I can delay my groups trip to the Isle of Dread until April - no problem! ;-)
Glad someone is making these finally - I can't believe the only way to get this out of WotC is through an RPGA promo. This would be their #1 seller imo if released under their Dungeon Tiles line.
I'll also note that I accidentally wrote on one with dry-erase marker and since it was fairly shortly after I'd written on it, I was able to rub it off with no lasting mark/damage to the map card.
Which to be clear, does not mean you can or should write on them with dry-erase markers, but that should you happen to, it will rub off if you're fast enough.
I would be happy to pay extra--to an extent--if map-cards came pre-laminated, especially since I usually use them in conjunction with flip maps.
I'll also note that I accidentally wrote on one with dry-erase marker and since it was fairly shortly after I'd written on it, I was able to rub it off with no lasting mark/damage to the map card.
Which to be clear, does not mean you can or should write on them with dry-erase markers, but that should you happen to, it will rub off if you're fast enough.
I would be happy to pay extra--to an extent--if map-cards came pre-laminated, especially since I usually use them in conjunction with flip maps.
Just laminate them yourself. Wal MArt has a nice sized roll in the Kitchen section for covering your shelves at a decent price, and it goes a long ways.
Just be careful as you do it so you don't get too many air bubbles or creases. I hate the creases the most. Even then, depending on the crease, you can probably cut it out with an exacto knife or similar.
The water background is the same texture and tonal value of the Waterfront and Waterfront Tavern, so the boats will work nicely with them and on the flip-side. I'm excited to get my hands on this one next month.
I love combat on boats. It ramps up the difficulty level of run-of-the-mill encounters. Players have to really be careful where they move and what spells and abilities to employ.
Got these in the mail the other day. They are very nice. I can see getting alot of use out of these, you never know when you need a small boat, and if your player's get a "wild hair" and decide to get on a ship...
I like that you can build at least 3 large ships at the same time, which makes naval battles a lot easier too!
Do any of the tiles have a forecastle, so you can have raised decks in both the bow and stern of the ship?
Also, do the images shown on the product page include ALL of the tiles?
Hey, I'm considering getting these for a pirate campaign, but I have one question. How do they work for ship to ship combat? In the previews it looks like they all have some amount of water tiles around them. If so, I'm not sure if they would be able to be set right beside each other for ship to ship combat and boarding. Is that possible with these tiles?
Hey, I'm considering getting these for a pirate campaign, but I have one question. How do they work for ship to ship combat? In the previews it looks like they all have some amount of water tiles around them. If so, I'm not sure if they would be able to be set right beside each other for ship to ship combat and boarding. Is that possible with these tiles?
You could always just cut out the extra space around the ships. More work for you but easy enough.
Katt De Grey(Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path Subscriber)
Dont cut your map tiles, just copy on your home printer and cut those up instead.
Hey, I'm considering getting these for a pirate campaign, but I have one question. How do they work for ship to ship combat? In the previews it looks like they all have some amount of water tiles around them. If so, I'm not sure if they would be able to be set right beside each other for ship to ship combat and boarding. Is that possible with these tiles?
Given that the larger boats mainly have fractional tiles around them, you could set up most pairings within 5 feet of one another.
Pssst! Pie-zoh... When are the rest of these going to be released as PDFs? Take my money... PLEASE! :D
As Chris Lambertz gets time between working on new PDFs and stuff, she'll be going through the older Flip-Mat and Map Packs to make PDFs of them. But yeah, the new stuff has to come first.