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Post by ogrestamp on Nov 25, 2015 19:07:41 GMT
I just had an idea about 5 minutes ago and haven't really thought it out yet but I thought I would share it and let the hive mind take a what at it.
We have a lot of peeps here that love to use magnets and we also have a lot of tile makers. Some arguments against the dungeon tiles are that they move around a bit during play. What about putting magnets on the edges of the tiles where they would connect to each other? would that provide a better stability?
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Post by DnDPaladin on Nov 25, 2015 21:36:48 GMT
theres a few ways to make those tiles not moves. magnets are one of them, interlocking them with kind of a small puzzle like dent is another. i think Rousseau does this with his tiles, where he has that indentation on the bottom of the tile and they just lock inside each others.
i dig the magnets, but you'd need kinda of a good magnet for it to work. nothing like the dollar strips.
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Post by tauster on Nov 25, 2015 21:44:11 GMT
I love the idea, but instead of glueing on magnets themselves, I'd rather glue on flat metal strips* and add neodyms between them as needed. The advantage is that you need considerably less magnets (saves money), plus you won't run into polarity trouble between the tiles.
* Do use NOT scrap metal strips cut from twist-off caps because they'll bend. Better use dull blade segments from hobby knifes.
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Post by runningwolf on Nov 26, 2015 15:03:08 GMT
I know that sciplus.com usually has a package of magnets in inventory (different kinds). Wish I had some laying around to try.
On a similar thought I wonder if there would be a way to spray on some sort of magnetic paint/stuff to the tiles. With a lot of people using metal washers as bases it would be handy.... But the polarity might screw things up when putting the tiles down on the table (the connecting tiles have the polarity that pushes them away from each other causing a gap).
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Post by ogrestamp on Nov 28, 2015 7:20:34 GMT
Funny story about polarity. When my son was young, he had a Thomas the Train set and my father-in-law built him a table to lay out the tracks. One day I was playing around with the trains and the cars, they all attach by magnets, and I said "watch this, son". I then turned one of the cars around and acted like I was using the force as I pushed that car towards another car, making that other car repel from the magnet's reversed polarity. It looked like I was doing that on my own. It freaked my son out real good. After I had a good laugh I showed him what magnets were. He had a magic act for the next few days.
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What if?
Nov 28, 2015 9:34:19 GMT
via mobile
Post by bluecloud2k2 on Nov 28, 2015 9:34:19 GMT
Glad I am not the only one who has done this.
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