Dire Tombs: Dungeon Tiles (Dungeons & Dragons Accessories) (Bk. 6) [Board book]

James Wyatt (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dungeons & Dragons Accessories | Publication Date: December 18, 2007

Illustrated cardstock terrain tiles for use with the Dungeons & Dragons(R) roleplaying game.

This product adds a new dimension to D&D(R) games and gives Dungeon Masters an easy-to-use and inexpensive way to include great-looking terrain in their games. This set provides ready-to-use, configurable dungeon tiles of various shapes.

This accessory for the D&D game contains six double-sided sheets of illustrated, die cut terrain tiles printed on heavy cardstock.

Product Details

• Board book: 6 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (December 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786948191
• ISBN-13: 978-0786948192
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 0.5 x 11.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #788,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

James Wyatt is an award-winning game designer at Wizards of the Coast and one of the designers of the Eberron Campaign Setting. He wrote the City of the Spider Queen and Oriental Adventures game supplements, and co-authored numerous roleplaying game products. He grew up in Ithaca, New York, and now lives in Washington State with his wife and son.

Customer Reviews

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best of the Dungeon Tiles yet available, February 3, 2008

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This review is from: Dire Tombs: Dungeon Tiles (Dungeons & Dragons Accessories) (Bk. 6) (Board book)

I've purchased all of the dungeon tile sets and this is my favorite one so far. Unlike the underdark set, this set contains a lot of nice big rooms - something I really need for a good encounter. It also contains far fewer small pieces - pieces I rarely use.

Because the color of these tiles are unique, you may want to purchase more than one set. They won't work too well with the other sets so you'll want plenty of pieces to build whatever dungeon you want.

The best way I have found to use these tiles is with a large poster board and some poster sticky putty. Sit down at a nice big table, lay out your dungeon on the poster board, and when you have it where you like it, use the putty to stick it to the board. Change it around whenever you wish and be sure it won't shift on you while you're actually playing.

Within a day I had a nice dungeon built and an entire scenario written around an ancient tomb cracked open by a vile snake cult. I can't wait to play it out.

After figuring out my poster board trick, I'm now a lot happier with dungeon tiles than I was previously. I recommend the purchase.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great DMing tool, January 9, 2008

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DJ (Connecticut) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dire Tombs: Dungeon Tiles (Dungeons & Dragons Accessories) (Bk. 6) (Board book)

This is the third set of Dungeon Tiles I've gotten and this is my favorite one so far. While the other tile sets I've seen are fairly generic in terms of dungeon dressing, this one throws in things like skeletons, mummies and coffins. Good for a quick dungeon crawl you throw together.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what the DM ordered, January 2, 2008

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Cool Ray Gun - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dire Tombs: Dungeon Tiles (Dungeons & Dragons Accessories) (Bk. 6) (Board book)

Dire Tombs is a great addition to a DM's arsenal of props and tools for the tabletop D&D game. If you liked the other tiles in this series you will enjoy and make great use of these.

Of particular note: This set is a different color than all the previous grey stone colored tiles. These are a desert tan kind of color offering an exploring the pyramid kind of feel.