I've always loved the alterate rules for Dungeonbowl in 2nd edition Blood Bowl but there are some problems with it. 1) Dungeonbowl is out of print, 2) The scale of the squares on the eight Dungeonbowl board pieces were too small compared to the 3rd and 4th editions Blood Bowl game boards, and 3) flat surfaces don't feel very dungeonlike.

Then at GenCon, I saw the products for Master Maze ( MasterMaze ) from Dwarven Forge and I knew I had the answer to my problems. The MasterMaze products is squared off just like a Blood Bowl board and if you make the small rule while using the MasterMaze board that 1/2 squares are just part of the wall and only full squares can be moved into or hold the ball or a treasure chest, you are ready to rock and roll.

Here are some pictures of the board with a comparison to the same setup using the eight 2nd edition Dungeonbowl board pieces and all 4 optional doors. I have also included a few pics of a sample dungeon set-up with Phil Lewis's Chaos All-Stars and Fat Bloke's Chaos teams battling it out to give you a sense of scale.

Click here to see how to use the MasterMaze products to set up each board to match the old Dungeonbowl board pieces and to see some rules variants that you could use with these products.

To cost of materials for this set-up at retail from Dwarven Forge is $470 USD. However, I've talked to the owner of Dwarven Forge and while he cannot create a Dungeonbowl package deal due to copyright infrigement issues, anyone ordering this much product from him would most likely get a discount if they e-mailed and asked about it first (regardless of what they were using it for.) The order list to create this beautiful board from Dwarven Forge's MasterMaze product is as follows:
(Note: prices are shown at 9/2001 retail and are subject to change).
Two Room Sets* (part # MM001) @ 60 USD = $120 USD
Four Right Angle Wall boxes (4 per box) (part # A)@ 12 USD = $48 USD
Two 2" Wall boxes (4 per box) (part # B) @ 12 USD = $24 USD
One 6" Wall box (2 per box) (part # B3) @ 15 USD = $15 USD
Six 2"x2" Floor boxes (5 per box) (part # C) @ 12 USD = $72 USD
Twelve 4"x6" Floor tiles (1 per box) (part # X) @ 8 USD = $96 USD
Six 6"x6" Floor tiles (1 per box) (part # X2) @ 10 USD = $60 USD
Two Pedestals boxes (8 per box) (part # W) @ 8 USD = $16 USD
One Red Pillar box (8 per box) (part # P) @ 15 USD = $15 USD
Two Bowtie bags (55 per bag) @ 2 USD = $4 USD

Total $470 USD

* - A Room Set has in it 6 Right Angle walls, 11 2"x2" floors, 12 2" walls, 2 Swinging Doors, and 50 Bowties.