Ravings of ageing gamer

 Otherworld Artifacts Back in the day (mid 1980s), several companies began to bring out scenery for Dungeons & Dragons and other Fantasy Role-Playing Games.  One of these was Otherworld Artifacts who produced Dungeon Floors and Walls in Dental Plaster. They sold individual pieces and some boxed starter sets.  Set 1 contained Dungeon Walls, Floors, Doors & Stairs.  Set 2 contained Cavern Walls, Floors and Stalagmites. Set 1 Set 2 I recently got hold of some sets to add to the very few pieces I had left over from1985.  I mounted them on 3mm foamcore for strength and resilience,  and painted them up. Pieces mounted on foamcore Pieces from the original Set 1 finished The revamped Set 1: Dungeon Levels Scene from the box lid Scene from the box lid Scene from the box lid Revamped Set 4: Upper Levels Scene from the box lid Scene from the box lid Scene from the box lid Scene from the box lid Scene from the box lid They also produced sets for specific build...

 Ahketon Back in the 80s there was a company called Ahketon that made, amongst other things, 25mm stonecast plaster cast scenery.  They created a modular tower system which allowed you to build a tower of varying height and purpose.  There were bases, tower sections of differing types, and different tops/roofs.  Back in the day I managed to get the Dwarven Watchtower and a couple of Tower sections so I could extend it up if I wanted to.  Recently I obtained a tower base, section and two tops, one a tiled conical roof and one a crenelated fortification. The Dwarven Watchtower The Dwarven Watchtower comes in 2 pieces and has a detailed interior. The Tower The extra pieces I also had some Tower Sections.  One with a door and outside stairs and one with just a door.  Again these have detailed interiors and are simply placed one on top of each other to create a tower. The two extra Tower Levels The extra levels inserted into the Dwarven Watchtower Modular T...

 The evolution of Floorplans for playing Dungeon based RPGs. For many years we have been using various methods of representing the position of characters relative to each other in an RPG by using figures and some form of floorplan.  Floorplans  provide a useful way of showing where people are in relationship to each other and what places look like.  Some of the 3D floorplans can turn a humdrum game into a visual feast. Back in the early days, i.e. 1978 when I started, we used paper and pencil or those who were a bit richer has sticky backed plastic covered graph paper and chinagraph pencils or even vinyl mats and water soluble OHP pens. The Gaming industry spotted that there was a market and started to supply the need. Card and Paper Plans Endless Plans. Published by Endless games these were greyscale plans printed on Cardstock Paper.  They required a lot of preparation as rooms and complexes were made up from many pieces of card overlaid on each ...