Review on Warlock Tiles: Dungeon Tiles I By WizKids - Optimize Your Search Results by Stacy Preddi

I love miniature painting, but with a full time job, home remodeling and a 7 mo old there's no time to paint. Enter Warlock tiles! They're beautiful, sturdy (I was surprised at the weight), and they lock together nice and snug. This box definitely provides enough on its own for a couple of good sized rooms. I do think that practically speaking you will want two or three of these if you have an efficient group in a dungeon crawl. Still, $240 (at the time of review) for an entire decent sized dungeon that's pre-painted with working doors is a steal in my book.I would say these are 4.5 stars. However I'm rounding up to help offset the already very negative reviews for something I believe to not be deserving.Pros: - Beautiful. Obviously a professional painter could do it better, but set it on the table and sit normal and there's no difference. Color is great, detail is great, and the tiles aren't all the same. The box comes with two 4x4 tiles and surprisingly I found they were not the same mold! - Efficient. No space is wasted. All walls are on the exterior or slotted between two interior tiles. You get 100% of the floor space here. - Sturdy. Build your rooms ahead of time and drop them in place as your players discover them. I connected about 10 tiles in a strip and picked them up by 1 on the end. It of course bent A LOT and I was scared, but nothing was damaged. And there's more than 1 place to put clips, so if you're very concerned you can use 2 clips per side (8 clips on a tile, excessive, but solid)Cons - My fingers were a little sore after pulling out all the clips. I may looks for a storage alternative where I can leave the clips in, or just keep pliers handy while building (per the manufacturer's recommendation anyway). -- I do want to address the negativity around these clips. 1) they're optional. Just like dwarven forge you can just set these on the table next to each other and it will work fine. You might want to toss a clip between tiles that have interior walls, but otherwise no issue. Also if you rock the tiles back and forth while manipulating them they pop in and out very easily. Also keep in mind they WILL wear down. They're plastic. Straight out of the box they're stiff but they'll wear down with time. - The wall length is a hair longer than the floor length. This can be remedied with clips and everything stretches and fits nicely in place. But while doing a dry fit you'll notice things don't line up exactly, which was odd at first. Ended up not being an issue in the end, but still worth mentioning. - Some of the pieces are not aligned well with each other. Something was off in the gluing process. However these still end up working fine as the plastic is malleable.So all of these cons are more quality concerns than practical ones. At the end of the day they work exactly like I want them too and I'm very happy with the product. I'm sure future iterations will be even better. I can't wait for angled and curved walls, and CAVES!