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Re: Bendy Dungeon Walls Review

Posted by Billiam Babble on Jun 21, 2010; 6:50pm
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/Bendy-Dungeon-Walls-Review-tp5201044p5205665.html

Excellent review.  I've been fascinated by these since I've seeing them a few months ago. (Maybe you pointed me there!)

Wipe-down battlemats seemed to have occurred whilst I was away from gaming (which was most of the 90's *grin*).  Any representation of walls when using figures are used is a plus.  
It's great to see them being used with floor plans (especially mine! nice choice - with the 45 degree piece).

 Mortis, I think your combinations of MK3DD and other scenery means that even some of the Dwarven Forge resin pieces will seem like a let-down, I reckon.
Are the ones in your photos re-painted by you? Because they look great.

It's interesting what you say about the height of the walls.  I remember having some dilemmas with my dungeon blocks, because there seems to be an optimal height for access to figures (walls getting bashed and shifting).  50cm / 2 inches seemed a bit high.  1 inch is definitely a bit low.  I settled for about 1.5 in I think, but it still lacked something and the doors weren't to scale.  

"Maze hedges"?


A couple of weeks ago I picked up some multi-fold rulers from Wilkinson. 50p each - mine were multicoloured, the ones online appear to be pink (shudder).  Perhaps they could act as a cheap alternative? - After being painted thoroughly in grey first, of course!  The sections are inch long, and folded around one inch grid very well.  The bad news is that the hinges break easily (just like the bendy ones!).  They won't look anywhere near as good as the Bendys' but perhaps they can be used as spares or for a massive smooth wall dungeon.


Possible side thread (or tag the query into my WHQ plans thread)-
Are magnetic battlemats very common?  I fantasized about printing my own plans on magnetic paper.  It would certainly solve the weighting issues.  
- Or do you reckon the growing presence of laptops and phone apps on the gaming table will make people scared of magnetic sheets?


Very useful review!