Kickstarter-Watch: Act 5, Chasm of the Accursed

I’ve written before about the sorts of wargaming terrain I wanted as a kid in the hobby. Specifically, I wrote about the Mordheim-themed city boards I’d have loved to play on. With my love of Night Goblins, Dwarfs, and Skaven I also thought about an underground-themed board. How cool, my younger self would ask, would it be to fight over a ruined, sacked dwarven hold? Or a Goblin Lair? Or part of a Skaven Undercity?

Very cool, is the answer. Of course. Duh.

Mystic Realm is continuing its series of narrative-heavy 3D printable terrain projects with Act 5: Chasm of the Accursed. It fits the bill. Let’s start with a project video and some photographs:

This terrain is very cool. There appears to be a decent number of pieces with a consistent look across the range. The layout is both atmospheric and usable. Usability is a big factor for me as if I’m building this stuff, I’d like to play on it. I think I’d like to use this terrain with Warcry, or something similar. Maybe Frostgrave.

The use of the strings of LEDs adds a really cool element to the whole setup. I’d actually want to play in slightly lower light to really get the most out of this and really enhance the visual aspect of the terrain.

Now, being a 3D printable terrain bundle, the quality of one’s terrain is going to vary depending on the printer’s calibration, slicer settings, and so on. This is why I’m glad to see that the project creators have included both a recommendation for a slicer program (Prusa) and have provided a recommended set of printer settings to get the best results from their STLs:

I usually say a lot more in these Kickstarter-Watch posts, but there’s not really a huge amount to say. This is very much a visual thing and I’ve shared images of what the terrain looks like. What I can look at, I suppose, is value.

Is this worth the asking price?

Yes, it is. At $65 for the set, this is very reasonable. It’d be even better if you got in early enough to grab the $55 early bird special. Don’t bother checking; you’re too late. Obviously, you’ll need to already be equipped with a 3D printer (they recommend FDM printers for this, which makes sense given the larger size of some pieces) to make use of these STL files. This is a really promising set, and it’s got me looking at Mystic Realm’s previous sets as well.

You can click here to visit the campaign page at Kickstarter.