Building a fantasy battlefield from scratch can seem like a huge project. There are buildings to consider, roads, ruins, trees, walls, scatter terrain and objectives. It is easy to think […]
Discover ideas, inspiration and practical tips for creating miniature scenes, tabletop terrain and atmospheric dioramas. From 3D printed scenery and fantasy environments to miniature displays and terrain-building ideas, explore the TerrainCraft blog for ways to bring your scenes to life.
How to Create Battlefield Objectives with Terrain
Objectives give players a reason to move around a battlefield. A simple objective marker can work perfectly well, but using terrain itself can make an objective feel much more connected […]
How to Arrange Terrain for a Better Gaming Table
Having plenty of terrain is one thing. Knowing how to arrange it is another. The same collection of buildings, trees, walls and scatter terrain can produce completely different gaming tables […]
Open Terrain vs Dense Terrain: Which Is Better?
When setting up a tabletop battlefield, one of the biggest decisions is how much terrain to use. Should the table have plenty of open ground with only a few obstacles? […]
How to Create Line-of-Sight Blocking Terrain
Line of sight is an important part of many tabletop games. If models can see almost everything across the gaming table, ranged units can sometimes dominate the battlefield. Adding terrain […]
How to Use Terrain to Improve Your Tabletop Games
Terrain does more than make a tabletop look impressive. The right terrain can change how players move, where they position their models and which areas of the battlefield become important. […]
How to Create an Abandoned Ruins Gaming Table
An abandoned ruin can make an excellent setting for a tabletop battle. Broken walls, collapsed buildings, scattered rubble and overgrown vegetation can tell the story of a place that was […]
How to Build a Woodland Battle Table
A woodland battlefield can create one of the most atmospheric settings for a tabletop game. Trees provide height and line-of-sight obstacles, while fallen logs, tree stumps, rocks and other natural […]
How to Build a Dungeon Gaming Table
A dungeon is one of the most versatile settings for a fantasy tabletop game. Dark corridors, stone walls, ruined chambers and scattered objects can turn a simple gaming table into […]
How to Build a Fantasy Village Gaming Table
A fantasy village can make an excellent tabletop gaming setting because it gives you plenty of opportunities to combine buildings, roads, woodland, walls and small pieces of scatter terrain. The […]