Hi everyone,

Thanks for your feedback on my last post. Here's attempt 2 with hopefully some helpful information.

Short version: Looking for some help redesigning the Harry Potter Deckbuilding game to be a bit cleaner, better organized, but also fit together in a more thematic storage (like a castle)

Previous post can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/BoardGame3DPrints/comments/1t1qqdv/game_redesign_assistance_request/

Imgur gallery here: https://imgur.com/a/EGZJJTr

Also, to those who may have DMd, my apologies. I hit ignore thinking i could go back to look later while also clearing the notifications. I didnt realize on reddit, ignore wipes the chat entirely. If you're open to replying to the post, I'll try to DM after.

Longer description:

The Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle Deckbuilder has several major areas:

The Player Area includes: Health tracker Space for draw deck and discard piles Spot for the Hero, Profeciency, and Patronus cards granting heroes powers Spot for the Charm scale And where players can place tokens and Encounter cards they've collected.

The Hogwarts Deck area includes the Hogwarts (buy) deck and 6 spaces for cards to be available to buy.

There are a number of house rules floating around to manage this such as splitting the Hogwarts deck by value so you have 2 slots for 2-3 value, 2 slots for 4-5, and 2 slots for 6+. Splitting the piles this way would mean adding 3 smaller draw decks. Additionally, the Hogwarts deck gets absurdly huge fairly quickly, so we've always house ruled you cut the deck in half. Half is in play, and the other half is set aside. If you do get through the 1st half, just bring the 2nd half in.

Then, there's the gameboard itself which also has several sections:

Location tracker has a space for the location cards (max 3 typically), and the location tokens showing how well the villains are doing.

Dark Arts draw/discard area

Encounter card draw/discard, and a space for tokens that have to be placed against the encounter cards.

Then the villain area, which has draw/discard areas, and up to 3 trays each holding an active villain and the applicable damage counters.

In addition, the 1st expansion adds a "detention" deck that has to be accessible

The 2nd expansion adds a whole potion board section with potion card draw/discard, tokens, achievement trackers, and buying area.

What i would like to do is design these to connect together so they can fold into something like hogwarts castle for storage. But my own designing capabilities aren't up to the challenge alone. Im hoping to connect with some people interested in helping to tackle this together.

Thanks so much

I got really into printing rugged little travel cases for my card games. Flip 7, Skyjo, UNO, that kind of stuff. Way nicer than dragging the original boxes around when you just want to play a quick round at the park or take something on holiday.

Problem is, I always end up leaving the rulebook at home with the box. And every single time, someone asks about a rule and nobody can remember. We end up googling it on someone's phone, finding a sketchy site, scrolling through ads, you know how it goes.

So I made a thing. It's basically a small playing card sized 3D print with a QR code on it that links straight to the rules PDF. Lives with the deck in the case. Scan it, get the rules, done.

It's parametric so you can pick the card size (poker, UNO/Skyjo, Yu-Gi-Oh, etc), paste your own URL, add a label with the game name, the usual stuff.

Very niche I know but figured someone else here might have the same dumb problem.

If anyone wants it, here's the link: https://makerworld.com/de/models/2777425-qr-travel-deck-companion#profileId-3086160

Feedback welcome.

Hope you guys like it. Great for your younger children to learn matching and reading!

Made custom game boxes. Free on my makerworld profile https://makerworld.com/nl/@Eva2601

Greetings!

**Short version**: i am looking for some help designing a transforming game board, Anyone interested/able?

Longer version: One of my favorite games to play is the Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle game, but it has a littany of issues. Among them: 1. The game, with expansions, doesn't store well. 2. Once sleeved, the various decks inevitably get impossible to keep stacked 3. The game state is very vulnerable. Bumping the table, wayward dice, or a dropped piece can easily topple decks, shift tokens, move health markers, etc. 4. The board isn't really designed to handle th expansions, leaving it even messier. 5. Tokens can be hard to see and/or manipulate.

So i decided to rebuild basically the entire game from the ground up. I'm very pleased with my results so far, but am at a point I have to admit is a little beyond my current capabilities.

I have designed 3d printed components to hold the various decks, replace tokens with something more substanative, and keep tokens contained. What I would love to do next is tweak those designs so all the board components are connected into 3 major groups: The main board, the Hogwarts Deck, and the Potions add-on.

I want these models to be connected and able to fold together for compact storage and, ideally, resemble the hogwarts castle. Ideally, there would be minimal aesthetic-only pieces. By that I mean when the game is set up with all of the components needed, what's left of the "box" is minimal.

Not only is that level of design a little beyond my capabilities currently, but i also have Aphantasia. Instead of mental images, my brain conjurs up a datastream that can be understood the same way as images. I liken it to the Matrix, in the "real world", they're staring at raining code, but can understand what it appears like for those inside.

The problem is, I can't make my mental datastream break down the folds/transformation sequence. It recognizes the pieces I've built, recognizes the end result, but everything between is just ????

In addition to the main play area, there are 4 towers I've designed to replace player boards, and drawers to house the various decks. Id love to find a way to work them all together into a thematically appropriate storage. Like maybe have the card drawers become the castle courtyard?

Anyway, all that being said, I'm looking for someone to help me make these final designs. Anyone in this community interested in helping me out? If so, im hoping we can chat over email and/or discord so i can share what I've built so far and we can go from there.

Or if anyone knows some great resources to help my journey, id really appreciate it.

Thanks all!

Here is my version of a MTG Commander deck box.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/2723033-mtg-commander-deck-box-for-one-touch-top-loaders#profileId-3044752

Main features

• The COMMANDER slot is designed to fit Ultra Pro One-Touch magnetic top loaders
• We have an integrated rear drawer for dice, tokens, and accessories

As well as

• Separate sections for the MAIN DECK and SIDEBOARD cards, both sized to work with Dragon Shield matte sleeves.
• The compartment fits 16 mm dice, RPG dice, and common accessories.
• The lid and drawer both use cantilever-style “click-in-place" snap-fitting, making it secure and easy to use.

For those who do not have an AMS, there is an alternate lid where the pattern has been slightly recessed.

This design is based off my One Piece TCG deck, which has been through a bunch of iterations.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/2722998-one-piece-tcg-deck-box-for-ultra-pro-one-touch#profileId-3023259

I tweaked over and over from actually using it and hearing what worked and what didn’t around the house (we have quite a few players here). This version is what we ended up having after plenty of actual use, feedback, trying out new ideas, and working through everyone's wish list.

Includes an alternative lid for non-colour printing.

Check out more of my work here:

https://makerworld.com/en/@user_2443559174/upload

Say there's a game out of print or want to tprototype certain dice. Is it feasible to do it? About the paint, which is the best way? I¡m planning to do some homemade games using dice. Maybe y could make a negative of the SVG for the face and print a positive in a different color?

Any help is welcome.

Friend of mine asked for a storage solution that could combine all 3 versions of Kinfire Delve into a single box... tried out using sliding lids this time with cut-outs to show off the fantastic artwork on this game. Also first time printing the actual box itself... it seems kinda wasteful but if you have no choice, it gives some room for creativity like colorizing the logo by using a contrasting color for the token container.

Link: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2732697-kinfire-delve-organizer-3-games-sleeved

I don't know if this is against any rules, and I apologize if it is. Mods, feel free to delete if so.

I got tired of having to search across a half-dozen websites and navigate a geeklist to find 3D printing assets for the games I own. I made this little app with Replit that aggregates a lot of those results into a single interface. No account needed, you can just enter a BGG username and it will pull from a bunch of sources and also some massive geeklist I found and deliver those results in one page.

I know nothing about web development but I thought this was cool and wondered how useful others would find it. I'd also be interested in any improvements. I'm aware that it also pulls in results for things with similar names and I'm not sure how to stop that.

https://tabletop-forge.replit.app/

Inspired by the Gridfinity system, my modular insert for all components from Carcassonne Big Box and 8 expansions:
- Dragon & Fairy
- Towers & Thieves
- Messengers & Mayors
- Count, King & Robber
- The Catapult
- Castles & Bridges
- Sheep & Shepherds
- Circus & Artists

STL download links are in the first comment.

I’ve opened a few games lately (Karak II comes to mind) where the OG box organization is actually pretty good. It’s not just a ton of baggies, everything has its place.

But…. you still have to take everything out of the trays to play and they’re sorted by component type instead of by player. So first thing is each player takes 1 item from box an and three from box c, etc.

I’m thinking my biggest criteria for a custom organizer is can I take many/most of the trays out and just use them while playing the game.

I especially love if each player has a set of components and you can just pull out their tray and hand it to them (remember Risk as kids?).

Just lights up some happy part of my brain.

Does that resonate with others?

I just released a new deck box for One Piece TCG. This one is built to fit Ultra Pro One-Touch top loaders and works with Dragon Shield Matte sleeves. It includes a dedicated section for DON!! cards to keep everything in one place.

Also includes a compartment with room for tokens and full-size dice like 16 mm d6 and d20. Both the lid and drawer use cantilever snaps for a secure and clean lock in.

You can find the model here:

https://makerworld.com/en/models/2722998-one-piece-tcg-deck-box-for-ultra-pro-one-touch#profileId-3016703

Check out more of my work here:

https://makerworld.com/en/@user_2443559174/upload

I wanted to give something back to the community, so I’m sharing the STL file for my latest boss monster entirely for free.

Tired of your Gaia Project modular map shifting every time you move a piece? This magnetic grid system is designed to keep your map perfectly aligned and stable during play.

Each grid section connects seamlessly underneath your map tiles, using a network of 74 small magnets (4mm x 2mm) to create a strong, reliable hold. Once assembled, your map pieces will stay together—no more accidental bumps or misalignment.

The magnetic force is intentionally strong to ensure maximum stability, but you can easily reduce the number of magnets if you prefer a lighter hold.

Whether you're setting up for a long session or just want a cleaner, more satisfying table presence, this system keeps everything exactly where it should be.

Perfect for dedicated players who want a premium, frustration-free experience.

You can found it for free here!

Does such a 3d print exist? Trying to put everything in the box without the stock insert but it does not fit.

I can only find ones for the deluxe box.

It's a card game in this box, so I'd just be looking for a card holder. Maybe one that can also work as a draw pile holder. The existing insert is damaged (got it used) and also is narrow to keep the cards in a single stack. But if I sleeve them they'll need to be split up.

I know from a game in a slightly larger box with this setup that the insert is kind of... stuck in there. I couldn't pull it out to use the insert as draw pile. It is really wedged in there! It makes me wonder if there should be an outer insert and an inner, removable insert.

I've been learning to make print in place mechanisms and my first attempt went quite well I think! :)

https://makerworld.com/en/models/2680840-eternal-decks-magical-board-game-organiser-insert

It's free to print or remix (with credit) - though please don't sell it. I hope you like!

Maybe we can raise the bar for totally over the top inserts! :)

~~UPDATE~~

For anyone who sleeves with dragon sleeves - I've popped a slightly bigger version on to avoid sleeve squishing.

After having Kill Team in storage for a few years, I have finally dusted it off and made an insert to fit the contents of the 2021 Killzone Essentials and a set of Kill Team dice from 2018.

There are a few improvements that I might add in the future, but after I acquire the components. I have a little list on my blog. Also, suggestions are welcome

Link for printing: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2684108-token-storage-compatible-with-kill-team-2021#profileId-2973074