Are you the gatekeeper?

I created this some time ago but never released it.  Given that I'm busy updating all the Tudor external tiles to the newer version, this seemed like a good time to finally release the gatehouse and barbican.

This is in the style of the older OpenForge 1.0 stone series (including that it's an "edge" tile). Still, it's one of my favorite pieces, and I'm super excited to get it out for the world to see. I've updated the gatehouse to work with the OpenForge 2.0 style bases. This piece and the pieces I'll release on Friday (the barbican) are what inspired me to do the changes I did in OpenForge 2.0, as I couldn't figure out a good way to add an additional story to this, and thus the bases were born.

I'll probably eventually replace this with a cut-stone version, but I think these pieces are too awesome to never see the light of day. These and the rest of the barbican got a *wow* reaction from players when I used them in game.

Also, this is the first set of photos I'm taking in a light box I made with the support I've gotten from all of you. Let me know whether you like the white- or black-backed pictures better. I think the white-backed pictures are much clearer, so I'm prone to move forward with the white backgrounds.

Grab the files on Thingiverse and let me know what you think in the comments. If you like what you see, please support our Patreon campaign. 

Karzoug is dead! Long live our heroes!

Is he dead? What if he's only mostly dead?

Devon pours sparkling wine to celebrate the end of a very long campaign. 

Last night we wrapped up Rise of the Runelords, a biweekly game that spanned 4 years. It was the longest-running game Devon has ever GM'd and the longest-running game Monica has ever played in. 

It was a rough battle. Karzoug was waiting for us with his minions -- three giants, a few summoned demons and a dragon. Our bard (Monica) died once, our wizard (Lee) died once, and our Cleric (Morgan) died three times, for a total of five party deaths. Fortunately, being 16th level means not having to be dead forever, and we all lived to split the loot and return to Sandpoint. 

Huzzah!

Patreon campaign lets us take better pictures

Thank you, Patrons! Your support has allowed Devon to build a light box so we can do a better job of showing you the finished tiles. 

This light box solves a big problem for us: We take most of our photos at night, in a dark office that has little more than a few lamps. We had been forced to use a flash, which washed out some of the detail. With this light box, we can give you better pictures with a lot less trouble. 

(And Monica is happy that it all fits neatly into a storage box that goes away when we're not taking pictures!)

Tudor external corners published -- and more

I've been working on an inn for some time, as most of you know. I've been using cut-stone and Tudor tiles for the first floor and external Tudor tiles for the second floor.

I discovered when I started stacking them that, frankly, the bases of the Tudor tiles look like crap when stacked as a second level.

I gave a lot of thought to what I wanted to do, and this set is the result.

On the exterior, the stucco and beams now run all the way to the base, and the base itself on the external-facing portion is now wood-textured.

This set was a beast to get out.  I've started the process of back-porting all of the prior external Tudor sets that have been published so far, which is a ton of work.  

That said, it just doesn't feel right to ask my patrons to pay for my mistake on the prior external Tudor sets, so I'll be streaming those out as soon as I can get them printed, painted and photoed, and I'll mention them along with other releases, but I won't charge backers as they come out.

If you want to see just how much better these look as a second story, take a look at the explanation under "What Changed".

Grab the basic set here and the crossbeam set here.  My next release will be the basic variations.

Please let me know what you think about the change in the comments.  I think it looks way way better, but I want to make sure you all agree.

Stairs: They don't just go up. They go down, too!

Up and down, down and up: They do it all!

Your Tudor buildings can now level up with these people risers.  While they're useful for schlepping things between floors, you can also build stages, decks, daises and other risers with them.

Grab 'em on Thingiverse and let us know what you think in the comments. If you like what you see, please support our Patreon campaign.