Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 soulwalker Oct 27, 2009 23:24:35	Hi all I am looking at the dungeon tiles. Whta is everyones opinion on them. Is it best to buy software, buy dungeon tiles, etc? What do you use? Do you use it only for rooms?     Thanks Stephen
#2 moondoggy Oct 27, 2009 23:29:16	If you would like to make use of dungeon tiles but don't have the cash to shell out for them there are a lot of alternatives.  Devereaux, a user on this site, made an awesome program that you can use to build dungeons and encounters and all sorts of fun stuff.  You can find it here. Personally I like using dungeon tiles, it's a bit more atmospheric than just narration.
#3 gargs454 Oct 28, 2009 9:58:43	I use them where I can, but I confess that I tend not to be very good at visualizing how to put them together to form a good encounter area.  The other problem with Dungeon Tiles is that it can be time consuming to put them together during the game (even if you already have them separated out).  With practice of course, you can get pretty good at setting them up (and I certainly recommend separating them into their individual encounters ahead of time).  What I tend to get out of them though is simply ideas for features to be placed in rooms, etc. I will say though that I really do like the outdoor dungeon tiles as it makes it a lot easier to describe and mark difficult terrain and the like.  I am also intrigued by the tease they gave us of 3D dungeon tiles coming out next year.