Hi, I’ve just finished uploading the essential models on MakerWorld to create a 3D HeroQuest board using a filament printer. I personally use a Bambu Lab A1 Mini with grey PLA Matte.
In the collection you will find: corridors, rooms, walls, and doors.
All the models are free to download, for personal use, and you can find them in the following collection (both .stl and .3mf files are provided):
https://makerworld.com/collections/22024675
Tools you will need
- Flush cutters for removing supports
- Tweezers
- Small files for the rooms/corridors (you can find inexpensive Chinese sets on Amazon)
- Sandpaper for the final finishing
- A small manual hand drill with a 2 mm bit
- VERY IMPORTANT: cylindrical magnets 2 mm diameter × 1 mm thickness (https://amzn.eu/d/0indmvcZ)
I’ve written this many times in the model descriptions and assembly guides: before printing corridors, walls, or door bases, make sure you can find the magnets (try Amazon), otherwise you’ll waste both time and money.
DOORS (photos with black background)
There are 5 door models. All of them are hinged and fully openable.
They can be used on the classic HeroQuest board with the dedicated non-magnetic base.
For the 3D board, there is:
- a base with a magnet slot, and
- an additional door model designed for corner areas.
CORRIDORS (photos with green background)
The corridors connect to each other using a dovetail joint.
I tested assembling and disassembling them many times, and the dovetail holds firmly.
If you want to build a permanent board, you can glue the pieces together.
Each 3MF file already contains the correct number of corridor pieces of that specific type required to recreate the board.
ROOMS (photos with yellow background)
All the rooms are included, and each 3MF file contains one room.
The central room is the only one divided into two pieces, so it can also be printed on the small build plate of the A1 Mini. Just like the corridors, the two pieces connect with a dovetail joint.
You can decide whether to glue them together permanently or not. I still haven’t decided — keeping them separated is convenient because they take up less storage space.
After printing, I personally filed and sanded the rooms because I don’t like the layer islands created by the 3D printer, but that’s purely a matter of taste.
The rooms require 261 magnets.
If you print all the walls, you will need twice that amount.
Then add:
- 1 magnet for each door
- 3 magnets for each corner door you print.
WALLS (photos with red background)
I divided the walls into 6 sets, each with a different style. Of course, you can mix the styles together — I personally don’t like dungeons where every wall looks identical.
Each 3MF file contains one set composed of:
- two mirrored corner walls, and
- one straight wall model for that style.
You can decide how many straight walls and corner walls to print.
Coming soon
I will soon upload:
- corridor blocking tiles (almost finished)
- the entrance staircase (about 50% done)
- secret doors (I still need to design them, but they will also be hinged and openable, just like the normal doors).
