"Dungeon Forge - In my pocket" Topic

"Via CFM reader Carl is this intriguing Kickstarter. Dungeon Forge In My Pocket is an attempt to make a truly portable dungeon crawl for fantasy RPGs. It sort of reminds me of Rob Dean's Portable Fantasy Game project, and like PFG it relies on smaller-scale minis to accomplish it's goal.

Which scale is a bit of a mystery if you go by the Kickstarter description, but I asked Raśl the designer, and he kindly responded, "The height of a miniature of a human is fed up 20mm." Sounds to me like he means 20mm from toe to crown, around HO scale, which as we learned last month is a bit smaller than 1/72, the preferred scale of this blog. On the other hand, the dwarf is 15mm tall according to the Kickstarter page, while the minotaur (a stretch reward) is 25mm. As it happens the 1/72 dwarves from Caesar Miniatures are also around 15mm, and a 25mm minotaur would look human sized in 1/72. So while the humans may look a little small, there's plenty of potential for adaptability if you want to use them for 1/72 fantasy gaming.

You can see that the full set includes minis, dungeon tiles, and terrain, all cast in resin. The figures I'm a little ambivalent about; they seem a little static, like they were chess pieces or something (Carl says the style is reminiscent of the classic board game HeroQuest, so that may be why). Plus they are mostly for figure types I already have in 1/72. The terrain, on the other hand, is excellent; a variety of great pieces, all seldom seen in 1/72…"
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Armand

Tango, thanks for pointing this out. It is only the second Kickstarter I've ever bought into. Wait…maybe I shouldn't thank you for that!

Does look worth investing in! Thanks !

Its a relatively cheap buy in to get everything and all the rewards – only the post is a bit pricey – practically doubling the overall cost. I wish there were a few more heroes – or the option to buy more dungeon tiles. But it is a cool little project with a lot of nice pieces and models :)

A votre service mes amis!. (smile)

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Armand

@Samnite308 – wow ! Hadn't realised I'd need to add 30Euros shipping!

On reflection, I think I can live without it – 36Euros looked worth it for a pocket set, but 66Euros is a bit steep (even with a favourable exchange rate). Still, glad to see it has beaten the pledge level required to go ahead.