A quick heads up for anyone interested: there are six days left in the 3rd Dungeons & Lasers Kickstarter. I have not gotten any of their fantasy, only the sci-fi stuff. You’ve seen this in the Greywater Chronicles; the nilithids’ space station is made from their tiles. Also, my last post showing the Alien-inspired terrain is theirs as well.
For the most part, I really like their stuff. It is tremendously affordable compared to other systems, with good detail in the sculpts. . It is a bit time-consuming and slightly difficult to work with, owing to the clips they use and the tightness of the pegs going into them. There are some visual gaps in the walls that bug me a little more than the seams on Dwarven Forge dungeon tiles do. But overall I am fond of this terrain.
The current Kickstarter is for village-style terrain and villager figures. I like the villagers, but they are too big to scale with my true 25mm dudes. That’s a shame, as I always want more non-combatants and these guys are perfect. Fortunately, they let you swap out the townsfolk for another room.
Not positive what I’ll get at this point, but definitely will get some sewers. I am not sure that doing them in clear is the best way to go, as that will reveal the clips underneath, but I like the design. I didn’t get DF sewers so these will do well. Then maybe I’ll look at the Tudor buildings to make a mansion.
I didn’t get any DF town stuff as it is a bit too boxy for me. This is boxy, too, but not locked into the 4 by 4 inch base the DF stuff is. For $100 it is an incredible value for all you get, including all the terrain bits in the stretch goals – which are as big a draw for this KS as the buildings are.
Anyway, if you’re at all inclined, I don’t see how you’d be disappointed! As I said, I did not get their dungeon stuff (which is still available in this KS), but it is very economical. Check it out:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/archonstudio/dungeons-and-lasers-third-editionEdit: For some reason that is playing the video rather than linking to the Kickstarter. So here is the url:
Edit-Edit: Keeps posting the stupid video. Just go to kickstarter.com and search for dungeons and lasers third edition. It’ll come up. Some cool stretch goals are imminent like Pepe the Giant.
As someone completely new to tabletop games, may I ask a question? I found that kickstarter and when researching came across your post here. From what I understand this is only dungeon stuff except for a few of the stretch goal figurines.
I guess that’s not enough to actually start playing I guess? Do I need anything additional, like enemy figurines, characters, whatnot?
Hey, Jochen,
Thanks for stopping by – even if it is an accident!
The D&L 3 kickstarter is for a combination of their new village terrain and their previous dungeon terrain, and villager characters, which are generally non-player characters. There will be some monsters in this one, the kickstarter page shows some sewer monsters and classic ones like kobolds.
In a pinch, you could certainly use some of these figures as characters and stand-ins for other enemy types. But there will be some assembly required on these figs, at a minimum gluing them to the bases.
A lot is dependent on what game you will be playing – a role playing game like D&D, or a wargame like Warhammer.
This set won’t really have all that you need whichever way you go. But it is a cheap and decent basis from whence to start.
The main things you need that will be missing here are character types and enemies – as you surmised. The best place to get those in bulk would probably be eBay. Reaper Bones figures have a wide variety of characters and opponents/allies, and you can usually find them in lots on eBay from people who got too many in the previous Bones kickstarters. search for “Reaper Bones lot.”
I hope all this makes sense. If not, ask me some more questions!
Helped a lot, thank you! š
Thanks.. great post!