Review: Inked Adventures – Basic Pack


From Inked Adventures:

This pack is designed for Dungeon Masters who like colourful hand drawn card dungeon plans, similar in style to gaming accessories of yesteryear.

Innovative 3D wall effect on ALL corridor and room sections.

Inked Adventures: Modular Dungeon Cut-Up Sections are compatible with any fantasy role-playing game for use with figures (25/28mm scale).

Easy to cut up, ideal with card or paper, minimal assemblage.

36 pages of hand drawn colour graphics include:

  • Doors – 3D Stand-up or 2D flat – wood and stone.
  • Corridors – 5ft, 10ft, straight, diagonal, corners, junctions
  • Steps, stairs, spiral stairs.
  • Rooms, a variety of dimensions and options.
  • Objects, items, furniture, dungeon features, hazards.
  • Bonus entrance area (see sample pack) and Idol Chamber.

Endless combinations!

Printer friendly colours. They look great in colour or black and white.

Create a massive dungeon area for your players to explore!

This review can also be found at The Mystical Throne.

These modular dungeon tiles are phenomenal!

I have the pleasure of currently being involved in a D&D 4th Edition regular game session with a very large dry-erase battle mat covering the entire table. This is a very convenient way to draw your terrain so that the players have a quick visual of where things are. However, it’s extremely limiting and extremely boring.

There’s always that session when you just are having a hard time picturing what that drawing is supposed to be. Maybe you constantly ask the other players or often as the DM to clarify. Inked Adventures is helping you solve that problem. To start with their Modular Dungeon Tiles (Cut-up Sections) Basic Pack, they have created a ton of beautifully HAND DRAWN 2D (and some 3D) terrain. What’s even more astonishing is how much you get for such a low price. This pack is filled with so much content for the price you pay that you’d think you just stole it.

The 3D terrain is easy to assemble, looks good, and is easily functional within any fantasy setting. Although it’s hard to call it 3D as it’s not fully three-dimensional. I’ve heard this style called 2.5-Dimensional before and is truly used that way. The .5 comes that it has all the functions of 3D but without the full depth of 3D. I like having the doors as 3D to give you a better look on the tabletop, but the 2D tiles almost make them not necessary.

The 2D tiles are truly where this set shines. The hand-drawn and colored aspect of the tiles make them look and feel much more realistic than a computer created set which seems to lack the flaws inherent to any stone wall. When did you see a stone wall that is perfectly straight and uniform through-out? I find the hand-drawn look to be much more appealing. However, the true perfection comes from the 2D perspective. When you look at these two-dimensional tiles, they look like they are three-dimensional. They are drawn with a perfect perspective giving you the actual feel that you are looking down at the dungeon. The walls, doors, stairwells (especially the stairwells), and all other ornaments do not keep you guessing on what is what and how high it should be.

I wrap up this review, I want to make mention to the design of the tiles. The rooms and hallways are drawn with full walls and the set includes these links and doors that easily allow you to connect your different modules at any point you wish. The design gives this set true modularity without ever hindering the user.

I highly recommend the basic pack, not only because it looks great but also because you get a ton of beautiful tiles at such a low price. This is bound to make your tabletop experiences more exciting and dynamic.

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