stoic wrote: On this topic, I thought that this was an interesting concept. It's a miniature tabletop war game designed around 3D printing by the author of Gama World. It's called Word War Tesla.
Wargame vault has it for 50 percent off ($10.00). I have access to industrial printers at my university, and consumer grade machines at the library. Tempting
There is some killer golden-age Sci Fi art for this title. Worth a visit just to see their stuff.
I think this is going to be a major portion of the hobby in a decade or so. I could see much of boardgaming becoming either IP-purchase-only or purchase a base game and then purchase printable add-ons. It will put hobby gaming back into a cottage industry (which it has been at a dead run from over the last five years) and bring the cost of entry down to impulse-buy prices. As it stands most game boxes are running $50-$80, a game like this, if it has the goods, can be in-hand for 20% of that.
When 3-D printers go color this will be a really viable option. Zero shipping costs, zero setup, zero inventory.
We need a standalone thread called "Sag's Print and Play recommendations"
Glad I stumbled on this post
I have found a lot of uses for 3D printed items in my games. I have printed things for organizing the games (deck & token holders, etc.) as well as objective markers and things like that. I am also printing a huge city layout for skirmish games. My table it about 6x8 and I have more than enough buildings, etc. to fill it now for a modern setting. And printers have come way down in price. Obviously there still are higher-end, high dollar machines, but for hobby use I just don't see them as necessary.
The printers I am using are in the sub $200 range and I have been more than happy with the results. It took a bit to get things all adjusted, but now its a fairly simple process to start a print and walk away. Not the fastest things in the world, but that was another factor for going with the cheaper end for me. I have now purchased three and can get them all fired up and printing terrain, so the time is greatly reduced. For the amount of money I would have spent on the equivalent amount of terrain, the cost of the printers have more than been covered.
I ordered the Talisman board game pieces so I'll post a pic them when I get them. The library consolidated them for me on three sheets so it was only $10. I'll decide whether to paint them when I see how they turned out.
I got a printer as an early birthday present for myself. I've only had it for 3 days and I already have a list of like 50 things I want to print. There's a bunch of little upgrade parts for the printer itself I need to do, but I'll probably spend some time making Wiz-War objects and pieces for Twilight Struggle. I'll probably also print out some weapons and terrain for Necromunda. I also definitely want to check out card holders/organizers for various games.
Right now I'm printing out an
Aztec death whistle that I am going to put in my nephew's Christmas stocking and get him to blow it with my unsuspecting family around.
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