Catan Border w/ Built-in Dice Tower for OG Game

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I was looking to replace the cardboard border for my original 4-player Settlers of Catan (Mayfair 4th Edition) that got bent, broken and warped from years of abuse.  For me personally, I preferred the round border that crusheen created over on Thingsverse.  It OG is a little too thick for my liking so I reduced the z-axis from 4mm to 2.7mm and added white pips to show what intersections the ports affect.  

 

I figured while I was at it, I'd merge a dice tower directly to the border to try to keep those errant dice rolls from wiping out game pieces on the board.  For the dice tower I used the modular one created by LevyTek.

 

NOTE: This print is NOT suitable for the A1 Mini.  I don't know if the larger pieces with the built-in dice tower base will fit on an A1 as I don't have one to test with.

 

Printing Instructions:

• You DON'T need to print all 8 plates for a full border. 
  • DICE TOWER on ONE (1) PORT Border Piece
    • Print Plates: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • DICE TOWER on TWO (2) PORTS Border Piece
    • Print Plates: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
  • NO DICE TOWER, just Border Pieces
    • Print Plates: 4, 5, 8

** To reduce the risk of warping, allow the print plate to cool before removing pieces (especially the border pieces).

 

** If you don't want a textured dice tower, disable fuzzy skin for the “Tower Base” on Plate 1 or two (depending on what configuration you print as per the above) and all objects on Plate 3.  

 

** If you want a textured finish for the water border, enable fuzzy skin (contour .3/.3) for all pieces and disable ironing.

 

Assembly:

 

Alternate between the 1 port and 2 ports pieces until you have a full circle.  Use the hex tiles and port tokens from the original game to build the game board.

 

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Printed on a Bambu Labs PS1 with AMS using .4 nozzle and Bambu Marine Blue and Ash Grey Matte PLA.

Total Print time (all five (5) plates): 13h31m

Total Filament: 379.56g

Estimated Cost: $9.49

 

 

Quality:

• Standard settings except:
  • Seam position: Random
  • Ironing Type: Top surfaces (turn off to speed up the print if you don't care about top surface ironing)

Strength:

• Standard settings except:
  • Top surface pattern: Rectilinear
  • Sparse infill patter: Triangles

Others:

• Standard settings except:
  • Disabled: Prime tower (this is a personal preference to save on filament and print times)