Makers game

Motivation

This is an old game idea of mine, I was finally able to create thanks to my 3D printer. The contest at Prusa was the final push to actually do it at last!

The idea

The concept is based on classic games like "Mensch ärgere Dich nicht" (Man, Don't Get Angry).

Makers game is a modular board game, where you get to choose the rules for each part of the game. With the tiles given, you lay out a board plan and then play the game by rolling a die and moving your figure across the board.

The game comes with a board, tiles, attachments and player figures (a six sided die needs to be obtained from a different source).
Tiles are placed on the board and lay out the routes for your figures.
Attachments are placed on top of tiles and add goals or obstacles to your game.

The gameplay is divided into 3 phases:

Set the rules

You must choose the rules for each piece before you start. The rules will change how you want to set up the pieces on your board. 

You can find a printable set of suggested rules in the files section.

Build the game board

There are several ways to build the game board. Either all players do it together, or a very motivated player builds the board alone beforehand, or you look for a particularly cool construction from the community. I hope that many people will post their creations here on the Prusa site. 🤗

Play

After everything is worked out each player picks a figure, and you can finally play together!

Description of the existing game pieces

	Arrows Indicate the direction in which you must go when you pass the field.
	Halt Here you have to stop, even if you could go further.
	Roll again Roll the die again or move the specified number of fields again.
	Sit out If a figure stops on this field it can not be moved next round.
	Swap You must or may swap your figure with another player.
	Start The starting field on which a player's figure is placed at the beginning and to which it must return when it is captured.
	Teleport When you get to this field you may or must jump to another teleporter field.
	Bomb Explodes on contact. Whether you can disarm the bomb and what happens when it goes boom must be specified in the rules.
	Blockade When this attachment is placed on a field, the field can no longer be used. Other rules must be set beforehand.
	Coins These attachments must be collected by the players. You can use just one, or more. There are extra coins for each player, or maker coins for all.
	Figures The players play with these figures.

Printing Guide

There is a lot to print, and it contains many color changes. But it is really worth it!

For the full color glory, 4-5 colors are needed.

It helps if the printer is well calibrated. The game pieces fit pretty much exactly into the game board. It's a good idea to try out the small GCodes first (Teleporters for example) to check if everything fits well into the game board.

The number of pieces to be printed is shown on the STL files. 

Game pieces

I activated ironing for the top layer and used variable layer thicknesses.

Attachments

Should be printed with a 3 mm brim. Also use variable layer thickness.

Figures

It's best to turn them upside down, that's the best way to print them.

Game board

There is nothing special to consider.

Box

I have so far only constructed one box that can be printed with the MK3s. If there are enough requests, I will create another one for the Mini.