Battle Systems – Modular Fantasy Scenery – Perfect for Roleplaying and Wargames - Multi Level Tabletop Terrain for 28mm Miniatures – Colour Printed Model Diorama – DnD Warhammer (Citadel)

This review is for three of the Battle Systems products; Dungeon Garrison, Fantasy Village Furniture, and the Fantasy Village itself. General Observations: The overall quality of the products is quite good. Not as good as you would get with plastic or resin but for the price, you are not going to beat it. Much has been posted about no printed instructions being provided and you must watch videos on the Battle Systems website. I did not find this an issue and also found it very useful to actually see someone assemble some of the more complex items. However, one should have the pause button ready since several of the actual assemblies are done in fast motion. You will also need a sharp hobby knife to shave off the little knobs that hold the separate items to the cards. Although the items are printed on both sides, you will also need a number of felt tip pens to color the edges. Sharpie sells a 12 pack of several shades of brown – and you will need several shades. Also required will be at least one marker of gray, blue, green, and yellow. Lastly have a pencil with a VERY soft lead for items such as weapons edges and book page edges. Fantasy Village Furniture: I stared with this item as a trial before moving onto the more complex and expensive ones. You will get many chests, book shelves, tables & chairs, beds, weapons racks, barrels, fireplaces, and some scatter. The weapons racks include weapons (swords, spears, axes, and hammers) that you can arraign as desired. The bookcases come with sever types of books and some are open with two exposed printed pages. It should be noted that the Fantasy Village also comes with some of these items so it is only really needed if plan on furnishing the entire village or have another use in mind. Dungeon Garrison: This is really nice product that will add some great detail to any D&D type adventure setup. It comes with a large number weapons, shields, and crates. But the stars are the archery targets, training dummies (for sword work practice), and a very nice work bench that is setup for repairing weapons, shields, and chainmail. Also included are a large table (about the size of four of the normal ones), some beds, wall maps, a latrine, and lots of scatter. The Fantasy Village: There really is a lot included with this package. Besides the village itself (thatched roof house, 2 story townhouse, large storage shed, large 2 story barn, a boat house, and a very large 2 story tavern/inn. But wait – there’s more! You also get two row boats, two carts, a pond (that is a swamp on the reverse side), lots of fence, several ladders and staircases. There is also more furniture provided in the form of beds, tables &chairs, chests, boxes, weapons rack & weapons, fireplaces, book shelves, and barrels. Once again, there are no printed instructions included for the construction but the videos are clear. Note that the printing process has two sides for every item. However care should be taken while one side is “flat”, the other side has more of a 3D “raised” look to it and assembly should always be made to present the “raised” side to be the outward facing (most visible) side for best effects. Lastly, some glue is going to be required (as noted in the videos). Also not that the ground floors are designed to just lay inside the buildings so if the structure is picked up, the floor remains on the table. I glued the floors in place as I do not intend to deconstruct the buildings other than to remove the roofs or second story in order to fit in a storage tub. Conclusion: OK – it is not Dwarven Forge but for the price it is pretty darn nice! Lots of care was taken with the amount of detail provided and with all the extra little items provided. If you are undecided, watch the videos to see if this product line is for you. I would recommend it and would purchase it again. I also intend to add more of the product line (and it is very extensive) to my collection.

Ordered the village core set. It is a great way to introduce 3D terrain to your games without having to pay a lot for a sturdier set, even unpainted ones. It is easy to assemble and my players for DnD loved it. Removable roofs make it easy to move into a building. As others have mentioned the assembly instruction videos are definitely lacking, and you can tell they filmed one take and did not edit, but it was easy enough to follow and assemble. I will definitely be buying more for my games.

This is a great set. It's pretty easy to put together (there are some great walk-through videos) and it looks really great. I use it with my Maladum games and other RP games I run with my friends (pathfinder and even heroquest). The castle is made of good quality cardboard/paper and I expect it will last a long time. I added pictures so you can see it from the front, inside and see that each tower has an interior. It's a great set.

Amazing!!! So much versatility. And it looks extremely good. The price for how much is included is unparalleled. Break down for easy transporting and storing. Modular so you can go down each level. Tons of scatter cleverly placed on cards and as pop outs from your pieces.

First off the bad news, and really the only bad news. The instructions are a YouTube video of a very sweet guy mumbling and doing his best to tell you how to put things together really fast and not very well. The videos drove me nuts, have to pause and rewind "Did he just say maybe it goes here?" Who ever had the idea of doing a video instruction series should have to sleep on the couch for a month. Now the good stuff. It's a great deal for what you pay for. Serves its purpose and looks great on the table. It's a bit wonky because of the card board, you definitely want to glue stuff together. But in the end completely worth it to see your players interacting with the word and want to explore, makes it easy to kill them off when they separate the party. I felt I got my moneys worth and it is fun to play with. It's no dwarven forge, but I can't afford dwarven forge so this works fine. I will buy more of their stuff. I just wish they had better instructions.

I absolutely love this terrain kit! Very well made, looks so good put together and really adds that extra something that helps players immerse themselves into the location. Yes the videos on how to put each piece together could be a lot better than they are but once you get the hang of it it’s not terrible. I also really like all the little extra scatter terrain pieces. Oh, and make sure you don’t over bend the roof pieces, they get a little too loosey goosey and tend to sag.

Amazing terrain. Really builds out a good chunk of my village setup. I even bought extra palisades and watchtowers to fill it out some more. It goes together pretty easily if you watch the build guides on youtube. Certainly a great looking accessory for the price.

This does not come with instructions, so you'll have to look online, or go to YouTube. The guidance they give is a little hard to follow at first but once you figure out the first tower the rest of them are pretty simple. This thing is huge, I use it for D&D and age of Warhammer Age of Sigmar. And it works great. It's durable and the cardboard is surprisingly resilient. It also comes with an abundance of scatter terrain like a marketplace, gallows and a stockade and few small vendor shacks. Ultimately it was worth every penny I paid and I had a blast putting it together. And my cat likes to sleep inside it, so that's nice too.