The gelatinous cube is the most quietly terrifying thing in any dungeon: a transparent block of acidic jelly that slides down a corridor dissolving everything in its path. Now it is going to sit on your games table and help you draw the map. Penguin Random House, through its Clarkson Potter imprint, has opened pre-orders for the official Dungeons & Dragons Gelatinous Cube Board Set, a keepsake box shaped like the cube that holds four foldable dry-erase battle boards.
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Set up your group for freeEach board measures 12.75 by 8.5 inches unfolded and is double sided, with a one-inch square grid on one face and a one-inch hex grid on the other. They are modular, so you can shuffle them into whatever shape your corridor, cavern or tavern brawl needs, wipe them clean and reset for the next encounter. The cube-shaped box then swallows the lot, along with your dice and pencils, though you will need to bring your own dry-erase markers.
For a Dungeon Master this is the sort of kit that earns its shelf space. Reusable gridded maps mean no more sketching the same tavern on scrap paper every session, and the hex sides suit overland travel or a hex-crawl campaign. At around £22 ($27.99) it undercuts most modular battle-map sets, and the novelty box is the kind of thing that gets a laugh when it lands on the table.
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See how it worksIt is out on 13 October, which lines it up nicely for the run into the winter D&D season. If you are the one who always ends up running the game, this is a low-effort way to make your table look the part. And if you are still hunting for players, you can always find a group nearby.
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