diff --git a/Blarg.GameFramework/Blarg.GameFramework.csproj b/Blarg.GameFramework/Blarg.GameFramework.csproj
index 797d101..e3bafc5 100644
--- a/Blarg.GameFramework/Blarg.GameFramework.csproj
+++ b/Blarg.GameFramework/Blarg.GameFramework.csproj
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Content\ContentManagementException.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TileMap\Tile.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TileMap\TileRawDataContainer.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="TileMap\Meshes\TileMesh.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\Portable\$(TargetFrameworkVersion)\Microsoft.Portable.CSharp.targets" />
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@
     <Folder Include="UI\" />
     <Folder Include="Graphics\Atlas\" />
     <Folder Include="TileMap\" />
+    <Folder Include="TileMap\Meshes\" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\Fonts\Vera.ttf" />
diff --git a/Blarg.GameFramework/TileMap/Meshes/TileMesh.cs b/Blarg.GameFramework/TileMap/Meshes/TileMesh.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56c9c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Blarg.GameFramework/TileMap/Meshes/TileMesh.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+using System;
+using Blarg.GameFramework.Graphics;
+using Blarg.GameFramework.Support;
+
+namespace Blarg.GameFramework.TileMap.Meshes
+{
+	public abstract class TileMesh : IDisposable
+	{
+		public static readonly Vector3 OFFSET = new Vector3(0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f);
+		public static readonly Vector3 UNIT_SIZE = new Vector3(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
+		public static readonly BoundingBox UNIT_BOUNDS = new BoundingBox(new Vector3(-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f), new Vector3(0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f));
+
+		public const byte SIDE_TOP = 1;
+		public const byte SIDE_BOTTOM = 2;
+		public const byte SIDE_FRONT = 4;
+		public const byte SIDE_BACK = 8;
+		public const byte SIDE_LEFT = 16;
+		public const byte SIDE_RIGHT = 32;
+		public const byte SIDE_ALL = (SIDE_TOP | SIDE_BOTTOM | SIDE_FRONT | SIDE_BACK | SIDE_LEFT | SIDE_RIGHT);
+
+		public const int CUBE_VERTICES_PER_FACE = 6;
+
+		public readonly byte OpaqueSides;
+		public readonly bool Alpha;
+		public readonly float Translucency;
+		public readonly byte LightValue;
+		public readonly Color Color;
+
+		public abstract BoundingBox Bounds { get; }
+		public abstract VertexBuffer Vertices { get; }
+		public abstract Vector3[] CollisionVertices { get; }
+
+		public bool IsCompletelyOpaque
+		{
+			get { return OpaqueSides == SIDE_ALL; }
+		}
+
+		public bool IsLightSource
+		{
+			get { return LightValue > 0; }
+		}
+
+		public TileMesh(byte opaqueSides, bool alpha, float translucency, byte lightValue, Color color)
+		{
+			OpaqueSides = opaqueSides;
+			Alpha = alpha;
+			Translucency = translucency;
+			LightValue = lightValue;
+			Color = color;
+		}
+
+		public bool IsOpaque(byte side)
+		{
+			return OpaqueSides.IsBitSet(side);
+		}
+
+		public abstract void Dispose();
+	}
+}
+