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[Carnival Man]

Very nice...I just made one tonight but used an extra 3 hexes instead of the level 1 bases for mobility's sake.

[Typhon2222]

Originally Posted by Carnival Man

Very nice...I just made one tonight but used an extra 3 hexes instead of the level 1 bases for mobility's sake.

Yay, thanks for letting me know, Carney.

Yes, if anticipating picking it up/moving it a good deal, then definitely worth replacing the three bases on level 1 with other tiles.

Knowing your mad custom skills, I'll be interested to see if you decide to do anything else with it.

[Carnival Man]

Originally Posted by Typhon2222

Yay, thanks for letting me know, Carney.

Yes, if anticipating picking it up/moving it a good deal, then definitely worth replacing the three bases on level 1 with other tiles.

Knowing your mad custom skills, I'll be interested to see if you decide to do anything else with it.

I was thinking picking up two of the FotA sets at Ronin's just to make a couple of permanent towers. One for c-boy & one for a prize at the April tournament. But glue them together during assembly & then with a nice paint job they should be fairly cool. I'll let you know when I get to them.

[Rexmax2]

Its awesome. I think mine is cursed with bad luck but its still awesome

[Typhon2222]

Originally Posted by Rexmax2

Its awesome. I think mine is cursed with bad luck but its still awesome

Thanks Rexmax! Glad you like it.

And WELCOME to Heroscapers.

[Hive Lord 1233]

Brilliant! How in the world did you think of this?!

I am SO making one of these.

[AliasQTip]

I've seen this idea a couple of times before but yours is very looks very well done. I think this is the first time that no additional pieces were used.

My search-fu isn't working. There was a map at one time that a double dice tower in the middle. Each side poured out a flat water tile surface. I'll +rep the one who finds it for me.

[awesomeunleashed]

Nice! I never saw any point in dice towers (wouldn't it be just as easy to just roll them? ) but I have 3 FotAs, so I might build this just because it looks cool.

Also, do the dice ever fall into the spaces between the hexes in the tray so that they don't lie flat?

[Typhon2222]

Originally Posted by Hive Lord 1233

Brilliant! How in the world did you think of this?!

Got sticker-shock looking at the prices of dice towers online, and wondered if I couldn't find some use for the extra FotA sets lying around. That....and a little late-night vodka always fuels my creative juices.

Believe me, after hours of hearing dice rattling down plastic chutes, combined with my endless cackling, my wife was about to throw me off the castle walls last night.

Originally Posted by AliasQTip

I've seen this idea a couple of times before but yours is very looks very well done. I think this is the first time that no additional pieces were used.

Thanks AliasQTip. Given your amazing customs, your threads were some of the first I searched through, wondering if this had been done before.

Originally Posted by Jim

Now you just need to make a map that incorporates the FotA Dice Tower!

Now that's an idea....
Just don't tell Moltenclaw.

Originally Posted by awesomeunleashed

Also, do the dice ever fall into the spaces between the hexes in the tray so that they don't lie flat?

They do sometimes, for sure. But the channels separating the hexes aren't deep enough to ever leave the dice truly cocked. I mean, there's never any doubt as to which way the die is sitting. So should never lead to arguments.

The only problem is the D20. That WILL often land in the channels between hexes and end up ambiguously cocked. So for initiative and other D20 rolls, you'll need to roll on the table.


I'll hope to get the VirtualScape build instructions done tonight.

[screwDriver]

Originally Posted by Typhon2222

They do sometimes, for sure. But the channels separating the hexes aren't deep enough to ever leave the dice truly cocked. I mean, there's never any doubt as to which way the die is sitting. So should never lead to arguments.

The only problem is the D20. That WILL often land in the channels between hexes and end up ambiguously cocked. So for initiative and other D20 rolls, you'll need to roll on the table.

Perhaps using the ice/water/shadow/swamp water tiles can eliminate that. Oh, btw, very nice dice tower.

[Jim]

Now you just need to make a map that incorporates the FotA Dice Tower!

[Quack188]

This is really cool. I'm impressed. I'll have to build it once you get around to those instructions.