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I would buy a set or two, for Beer n Pretzel nights. I like the new clips.

Mind you, making sure my Yobbo mates dont damage Cardboard terrain is another issue.

May need to borrow some Guard-Weiners from Frazz - failing that, get Genghis Connie to give them a severe talking to!!

The preview pics look very sexy. I can't see myself wanting to take advantage of being able to take them completely apart though, I'd want to make them as durable as possible, in which case I'd probably be better off with some PDF printable options.

Are those Sewer/Street sets covering about 3'x3' then?

Wow, personally, I love how these look. If they check out once they're released, dang, I'm going to have to buy the sewer one. I make some terrain, but we have no specific battlefield at my group, just a big enough table, some blocks, and some WIP terrain, and I can say with a few barriers here and there, these would be really sweet.

I plan on buying multiple sets and using some existing things i have to use this for mordhiem. Once these come out I'll be doing a full review. With plenty of pics.

Daggermaw wrote:

The picture is helping there, with the new ones under the shadows and the old ones in your face with the lights aiming at them.

Man, you just can't please some people.

So your trying to please me? thanks
Seriously Im neither pleased our uhhappy, just pointing out the obvious. The first picture you have painted shadows on the card and also real shadows there so yeah even if more translucid a darkish pin on a darkisk background does blend better.

On your second pic the same for sure a darker pin blends better in darker backgrounds, no rocket science there.
Sorry but until I see a independent review about quality and with no photoshop magic then I may look at these with a less suspicious eyes... until then it looks good but would not buy these just by lookin at these pictures.

You can always glue the boards The terraclips are only for modularity, like a 3D Descent game.
Anyway, the Warstore already has them on preorder for 39.99$.

Very impressive. I hope this concept proves successful so they can do it with the other kits they make but are still of the cut-out/glue variety.

Yes, the Alien and normal Space Corridors in terraclip form would be great for Space Hulk! And the antasy corridors as well for various purposes!

Yes, the Alien and normal Space Corridors in terraclip form would be great for Space Hulk! And the antasy corridors as well for various purposes!

Then they could release some cardstock industrial towers...

Daggermaw wrote:

Yes, the Alien and normal Space Corridors in terraclip form would be great for Space Hulk! And the antasy corridors as well for various purposes!

Then they could release some cardstock industrial towers...

They do look pretty good. I think I will shell out for couple of sets, yes the clips could be annoying, but they are not as blatant as initially pictured. Besides all that, it's probably the most viable solution that doesn't require glue, and I'm happy it's come up for sale.

Man, those are AWESOME. Could my dream of an underground battlefield for dwarves and night goblins come true with that sewer kit?
Clips be damned, it looks like it flatpacks, looks good...and is proper modular! I'll be getting some.

Oh man i'm liking this, my only beef would be the card should be alittle thicker

Update on the Terraclips terrain:
Production is complete, quality satisfactory, products shipping to the Wyrd warehouse for a pretty soon release:



Wyrd showed their sense of humour when they started this announcement with these two motivational posters:

I just need them to release these things so that I can start giving them my money for them.

World works has released the first set of promotional build pictures.

This is the sewer set, and its said that the build uses about 1 1/2 boxes.





As you can see, the issues with the bright clips, shiny finish, and thin/warping have definitely been fixed.

Hrmm.
Call me grumpy but if, for $50, I can't get a 3x3 table out of it, it's priced too high for my tastes.

Eric

MagickalMemories wrote:Hrmm.
Call me grumpy but if, for $50, I can't get a 3x3 table out of it, it's priced too high for my tastes.

Eric

grumpy.

Itybih2ku wrote:World works has released the first set of promotional build pictures.
This is the sewer set, and its said that the build uses about 1 1/2 boxes.

I decided to post it several days ago in the Wyrd thread, as it now is featured in the release schedule for August. Discussion there:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/343922.page

MagickalMemories wrote:Hrmm.
Call me grumpy but if, for $50, I can't get a 3x3 table out of it, it's priced too high for my tastes.

Eric

True, its just card and some plastic clips right? And by the looks in the pics they don't even look as sturdy as spacehulk ones.

I don't know... If the pictures are true to the product, it looks nice and sturdy to me.
None of that is really an issue to me (of course, it would be if I got it and it WAS crap LOL). I'm just disappointed in the fact that it's not, basically, "a table in a box."

Eric

I don't know Eric. I can't think of any table that cost me less than 50 bucks after I consider foam, paint, flock and time. For 100 bucks, you have over a full table worth of nice looking terrain---which would be incredibly pricey (Or time intense) to make otherwise. I think this will sell very well.

I second that emotion. Looks pretty good to me - I am certainly intrigued.

AgeOfEgos wrote:I don't know Eric. I can't think of any table that cost me less than 50 bucks after I consider foam, paint, flock and time. For 100 bucks, you have over a full table worth of nice looking terrain---which would be incredibly pricey (Or time intense) to make otherwise. I think this will sell very well.

I would rather invest in something more versatile and durable like hexagon kits... cardboad, paper etc is really not the kind of terrain I like specially at these prices.

Call me crazy, but I just dropped 70 bucks not too long ago for Blood on the Streets, the Mordheim cardstock building kit. How many of these kits would it take to make a 6x4 board? I'd assume two since that's what a lot of members are posting about...

edit: oh wait, 2 makes a 3x3, multi-level gameboard for malifaux?

Radical_Edward wrote:Call me crazy, but I just dropped 70 bucks not too long ago for Blood on the Streets, the Mordheim cardstock building kit. How many of these kits would it take to make a 6x4 board? I'd assume two since that's what a lot of members are posting about...

edit: oh wait, 2 makes a 3x3, multi-level gameboard for malifaux?

The strength in these terrain boxes is the modularity of them, not as much the size.

From the world works sites they've said that one box of streets or sewers would cover roughly 6 sq ft. While thats nowhere near the 24 sq feet of the standard WH table, its still plenty of size to create specific pieces for your table.

Every person is going to have their own opinion of this terrain. I think proof will be in the pudding when these boxes make it to the FLGS's out there and people get to see how much/how good they are there.

AgeOfEgos wrote:I don't know Eric. I can't think of any table that cost me less than 50 bucks after I consider foam, paint, flock and time. For 100 bucks, you have over a full table worth of nice looking terrain---which would be incredibly pricey (Or time intense) to make otherwise. I think this will sell very well.

I suspect it will sell well, too.
I agree that it looks good and would be time intensive to replicate on your own. No arguments there.

I think my frustration is that you don't get a complete set of terrain in a box. Seems to me that the set should be smaller or bigger. Give me HALF a table per box at a lower price or a WHOLE table per box at a higher one. Having to buy two boxes, but only use 1.5 of them... That's frustrating. It's like spending an extra $25 you didn't have to. KWIM?

Another issue is that it's not as customizable as it seems. I mean, sure. It's a bunch of loose pieces that you can fit together any way you want. In the end, though, you're still setting up a square board with a bunch of square(ish) rooms and hallways. With more "mobile" terrain, you have the freedom to put buildings at slants, trees in the middle of town, etc.
Kind of like comparing apples and oranges (sewers to towns). I understand that. I'm just pointing out the negatives here.

I'm certain that, at my personal status quo, I will not be "wasting" my money on these. To be fair, though, most of the $hundreds I've spent on Malifaux is in that same, "wasted" category. I bought the minis and game because I like the game... but I don't use them because none of my game group regulars plays the game. In the 1+ years I've had the stuff, I've gotten in two games. : (
Don't get me wrong, though. I do NOT regret it. : )

If, however, I was a more regular player, I would probably end up picking up one or 2 boxes of this stuff (begrudgingly, mind you LOL) at a discount. Though I admit I've been focusing on the negatives, I certainly DO see the positives. : )

Eric

Now, I want to see some "wild west" style buildings in this same format!

MagickalMemories wrote: I'm just disappointed in the fact that it's not, basically, "a table in a box."

It actually IS "a table in the box", but a table for Malifaux/Mordheim skirmish games plus RPGs, not for Warhammer Tabletop (no room for full regiment movement anyway). And people like me will buy all three sets, that will hardly fit on a table all at the same time.

NAVARRO wrote:True, its just card and some plastic clips right? And by the looks in the pics they don't even look as sturdy as spacehulk ones.

Oops, couldn't believe you meant that seriously.
These are perfect for skirmish and RPG games, because prepainted to a high standard, modular and easy to carry. They look sturdy to me (that's what they worked on since the unsturdy prototype at GenCon).
In RPGs we always used cardboard floorplans. These 3D terraclips are far superior.

Some thoughts:

MagickalMemories wrote:

I suspect it will sell well, too.
I agree that it looks good and would be time intensive to replicate on your own. No arguments there.

The guys at world works do some amazing stuff. Even though its all paper, its awsome stuff.

MagickalMemories wrote:I think my frustration is that you don't get a complete set of terrain in a box. Seems to me that the set should be smaller or bigger. Give me HALF a table per box at a lower price or a WHOLE table per box at a higher one. Having to buy two boxes, but only use 1.5 of them... That's frustrating. It's like spending an extra $25 you didn't have to. KWIM?

Keep in mind, you can use much more than simply 1.5 boxes in the same space. With two you can do some fully stacked rooms and buildings, with both upper and lower levels. I wouldn't get too bent out of shape about it though. It might be somewhat of an issue with the sewers, but with streets, it'll still cover 2/3 of the standard malifaux board (if you don't use any other sets) and its nothing to design a board that simply assumes that the town starts where the streets do.

Plus, its cheaper per sqft than say Witchfate Tor.

MagickalMemories wrote:Another issue is that it's not as customizable as it seems. I mean, sure. It's a bunch of loose pieces that you can fit together any way you want. In the end, though, you're still setting up a square board with a bunch of square(ish) rooms and hallways. With more "mobile" terrain, you have the freedom to put buildings at slants, trees in the middle of town, etc.
Kind of like comparing apples and oranges (sewers to towns). I understand that. I'm just pointing out the negatives here.

This can be a problem, I'll grant that. However, I don't think its as big a deal as many. I'm looking at it from an RPG standpoint. so the "squarish" bit of it is a good thing. However, they've shown in their Terrain-linx line an ability to adapt. It wouldn't surprise me that if they come out with newer sets, they'll address these concerns later.

MagickalMemories wrote:I'm certain that, at my personal status quo, I will not be "wasting" my money on these. To be fair, though, most of the $hundreds I've spent on Malifaux is in that same, "wasted" category. I bought the minis and game because I like the game... but I don't use them because none of my game group regulars plays the game. In the 1+ years I've had the stuff, I've gotten in two games. : (
Don't get me wrong, though. I do NOT regret it. : )

As for wasted, I think its all in perspective and actual use. These are designed with malifaux in mind, but they would work well in many different games. Given the 6" base of much of it, I can even see the streets/buildings sets being great for WHFB. The sewers and streets woulc work for 40k, but the grid could/would cause problems.

MagickalMemories wrote:If, however, I was a more regular player, I would probably end up picking up one or 2 boxes of this stuff (begrudgingly, mind you LOL) at a discount. Though I admit I've been focusing on the negatives, I certainly DO see the positives. : )

Eric

Now, I want to see some "wild west" style buildings in this same format!

Yes on WW.

It actually IS "a table in the box", but a table for Malifaux/Mordheim skirmish games plus RPGs, not for Warhammer Tabletop (no room for full regiment movement anyway). And people like me will buy all three sets, that will hardly fit on a table all at the same time.

I used to be one of those players, too. I've worked very hard to get away from it, though. : )

By "table in a box," I mean that it has enough in it to fill a table. Malifaux 'table" size is 3' x 3' and, as I understand it, one box will not fill a full 3x3 area.

If I'm wrong about that, I'll reverse my opinion fully.

I just think it would be best if they sold "terrain boxes" like this that were of the precise size needed. Itybih2ku has a good point about making multi-level boards, but... I don't know. I just... :shrug:

Eric