Card tower + insert for Terraforming Mars Ares + Discovery expansion
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Card tower and insert for sleeved cards for the Terraforming Mars Ares expedition game with the Discovery expansion.
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Model information
- Source
- Printables
- Category
- Board Games
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- Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial — Share Alike
My problem
After sleeving my game of TM the card stack was unable to stand straight and always fell, so to solve that problem I designed a card tower that holds all the cards, making available a few at the bottom so players can draw them throughout the game. I also made some trays to keep the rest of the components organized.
Before you print
This design uses 4 M3 x 20 mm screws (socket head) to join the tower and its' base. You may use shorter screws, but I don't recommend going below 10 mm.
With this design the box lid won't close completely (see last image) because of the height the tower adds to the stored cards.
This design relies on the screws binding to the plastic directly, so if you aren't confident in your tolerances, I recommend printing the Screw fit test first.
Printing guide
All files were made with a .4 nozzle in mind, all are already correctly oriented and don't need slicer supports.
I recommend printing everything with 3 walls and 10-15% infill.
There are two versions of the tower: with and without the name, so you can choose looks or easier printing. Both versions come with custom supports that are better than slicer supports and are easier to remove. If you print the version with the name I recommend using a higher resolution or adaptive layers or slower speeds to successfully print all the details.
I printed the lids of the trays with no bottom and top layers, 25% honeycomb infill, and 3 walls.
Little features
When playing you can use the same tower as the discard pile by dropping cards on the top. If you print the optional card spacer and put it on top of the stack at the beginning of the game, you will be able to see it go down through the slit the card tower gate has.
When storing the game place the company cards inside the tower and separate the with a spacer so you don't mix them with the project cards.
The setup tray doesn't fit all circular milestone tokens as they are rarely used and you will need maximum 9 in a 4 player game (sorry not sorry). There also isn't any space designated for the helper cards and phase tokens as I don't use those.
Thanks for checking this out :)