Mastermaze

I buy a lot of gaming material from Uncle Jed's Game Shed, which I can highly recommend as a great place to find trully obscure games. Recently I was eating a pizza with Jed himself, and I challenged him to get me a bundle of Jorune supplements.

Jed said, "No problem. Furthermore, I'm going to mail you this...this...beautiful thing. Just wait."

I asked what it was, but with an evil gleam he simply assured me that my life as it now stands would be torn asunder by the force of this strange present.

Flash forward a few days: a gigantic UPS box arrives. Inside I find long-lost Jorune supplements and the subject of this review: MasterMaze. Though I am still mortal and have not been completely transformed by its arrival, I will freely admit that MasterMaze is a deeply impressive piece of work.

I don't often directly quote copy in a review, but here's an accurate description of just what this 60 piece set does:

"MasterMaze's pieces lock together with easily removable bow-tie closures so you can keep your dungeon together for long periods, or change it as you play. Each MasterMaze piece is carefully crafted of durable resin and completely hand painted. The swinging doors included with every set are crafted of hand painted metal. MasterMaze pieces feature a felt bottom to protect your tabletop, and they come in a custom-cut styrofoam container for easy storage and safe transport. The Room Set gives you incredible flexibility at an affordable price, while the Room & Passage Set adds versatile passage pieces to greatly expand your dungeon creations."

So they are hand-painted, felt-bottomed, beautifully crafted dungeon corridors. They are sturdy, well-packaged and portable. If you have ever enjoyed using minatures in your RPGs, this product will make the dungeon crawling experience leap up off the tabletop.

Finally, there's the price: at $60 for the complete set, these things are a steal. Include the discounts of 20% or so at Uncle Jed's, and this is a miniatures accessory you can't afford to be without. If you want to see the corridor just before your opponent gets knocked into the wall, or judge bowshot angles on the fly, or need a gorgeous backdrop for your miniatures, this is an affordable and well-crafted accessory.