So, a few people have asked me what I use for terrain and maps etc. at my table. And since I rarely play at my own house, I’ve created a dungeon-kit-to-go that has both:
- Easy to bring anywhere
- Allows me to do almost any terrain setup for any situation
- Has great quality for best visual experience
What I did was, take a common tool case:
Build a pretty standard foam board into the lid, and the main compartment:
Make dividers for the main compartment, that holds some painted up Jenga tiles, some square blocks, some walkways (inspired by Hankerin’s build from an old video), some trees, rocks, crates etc.
And we’re good to go for some cool encounters:
BATTLE AT THE STONE HENGE
SEWERS OF EVIL
THE MINIS:
The monster minis are made from Shrinky Dink, and painted up in color coded batches numbered 1-10. It alllows me to have generic monsters without having to hoard a bunch of minis that take up space, or paper minis that - quite frankly - also quickly add up.
Go forth and craft.
- Meadbeard
UPDATE! - TERRAIN CONTENTS
On popular demand, here are some detailed pictures of the terrain contents.
Here is an overview of everything stored in the case. You may notice two large black blocks in the second compartment from the left. Those aren’t terrain, but the supports i use for the lid, when folded open.
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30x generic dungeon blocks. (Painted up wooden jenga tiles).
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6x Dungeon doors. (Made from foam board and popsicle sticks.)
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2x Wide walkways & 2x narrow walkways. (Made from tongue depressors, and coffee stir sticks)
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3x Large wood crates/blocks. (Made from heavy card stock, popsicle sticks & match sticks)
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8x Stone pillars/blocks. (Made from foam and heavy card stock)
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1x bag of Icelandic Moss.
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1x Custom “Banana” stick (Made from a tongue depressor and some gears)
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6x Trees. (Made from Foam, Heavy card stock and some flock)
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4x Stone pillars & 2x Stone walls. (Made from foam)
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5x Rocks. (Made from foam)
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1x Double sided stone dais/Wizard’s lock (Made from Heavy Card Stock)
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4x Wooden tables (Made from wooden blocks, matches & heavy card stock)
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2x Chairs (made from wooden block & heavy card stock)
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1x Campfire (Made from LED tea light and matches)
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4x Chests, 1x Weapon Rack, 4x Barrels & 1x Lectern (From some dungeon terrain set)
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1x Stone Throne (From same dungeon terrain set)
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2x Levers (Made from Card stock, a match stick & a Hama Bead)
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1x Stone altar. (Made from heavy card stock)
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1x Altar of Blood (Bought on some online terrain store)
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2x Sewer Grates. (Made from toilet roll, cardboard and tootchpicks)
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6x stacks of Crates. (Made from wooden blocks)
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2x Torches. (Made from LED tea lights and cork)