To celebrate Gnome Stew’s one-year anniversary (of the marriage between delicious dead gnome flesh and game mastering, of course!), we’re giving away a set of Battlegraph Dry Erase Tiles courtesy of Longtooth Studios.
Battlegraphs
Battlegraphs are the first commercially available successor to Tact-Tiles, which were one of the best gaming products ever made.
And they look like an excellent successor. They’re modular — they lock together like jigsaw puzzle pieces — and reusable: draw on them with dry-erase markers, then clean them and use them over and over.

You can read about the basics of Battlegraphs for info on size and format, check out photos and demo videos of the tiles in action, and read the Stew’s own exclusive interview with Brian Davison of Longtooth Studios for Q&A and other details.
Also, the Stew’s own DNAphil will be reviewing them here early next week.
The Prize
Thanks to Longtooth Studios, up for grabs is one set of Battlegraph Dry Erase Tiles, shipped anywhere in the world.
I’ve had a chance to see the tiles in person, and they’re spiffy. A set of four runs $24.99, and will let you make a nice 22″ x 22″ square, an 11″ x 44″ rectangle, an L-shape, and other configurations.
The Contest
To enter the contest, all you need to do is comment on this article — that’s it.
If you’re not already a Gnome Stew member, you’ll need to register for a free account. It only takes a minute.
The contest will run from now until 9:00 pm Mountain time on Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
One entry per person, and as always Gnome Stew authors aren’t eligible. You can comment as many times as you like, but only your first comment will count for the contest.
Winning
We’ll choose the winner at random, and post the outcome in a new article sometime next week.
The winner will also be notified by email, and we’ll correspond with you to arrange mailing for your prize — so make sure the email address associated with your Gnome Stew account is valid.
That’s all there is to it! Thanks again to Brian over at Longtooth — and good luck!












Not first! Because, really, does it matter? Happy anniverary, Gnomes!
Whoo, anniversary!
I’d love to see an article as these tiles as props for a non-mini’s based game. Yes, they’re great for D&D, but how can they be used for more narrative style games?
Happy Anniversary, Gnome Stew
I’ve been thinking about picking some of these up since they were first announced. But getting them free would be even nicer….
Happy Anniversary!
Carl
SAAAAAWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET
Comment!
Alright, here’s my comment entry. I’ve been wanting to pick some of these up. I”ll have to get a second set if I win…
Happy Birthday Gnome Stew!
Happy birthday site. Congrats on one year.
Happy Birthday to you
You’ve served a great stew
that you made from gnome essence
now, what do you do?
Whoo! Contest! Possible free stuff!!
I played on these tiles last week. They’re pretty cool.
Has it been a year already? RAWWWRRRRR!!!
Congratulations on your first year!
Great job guys 🙂 As you said, it’s a great community here at the Stew.
I’ll throw my hat into the ring. I’m just about to start a 4E campaign locally, once a friend moves in, so some dry erase battlegraph tiles would be awesome.
Happy Anniversary! And Battlemats FTW!
Lucky number 68!
Come on, baby!
Thanks for the great contest!
69! (snigger)
@ski309 – damn!
Thanks for the contest!
Congrats on your first year!
Congratulations on one year! Many happy returns.
I could really use these tiles, too. 😀
Congratulations on your anniversary!
Happy Anniversary!
(Hey, it’s my anniversary today too)
Congrats on the first year, I only recently discovered the site, but have been pretty excited to read it every day. Winning would be perfect as I’m just about to start GMing for the first time! (This is also why discovering the site when I did was perfect).
Been here all along. And soaked up the wisdom in every article. Here’s hoping to soak up the prizes too!
I could use those.
I could use those for all sorts of things: mapping, combat encounters, hucking at mouthy players…
Contest entered.
Happy birthday Gnome Stew, and great prize choice.
Congrats on the 1st anniversary!!
Gratz on the Ding!
You know, ever since my first DM pulled these out I’ve been looking for a set, but since the local comic shop closed down I haven’t been able to find any.
Happy 1st Anniversary, Gnome Stew!
Congrats on a successful first year! Thanks for giving us GMs a place to hang out and learn. Awesome stuff!
Happy birthday!
PS
Loving the contests, keep it coming … and the excellent articles!
Insert congratulatory message here!
Also, here’s my contest comment. 🙂
Savoring the Stew
Thank you all for the first year of wonderful posts, and thanks in advance for many more to come!
Congratulations on the milestone. +1 Action Point.
My old group just got back together and my inexperienced ass is the DM, so I’ve been plundering previous articles looking for tips. The tiles would help too!
Please do keep up the good work. I’m a new follower and eagerly await each new post in my Reader. Excellent stuff here!
Happy 1st birthday.
Ta.
Steve Porter
Sweet.
Congratulations! I’m looking forward to the next year of great info!
Throwing my hat into the ring.
Those tiles look pretty neat.
Happy Birthday Gnomes! Love your work!
I almost bought some of these, it’d be awesome to win them! Keep up the good work Gnomes, you’re one of the few RPG Blogs in my RSS feed for a reason!