Thanks Chris. The nice part of tiles (when they don't belong to another game) is you have more portability, especially if you're carrying everything in a zippered pouch, Hive-style.
The bad part is it takes longer to set up the board. Though technically you really only have to put down the BOTTOM set of tiles first, and could place the others as the game progresses. Hmmm. Haven't tried it like that yet.