Construct A Castle With New Dwarven Forge Scheme
June 4, 2019 by brennon
Dwarven Forge has put together a new scheme which allows you to get stuck in and use their new Castle terrain in whichever way you like. Will you be diving in to Construct A Castle?
The Construct A Castle system allows you to customise and tweak each aspect of the castle to suit your needs. You can start off with the walls (of course), giving you some options for deciding just how big this is going to be. Is it going to be a small fort in the mountains or a vast citadel that is yours to explore?
As with everything that Dwarven Forge create, these sections can be assembled in all sorts of different ways. Once locked together they create these stunning pieces of terrain for both wargaming and role-playing purposes.
Beyond the walls, you also have the corner sets which give you the towers which will act as defensive positions...
...and then you have the pre-built and unique pieces of terrain. These are the options that will serve as the focal point for your castle-based adventures. You could have your warriors battling through a castle filled with skeletons before they attempt to fight through the tower and slay the necromancer within.
All of this is entirely customisable and can be tweaked to the way YOU want things to look. It's not cheap but Dwarven Forge is something that a lot of us would love to have in our collection. Maybe a little fort might be the right place to start?
What do you think of their Construct A Castle system?
"Maybe a little fort might be the right place to start?"
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they do look good… really… but the pricing… ooooff.. that’s for display pieces in shops and on events… but not for casual gaming….
Yeah, seen the price, closed the tab. What are they thinking with that pricing?
The same that Apple thought of when the said “let’s make the monitor stand $999” (yes three 9)
Or their new 5 figure computer. Apple couldn’t survive without phone companies subsidizing their overpriced Chinese crap and selling it off at a huge discount. I don’t see this being a viable business model in the tabletop market, though.
The “sad” thing is, they don’t need to sell to a mass market. They only need a few people with deep pockets 😉
This is not a mass market product. Much the same as those bespoke gaming tables with built in lights, speakers etc. Artisan products will always be expensive.
Remember this is a luxury product for an industry where what we buy is essentially a luxury. So, just like everything there’s going to be some things that are more expensive than others.
As to why they charge what they do? Well, it’s because it’s bloomin’ good stuff. You can get it unpainted if you prefer which lowers the cost.
Even unpainted they are still pricey. I’m not saying they are not worth it, I’m just saying a) I can’t afford them and b) I am flabbergasted that there are seemingly more than enough people able to buy such products. I you (general term not you specifically meant @brennon) can afford it, have fun with it 🙂
Yep. Backing Galladoria Games Adventurescapes later this year for some affordable game tiles! ☺
Our entire hobby is expensive. Rule books are seldom less than £40. Boxed games, especially those with miniatures tend to be £80+. LCG’s start cheap, but you can spend hundreds on expansions (I don’t want to work out what I spend of LOTR LCG and I only bought deluxe boxes). But then you get to the silly prices… The following kickstarters ‘all in pledges’ were very high… Mythic Battle Pantheon, Monolith Conan, Infinity RPG, Conan RPG… Batman, Joan of Arc… most £500+ Cubicle 7 collectors edition of Warhammer RPG Enemy Within reboot is £600. Dwarven forge is always expensive. Dwarven… Read more »
Ha ha. This doesn’t fit in my budget.
Luxury item it my be but way to luxurious for me. 🙂
I love it and that tower is especially nice!
Wow this looks good.