Tabletop Scenics Inaka Kobetsu Farm and Toshi Ochaya Gardens Review

TTCombat the company behind the awesome tabletop games Carnevale, Rumbleslam, and Droopfleet Commander, along with their own line of hobby paints and tools, have been producing their own scenery sets under their Tabletop Scenics brand. In this article, we'll check out 2 Eastern Empires sets, the Inaka Kobetsu Farm and Toshi Ochaya Gardens. We'll have a look at what they contain, how easy they are to build, and what systems they work with.

What Do The Tabletop Scenics Inaka Kobetsu Farm and Toshi Ochaya Gardens Sets Contain?

The Tabletop Scenics range each contains a variety of different buildings and scenery items.

The Toshi Ochaya Gardens set is built around a tea house and a tranquil garden. The set contains:

• A large tea house (with a removable roof and 3 working sliding doors)
• A pond with a bridge
• 2 entrance gates
• 4 hanging lanterns
• 2 stone lantern

The Inaka Kobetsu Farm set is the core of the Inaka range and features the center of the settlement. The set contains:

• 2 large buildings (with removable roofs, small inside floor)
• 1 small building (with removable roof)
• 1 watchtower
• 1 rice store
• 7 walkways (4 with attached hanging lanterns)
• 2 carts

How Easy Are The Tabletop Scenics Inaka Kobetsu Farm and Toshi Ochaya Gardens Sets To Build?

All of the Tabletop Scenics sets come on flat MDF sprues that need to have the pieces popped out of. The individual pieces have small connections on the sprue that need to be cut and then they can be removed freely. Each set comes with a detailed instruction guide that can be found in Tabletop Scenics download section. At first, there will look like a lot of pieces, but at the start of each item's instructions, it lists the sprues that contain the pieces for that item, which makes them easier to find, and towards the end of each set, it's also a lot easier to find pieces when you have less.

The MDF goes together very easily, and some of the pieces create incredible shapes when fitted together, and a couple of times I marveled at the design. The round lanterns look great in the Eastern Empies sets, when you consider each is made up of 6 flat pieces, that stand inside each other to create the round effect.

We used pdf glue to secure the pieces together, which is easy to wash off skin and apply to the pieces. It secures them well and most of the pieces have clean joins that allow for easy and secure fixing.

Only a couple of times during construction of the Kobetsu Farm and Ochaya Gardens I wish I had 3 hands. The roof pieces of the houses can sometimes be hard to hold while slotting other pieces in, but if you have the patience to wait for each part to glue securely before moving on, that won't be a problem.

We left our sets unpainted for the photos in this article to show the awesome detail that they have in the etching, even when left unpainted. 

What Gaming Systems Do The Tabletop Scenics Inaka Kobetsu Farm and Toshi Ochaya Gardens Sets Work With?

We tested the Inaka Kobetsu Farm and Toshi Ochaya Gardens with several of our favorite gaming systems and the scale worked well, the results of which can be seen throughout this article. 

I'm a big fan of East Asian factions, which is no secret and I play Raven Guard (Space Ninjas) and Tau in 40K, JSA in Infinity, any faction in Bushido, and the Ten Thunders in Malifaux, images of which can be seen throughout this article

What Other Sets Are Available From Tabletop Scenics?

In the Eastern empires range that are still further sets available, including full villages, walls, temples, and a huge pagoda. In other settings, they produce some fantastic Venice scenery for Carnevale, along with Sci-Fi, Wild West, gothic, industrial hives (perfect for Necromunda), and fantasy terrain. 

All of the sets come in MDF, making a very cost-effective way to fill up your gaming board, especially for scenery-heavy games like Necromunda, Carnevale, and Infinity.

What Are Our Final Thoughts On The Tabletop Scenics Inaka Kobetsu Farm and Toshi Ochaya Gardens Sets?

The amount of scenery you get in both the Inaka Kobestsu Farm and Toshi Ochaya Gardens is great. In our photos throughout this article, we use a 2x2 gaming mat, which is what we use for Bushido, and 1 set fills it perfectly, depending on the amount of terrain coverage you want. 2 sets would give you more than enough for any skirmish game like Malifaux, Kill Team, or smaller games of Warhammer 40K.

The scenery goes together easily, and cleanly and the etching really makes the detail pop. Some of the pieces are very well designed and the removable roofs, for internal fighting and sliding doors on the tea house add some fantastic interaction during games. Put the pond with the bridge on any gaming table, and watch as the best fighters rush towards it to fight on it.

Should I Buy The Tabletop Scenics Inaka Kobetsu Farm and Toshi Ochaya Gardens Sets?

If you want some extremely cost-effective scenery that's easy to put together, looks great on the tabletop, and offers some fantastic detail and interactive features, then you should absolutely pick up the Inaka Kobetsu Farm and Toshi Ochaya Gardens. If those sets don't suit your Eastern Empire needs, then there are loads of others, and if Eastern Empires isn't your thing, then the huge range of Tabletop Scenics means there's a set for every gaming type.

The copies of Tabletop Scenics Inaka Kobetsu Farm and Toshi Ochaya Gardens used to produce this preview were provided by TTCombat.