Dungeonometry

March has come to a close, and with it, I have a break from preparing public games. It's been radio silence here for a bit and that's why. Expect more posts this month. # Gary Con XVII Gary Con is always a highlight of my year. It's a wonderful little con. Each year, I recognize more faces and make new friends in a way that does not happen at other conventions. This year I ran 8 sessions of *Fate of the Norns*. Shout out to anyone who played! I had 4 morning sessions comprising a 4-part mini campaign. The players had to race across Ireland and the Otherworld to retrieve an artifact in preparation for King Sitric's next war. It was exciting to have a player take part in the entire campaign, but it was a good time for all involved. There were 3 afternoon learn-to-play sessions. The two shown here played the beginning of our upcoming module, "Champions of Rag & Bone." The last one I pulled on ["Wealth, Illuminated"](https://blog.dungeonometry...

To help show-off *Champions of Rag & Bone*, I decided to make a terrain set to highlight the climactic Hurling Match. This is my first terrain project. I'm very pleased with how it turned out! # Components ## The Goals These were the very first thing I made. Not much needs explaining here: balsawood bases and balsa wood for the goalposts. Then I applied some battlefield mud and static grass after painting the posts. When I first built these, they were just enhancements for placement on a Chessex hex mat. That made the hex counting pretty straightforward. With the entire board made, I may need to go back and make the grass match the pattern on the pitch. I'm also considering adding a mesh for the goals to look more the part. ## The Pitch The primary component here is an 17"×11"×1/4" piece of quarter-inch XPS foam. I got this from an Army Painter terrain kit provided by Gary Con for GMs. (The timing there really was a happy coincidence; I made the g...