showing up next month.
I officially Do Not Need Anymore Terrain! Tough to store it right now, I have so much. But it will be nice to have some sci-fi/Alien options.
Issue 14 of the GC should be up in the next week…
Thanks for letting us know. Darren Forge is nice, but super expensive.
I’ll have to check this out.
Hey, thanks for stopping by!
Archon is getting ready to run a second Kickstarter, scheduled for August 25. They will make the terrain from the first one available then, with quicker shipping. Here is the KS page for their first campaign. If you look under Updates, and look at the most recent one, they discuss this.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/archonstudio/dungeonsandlasers-plastic-tabletop-rpg-scenery/description