Andy Schiller - Tabletop Analytics

Andy Schiller

Activity	Projects	Revenue	Pledges	Avg. Pledge	Links
2017 - 2023	4	$9,805 USD	68	$144 USD
	Andy has been building miniature terrain since the 1980s. As a fan of D&D and tabletop role-playing games, he began to make his own terrain. It was very popular at Colorado Game Conventions, including Gator-Con, Ghengis-Con, and at Total Escape Games in Broomfield. The modular dungeon idea started as a hand-made project, glued together from tiny bricks. These prototypes served their purpose well, and fueled several weekly games at Get Your Game On in Ann Arbor, MI. Andy crafts his large rooms out of 80D rock-hard Resin, with graphite granules added. The result was a stunning realistic Granite rock effect. Each piece is unique. Andy has experimented with different hardness ratings of resin, flexible plastics, meltable vinyl, as well as "featherlight" products; the result is rock hard and non-warping. Close friends began asking for commission projects. The Arena and the Wizard's Tower were born. How to keep those pieces together, and aligned straight? After trying several "lego-like" themes, where pieces snap together through pegs and holes, Andy decided to abandon them all. They simply didn't look realistic with such obvious connectors, and there was no way to hide them. If only there was a way to get the pieces to connect and stay together, but in a way that is completely unseen. The answer: magnets. The magnets are placed INSIDE the molds, then the liquid resin is poured in, surrounding and embedding the magnet permanently. Andy is 44 and lives in Tecumseh, MI, just outside of Ann Arbor. He performed in Carnegie Hall at age 19, was a Professor of Music at Adrian College and Siena Heights University at age 22. He holds a BA in Electronic Music, a MA in Orchestraion, an MA in Classical Guitar Performance, and an Honorary Doctorate in Gospel Music. He and his cat Anakin Skywalker (it turns to the dark side) work on his castles in his basement. Andy currently has terrain displayed at Get Your Game On in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as well as Acropolis Games in Adrian. DrakenStone: a "drake" is a wingless dragon. Gypsum "stone" was the first product available from Andy, featuring "build-your-own" kits using small blocks.