Towers of Adventure

Kersus · Post by **Kersus** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:36 pm

Has anyone picked this up yet, or have links to reviews? I like Ward's work and am kicking myself for not including it on my last order.

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Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:33 am

I'd love to hear some reviews. I too am interested in this product.
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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:50 am

I'll add my voice to the interested parties.

Go0gleplex · Post by **Go0gleplex** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:45 pm

Waiting for mine to arrive still...durn postal system. With all the bucks ya'd think they'd have that matter transporter set up already.
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:28 pm

I am actually building a tower with it for an upcoming session. It's easy to use, surely. I already have the monsters in place after only about 30 minutes work and I dont doubt the treasure placement will take the same or less time.

cinderblock · Post by **cinderblock** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:58 pm

Yeah its a slick product alright. Well worth the price of admission.

Kersus · Post by **Kersus** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:08 pm

Hopefully TLG gets some copies to Noble Knight Games!

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Go0gleplex · Post by **Go0gleplex** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:41 pm

I have to express a bit of disappointment. Mainly in the maps. To me, about 50% of them are the same with nothing more than just different numbers shown in different locations within a circle.

I guess I was expecting more of actual floor plans per level...

It's still a nice lil product, but it could be better.
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:22 pm

Go0gleplex wrote:
I have to express a bit of disappointment. Mainly in the maps. To me, about 50% of them are the same with nothing more than just different numbers shown in different locations within a circle.

I guess I was expecting more of actual floor plans per level...

It's still a nice lil product, but it could be better.

I think James did this so that individual levels from different towers could mix and match with each other interchangeably. This of course comes at the expense of individuality to the levels. I dont disagree with you on this, but it was by design.

Go0gleplex · Post by **Go0gleplex** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:22 pm

It isn't so much the appearance of individuality...but of looking simplistic, rushed, and incomplete. Honestly, I do plans for a living being a civil engineering tech and these just... ...well, the artwork gives me more ideas than the maps do.

Without a scale to the maps, floor plans shouldn't make any difference to compatability. I expected to see an open floor plan on a couple towers but not nearly every one and every floor. That's where I felt it could have been improved on.

Still, for something that is an on-the-fly, quickie type of fill in resource...it suffices.
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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:08 pm

sieg wrote:
Well, now that the Spring seminar grind is over I've had a chance to finally scan this set and take a look...

It rocks! I was a bit unsure when I first heard of the project...expecting some sort of geomorphs set. Not a bash on Geomorphs, but ToA is much more. than simple grids!

Jim Ward mentions in the forward of the first book that his gaming roots were in PCs looting towers....and I know what he means. My first LBB D&D gaming in the late 70s with the Delta Area Wargamers was predominantly given over to raiding fortresses using the old Judges Guild product _Frontier Fortresses of Kelnor_ which was a stripped down sort of proto-ToA. But the new product is *much* better. Maps are seperate from the book, there are nifty illos to show party members and nice costs and random tables to make each tower a reall challenge without getting repetitive.

All in all, great product and its something that I think will work wonders with the C&C Basic set for getting the next generation of gamers into the hobby.
Mike

I could not agree more. ToA is a fantastic product. Whether you need a one-night quick trek or a base or operations for a nefarious group of foes, ToA does it well.
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