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As always - a spoiler warning if you follow the link as it will lead you to the layout.
All photos are on the DwarvenForge Forums
Citadel of Flames build up for OddCon using DwarvenForge
Enjoy
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WOW! That is fantastic! How long did it take?
5 min 0.3 Sec for the entrance hall stop to finish :) just timed it.
Okay - this assumes a good storage system of your pieces and that you know what you build. I probably would have answered 10-15 minutes - but I wanted to rebuild this part anyhow as I want to paint the board and attach some wood strips around to ensure the pieces can't slide. But I didn't cheat and took any pieces out of my storage or took out the right boxes. Some of the stickers have pealed off and I probably lost half a minute locating the right box with the wall pieces.
So once you know what you want to build, DF is fast enough to use during the game - provided you have your pieces well organised. This is what I do in my home games. It is only marginally slower as drawing on a battle map and you save this time again later as it saves you a lot for descriptions.
I would not recommend this at conventions though. I did so at PaizoCon UK 2010. It worked fine during the games - but it tends to take longer to store pieces away properly again - resulting in me spending the little bit of downtime between sessions on the gaming table storing stuff to get the table free for the next game.
This is the reason I started in January for Conception to make boards that have a full layout on them and I just need to drop them on the table and I'm ready to go. Or more importantly - I can take them off the table as fast as well.
Off course - doing the 'perfect' layout can take a lot longer when you try several ones - change pieces or even change from one set - Realm of the Ancients - to a different one - in this case the Classic DF line. So I guess the initial layout (not including painting the board or nailing down strips of wood) was probably 2 hours.
I probably should also add as disclaimer that I'm currently in the business to set up my own company - Thod's Bazaar and that I have ordered a whole container load of DF for the European Market. Six years without a European distribution was just too long. So you are likely to see more PFS layouts from me in the future.
And just in case someone asks - I did talk to Mark Moreland (who send me to Jeff Alvarez) at GenCon that I'm not stepping on Paizo's toes when I use DF layouts in the future at conventions not only to advertise Pathfinder but also my own business.
In the end it s the gamer who wins by playing in a gorgeous layout.
That looks AMAZING Thod - thanks for posting! It's even better than it looked in my head...