| May 12, 2009 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
To celebrate Gnome Stew’s one-year anniversary (of the marriage between delicious dead gnome flesh and game mastering, of course!), we’re giving away a set of Battlegraph Dry Erase Tiles courtesy of Longtooth Studios.
Battlegraphs
Battlegraphs are the first commercially available successor to Tact-Tiles, which were one of the best gaming products ever made.
And they look like an excellent successor. They’re modular — they lock together like jigsaw puzzle pieces — and reusable: draw on them with dry-erase markers, then clean them and use them over and over.
You can read about the basics of Battlegraphs for info on size and format, check out photos and demo videos of the tiles in action, and read the Stew’s own exclusive interview with Brian Davison of Longtooth Studios for Q&A and other details.
Also, the Stew’s own DNAphil will be reviewing them here early next week.
The Prize
Thanks to Longtooth Studios, up for grabs is one set of Battlegraph Dry Erase Tiles, shipped anywhere in the world.
I’ve had a chance to see the tiles in person, and they’re spiffy. A set of four runs $24.99, and will let you make a nice 22″ x 22″ square, an 11″ x 44″ rectangle, an L-shape, and other configurations.
The Contest
To enter the contest, all you need to do is comment on this article — that’s it.
If you’re not already a Gnome Stew member, you’ll need to register for a free account. It only takes a minute.
The contest will run from now until 9:00 pm Mountain time on Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
One entry per person, and as always Gnome Stew authors aren’t eligible. You can comment as many times as you like, but only your first comment will count for the contest.
Winning
We’ll choose the winner at random, and post the outcome in a new article sometime next week.
The winner will also be notified by email, and we’ll correspond with you to arrange mailing for your prize — so make sure the email address associated with your Gnome Stew account is valid.
That’s all there is to it! Thanks again to Brian over at Longtooth — and good luck!
About Martin Ralya
A father, husband, writer, small-press publisher, RPG industry freelancer, and lifelong geek, Martin has been gaming since 1987 and GMing since 1989. He lives in Utah with his amazing wife, Alysia, their awesome daughter, Lark, and their neurotic beagle, Charlie, in a house full of books and games.
May 15, 2009 at 1:55 pm - Link
Ooooo, sign me up
Those tiles look rather cool.
ME
May 15, 2009 at 9:40 pm - Link
Congrats! I’ve been reading since day 1. Definitely the best GM content around.
oh yeah…
Me! mememememe! Pick me!
May 16, 2009 at 7:10 am - Link
I am the only geek here….? Post 303 and no one has made this lame joke yet.
>sighs at his own lame-osity<
One year is nice but according my oracle (the 3.5 table generated maximum random age and my dice) I predict that the gnome has 143 more years until reaching its maximum age. A little on the young side for a gnome but I’m sure you can cope with your mortality given the time.
May 16, 2009 at 10:46 am - Link
Congratulations on your first year! I look forward to reading many, many more.
May 16, 2009 at 11:01 am - Link
Yay Yay Yay Gnomes.
I also would like to win some tiles.
So glad to see something like this back in print/circulation!
May 16, 2009 at 11:45 am - Link
Wow, 306 entries so far O.O Happy, happy birthday, Gnomes! Wishing you the best!
May 16, 2009 at 4:29 pm - Link
Congratulations
May 16, 2009 at 6:14 pm - Link
Happy anniversary. I didn’t realize the site was so new.
May 16, 2009 at 6:44 pm - Link
Howdy. Commenting on this article.
May 16, 2009 at 9:11 pm - Link
These things are covered in want. I missed my chance to preorder a set. Gimmeh!
May 17, 2009 at 1:32 am - Link
Yar!
May 17, 2009 at 4:37 am - Link
I only recently found Gnome Stew thanks to a link from WIl Wheaton, but the articles are useful and worth following via RSS. I’d love a set of these – I’m in Oz, and currently broke so I can’t afford to ship any here!
May 17, 2009 at 8:54 am - Link
In for a penny…
Thanks Gnomes.
May 17, 2009 at 12:53 pm - Link
Excellent website, good info. Happy First Anniversary! [Contest Entered]
May 17, 2009 at 3:29 pm - Link
Congratulations!
May 17, 2009 at 9:41 pm - Link
The daily updates to this site are a great way to start my mornings. Keep it up.
May 17, 2009 at 11:19 pm - Link
Interesting boards, and the price is almost cheap enough for me to afford. Don’t like the water damage risk, but hey, almost everything except dice get water damage. (Or worse, pepsi & mt dew damage.)
Never heard of Aftermath cleaner. The specs for finding a suitable alternative would be nice. (Especially since it’s water sensitive.)
Wonder if I can safely seal the grooves with something.
May 18, 2009 at 8:53 am - Link
Long time reader, short time member here. About a year or so ago I started playing in a group where the DM had a set of the old Tact-Tiles. I loved the way you can just pull the ones of the end, slide them all down, and then add them to the top. That way the DM can always have the current action closest to him. Also, after the game was over, you could just dissasemble them and store them easily on a shelf. Sure beats rolling up a poster size BattleMat. Anyway, keep up the good work, I enjoy reading the site and have learned a ton even though I have been playing for a long time.
May 18, 2009 at 2:17 pm - Link
Happy Anniversary!
May 18, 2009 at 2:39 pm - Link
Happy Anniversary.
May 18, 2009 at 2:55 pm - Link
Congratulations!
May 19, 2009 at 8:27 am - Link
Wow! 1 year already. Amazing. I can’t wait to see what the second year will bring. Thanks for another great contest (and prize!). I will give the Battlegraph Tiles a great home if I am selected. Congratulations on a fantastic beginning for Gnome Stew and an even brighter future.
May 19, 2009 at 8:53 am - Link
Happy Birthday! I have been edified by the first year of gnomestew, and I hope that it is just the first of many productive years!
Roll happy.
David
May 19, 2009 at 12:53 pm - Link
Congratulations! I’ve been reading Gnome Stew since the beginning and I have learned much in the past year. Keep up the good work!
Also, the Battlegraph tiles look awesome.
May 19, 2009 at 7:44 pm - Link
Woo! I love the site!
May 19, 2009 at 9:00 pm - Link
9:00 Mountain, and we’re done! Our thanks to everyone who entered — and good luck!
I’ll be firing up random.org later tonight, and in a slight departure from what I said up top, I won’t be keeping you in suspense: the winner will be announced tomorrow in a separate article.