Dynamod 3D Printable Dungeon Tile System

One system, endlessly rearranged

Square dungeon tiles with terrain, walls, doors and traps, all printable from a single collection.

A rendered Dynamod room with stone walls, an arched door and tiled floor — Tiles, walls and an arched door, straight off the printer

How the pieces fit

A tile is a structural base. Terrain snaps into it from above, so the same tile can be a plain floor in one room and a pit trap in the next. Walls and doors drop into the seam between two tiles rather than sitting on top of one, which keeps a full square inch of playing space in every cell.

Because nothing clips shut, a wall can be lifted out mid turn. That is what gives the system its fog of war: the dungeon is revealed, closed off and rearranged while the game is running.

Dark Dynamod tile bases joined into a board with stone edges around the outside — **1. Tiles** join into the base of the board, finished with stone edges

Floor pieces and a red pit trap hovering above the tile bases they seat into — **2. Terrain** snaps into each tile from above

Stone walls and arched doors hovering above the seams between the tiles — **3. Walls and doors** drop into the seams between tiles

The grid stays the grid

Walls and doors stand on the seams between tiles, not on the squares, so a map drawn on a grid builds square for square: one tile per square, and the walls go where the lines are. Any dungeon from a scenario book, or any map you draw on squared paper, goes straight onto the table.

The map six squares by three, with two doors and a pit trap

The same dungeon built from tiles, seen from above with the map's grid drawn over the floors — **The tiles** with the map's grid drawn over them: walls on the lines, every square whole

What is in the collection

Everything below comes in the one collection of files, along with the filament painted floors and the StageTop play tiles pictured further down, and a set of remix tools for cutting your own parts to fit.

Dynamod tile bases in several sizes with a corner, an edge and a clip — **Tiles** from 1x1 up to 6x6

Two tiles snapped together with their floors in, two more on their backs with a clip across the seam, and one on its back with magnets going into the holes near its corners — **How tiles hold** snap fit, clips, or magnets: no glue, undone in a moment

Six long stone edge pieces — **Long edges** spanning up to six tiles in one print

Corner, one, two and four cell edge pieces and the long ends, in stone and plain — **Edge pieces** corners, short runs and long ends, in stone or plain

Floor pieces in six styles, a pile of rubble and a red pit trap — **Terrain** in six floor styles, with rubble and a pit trap

Rows of stone wall pieces with varied broken tops — **Walls** as full, left, right and end pieces

Stone walls two, three and four tiles long — **Long walls** spanning two, three or four tiles in one print

Rows of half height and narrow stone wall pieces — **Low and narrow walls** at half height and in narrow widths

Arched stone doors: closed, open, blocked and double — **Doors** closed, open, hinged, blocked and double

Five stone wall pieces that are secret doors — **Secret doors** that pass for a wall until they are found

Four stone pillars, one of them broken off — **Pillars** that carry a tile eleven levels up, or stand as ruins

Four straight stair pieces, a left and a right corner, a landing and a spacer — **Stairs** straight runs, corners and landings, for a raised section or a full climb

A stone staircase climbing round a corner to a platform of tiles carried on pillars — **Levels** a level a step, up to tiles set on pillars

Stone spacer blocks of four different heights — **Spacers** that raise floors and stairs up to four levels

Four open storage boxes with slots for walls, doors and floors — **Storage** boxes slotted for walls, doors, floors and clips

On the table

Our first focus is square dungeon tiles. We currently have all the parts to recreate and enhance the traditional HeroQuest game system. This also provides an excellent system to create Dungeons and Dragons maps.

The complete HeroQuest board rebuilt from Dynamod tiles, seen from above — The whole HeroQuest board, rebuilt square for square

Filament painted Dynamod floor tiles in several colors — Filament painted terrain prints in detailed color on any FDM printer

A Dynamod dungeon laid out on the 3D printed StageTop board game table — Perfect integration into the 3D printed StageTop board game table

Specifications

Grid

Tiles are 32 x 32 mm and terrain 28 x 28 mm, a square inch grid with no wall offsets. HeroQuest reissue scenery and any other square inch pieces fit as they are.

Printing

Designed for both FDM and resin. Fast print times and conservative material use. Every model has been printed and tested on FDM and resin printers from several brands.

Assembly

Fully mechanical, no glue. Tiles hold with a slight snap on their own, take optional clips for a firmer board, or optional magnets.

Rooms

Pre-configured larger tiles up to 6 x 6 for quick setup, and a full set of remix tools to adapt STL models you already have.

Table

Drops into the 3D printed StageTop board game table.

What you need to print it

A printer

Any FDM printer with a 0.4 mm nozzle, printing PLA, is the recommended way; the models were tested on resin printers too. Tiles up to 3x4 fit a 130 mm bed, the 6x6 rooms need about 200 mm.

Settings

0.2 mm layers, two walls, 20% infill for tiles, walls and doors (0.1 mm layers for the finest doors). Clips and wall beams print with six walls. Nothing needs supports on FDM.

A good first layer

The fit between tiles depends on dimensional accuracy, so a well tuned first layer and clean corners matter more than speed. Print two 1x1 tiles first and check that they snap together with a little friction.

Optional extras

4 x 2 mm disc magnets, two to an edge, pushed in from below with the jig in the collection. Filament painted floors need colour changes at set layers (a pause, or a multi material system) and come with a file listing the filaments and swap heights.

The guide

A thirteen page printing guide comes with the files, with the exact settings for PrusaSlicer, Cura, IdeaMaker and Simplify3D, resin orientation and exposure notes, and how to seat the secret door beams.

Get the system

Buy once, for $50, and you immediately get all of the STL files in the collection, the three board games included. No monthly patronage.

Buy all the files, without monthly patronage

Buy the starter box and start playing immediately

All the files, $50

Over 1000 files and more than 10 GB of content for FDM and resin printers, the three board games included, with detailed printing instructions. Buy once, no monthly patronage.

Starter Box, $199.99

361 printed, magnet ready pieces: 40 tiles from 1x1 to 3x4, 50 sides and 4 corners, 98 stone floors and 2 traps, 48 full walls, 8 left and 8 right walls, 6 hinged doors, 596 magnets, 100 clips, a floor removal tool and 3 organizer trays.