One of the typical complaints in the Kickstarter comments was the amount of redundant packs that were included in each crate. I found that to be one of the nicer features. I was far more interested in quantity of some of the stuff rather than variety, the abandoned mine equipment and the scatter terrain being a good cases in point.
Here is the Dungeon Crate
Same box as the Town Crate, complete with cardboard dividers, just with a different label |
The contents sheet printed front and back |
Yet another pile of ziplock bags filled with terrain goodness |
The Treasury, there are two packs of this. the only piece of real interest to me is the pile of trunks on the left. That could probably be used in and around Calamity's railroad station. |
This pile of armor and shields is pretty neat. |
The Library, is the same one that appear in the Town crate. I have lots of shelves and desks now! |
The Scatter, a really nice assortment of scatter, the crates, barrals and logs make this very useful in Calamity. There are two packs of scatter. |
Wizard's Study, only one pack of this. The shelf is a duplicate from the library set and probably the most useful pieces from my point of view are the mirror and the chair. |
Abandoned Mine; three pieces of this and everything, even the big crystal, is pretty usable. I just wish there was more track. |
Close ups |
Trips, one pack of these and probably the least useful pack out of the whole set for me. |
The lever in the traps bag looks quite believable when placed next to the switch for the mine tracks.
ReplyDeleteActually, I can think of several places in a mining operation where a lever like that will look like it serves a purpose.
You are absolutely right! I wonder if I can acquire some more of those levers.
DeleteI saw a woodcut of a metal plate covering a mining vent, similar to the one in the trap set - complete with skull and bones.
ReplyDeleteIt was for venting stinkdamp (Hydrogen Sulfide) from the works.
Weird thing is that the mine was a German coal mine, dating back to the 17th century - I have no idea how old the vent cover was. (I want to say it was in De Re Metallica, but I could be conflating with other books on the subject.)
Pretty sure that the book was a PDF on a site about coal mining in England.
Interesting, perhaps much more useful than I thought. I’ll pull out some of Colorado min8ng books and see if there wasn’t something similar for hard rock mining.
DeleteKind of the opposite of a trap, though - trying to keep the poisonous gas from killing people....
ReplyDeleteRolled and unrolled parchment - maps, title claims, wanted posters, advertisements.
Excellent suggestions!
DeleteI turned one of them into a circus poster. :P I wonder what the kids will make of it when the circus poster really is part of the treasure.... (The classic Tiger Leaping Through Ring Of Fire poster.)
ReplyDeleteI do love circus posters. Those are definitely a lost art. I have an article somewhere on recreating them I’m linen for model railroads.
DeletePut the bear trap in the mouth of a mine - along with a sign reading 'Beware - Bears - Do NOT Feed!'.... :P
ReplyDeleteMaking it an actual bear trap.
Okay, that’s brilliant!
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