Caves of Carnage: Dungeon Tiles Set DU3 (D&D Accessory) (0786950196)

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Editorial Review:

Illustrated cardstock terrain tiles for use with the Dungeons & Dragons(R) Roleplaying Game.
This accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game contains six double-sided sheets of illustrated, die-cut terrain tiles printed on heavy cardstock. These tiles feature twisting caverns that include underground rivers, chasms, treacherous rope bridges, and the aftermath of bloody battles.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Not a standalone set:

Similar to what some of the other reviewers have said, this is definitely not a set to use by itself. There are very few large expansive areas with most having corners or walls. It's sort of a chore and a puzzle in itself just to figure out a way to use any workable number of the tiles together. The rivers are a nice touch, but again limit what can be connected where. The bodies are novel at first then quickly become distracting as you either have to tell your players to ignore them or repeatedly revisit... more info

Great backdrop!:

This item is great as backdrop! It is a must have in a RPG session with miniatures

Caves of Rivers:

Yeah... I was hoping for more actual caves and tunnels and less rivers and pools. There is water on almost every tile in this set, and no big rooms without water (though you could assemble a relatively big room out of multiple tiles). Great if your adventure takes you into a waterlogged cave system a la "The Descent", but not so great if you want a network of dry caverns.
Also, there are too many corpses everywhere on the tiles; you shouldn't have to utter the sentence "ignore all the corpses lying... more info

Versatile and useful:

it has lots of cave tiles - even an underground river! you can map that river through and add more of your cave with carnage abounding or make a dry cave with ambush areas. cave portions work well lost caverns of the underdark set, has pieces that connect with standard dungeon areas [starter set tiles, dungeon tiles 1,Arcane corridors, Hidden crypts set, and more], sewers of streets of shadows set, or even wilderness tiles of set #4 and probably upcoming sinister woods set. pipe can start river and flow to... more info

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