The Dungeon
The City
The Wilderness
Now, I'm a huge dungeon tiles fan, but these sets are the first that... well, I'm not sure I'll be picking them up at all. I already am pretty well covered in each of the above areas, with the wide variety of "dungeon" sets already picked up, two sets of the "streets of shadow" set for my (quite common) city-based adventures, and four total "outdoors" sets (two each of ruins of the wild, and sinister woods). But I'm not really the target audience here.
So, I'm wondering how many people are planning on picking up these sets, and what folks' thoughts on them are in general, since I haven't seen much discussion.
So... Thoughts?
I have an Chessex game mat as is, but if I had a large and versatile set of tiles, I would not mind running them at all. They'de certainly be more evocative than my rough black marker lines. If these products can provide me with A: a large number of tiles and B: both a variety and a quantity of tiles (i.e., multiples of each but enough that I can make interesting encounters), then I would totally buy them.
At least this is what I assume.
A set of basic tiles kept in-print so all DMs can build simple dungeons. Opposed to now when the basic tiles have been out of print for years.
This frees-up WotC to produce speciality sets without feeling the need to add generic tiles. And it means the Dungeon adventures can design their maps around a standard assumed set.
I have to agree. I think these sets sre geared towards new DM's. I have alot of Dungeons Tiles from older sets, and from what I can tell thesedo not appear to have the 3D tiles I am enjoying from Harrowing Halls and the Upcoming Dark Sun tiles.
These will likely get skipped by me, but I will recomend them to the other DM's I know.
I must admit, I'm looking forward to more tiles be available to more people - I hope it'll make them more prevalent with player groups.
If there are either new tiles, or multiples of tiles I really would like more of (roof tiles for the city, being one that comes to mind; "sparse trees" and/or forest for wilderness), I may end up picking these up anyways. And hey, no pressure to go get them the week they come out (or risk never finding them again), like the other tile sets
.My understanding was that future Dungeon articles were expeted to use the Master sets. So if you ever use Dungeon magazine articles, these sets would be a good buy.
Right. But my position is still mostly that, if these tile sets are all reprints of existing tiles (especially of DU-line sets), I'll already have sufficient numbers that, most likely, I'll be able to manage any Dungeon maps without having to buy the new sets.
I own most of the older dungeon sets but I missed on the first wilderness set, so I might pick up one of the reprints to cover what I missed althought I'll probably already some in the set.
Since the older sets are rare and can go for a hefty price on ebay etc, I think it's good for those who missed the earlier sets. Like you said greatfrito, more dungeon tiles addicts means more sets coming up and I like that too.
I'm excited for the concept of Dungeon Tiles that people can actually buy, as opposed to look upon in envy in Wizards product catalog thinking, "it's too bad they don't actually make this product."
You're forgetting about D&D Essentials......
The purpose of these new sets is for all of the new players to D&D that WoTC hopes will appear once the essentials line is released. Remember, the main goal of essentials is to bring in new blood. 4th Edition pretty much demands either an erasable game mat or dungeon tiles. With the old sets out of print, there was a huge need for comprehensive sets that a new gamer could pick up and jump right in. Tiles make more money than mats, so there you go, Master Sets.
I'm suprised there's no "cavern" set, although they might be included in either the dungeon or the wilderness set.