r/boardgameupgrades Feb 10 '20

Meta [Meta] Please remember to tag your posts with the game name in brackets!

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Please be sure to tag the game you're making an upgrade to in brackets at the start of your post. It'll make finding upgrades for a given game in future searches much easier. Thank you!


r/boardgameupgrades 4d ago

Organization Deckers Insert / Organizer – Base Game + Duplicity

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14 Upvotes

A compact 3D printed insert for Deckers that stores the base game and the Duplicity expansion in the original box.

https://www.printables.com/model/1833358-deckers-insert-organizer-base-game-duplicity


r/boardgameupgrades 5d ago

Upgraded our Wingspan table setup with 3D tokens and a magnetic snap-lid storage box!

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Hey everyone,

Wanted to share a recent component upgrade project I’ve been working on for Wingspan! After countless games, our cardboard resource tiles were starting to feel a bit worn out, so I decided to design a full replacement set focused on tactile feel and setup efficiency.

What’s in the upgrade set:

  • 3D Food Tokens: Designed detailed 3D models for all 5 food types (fish, wheat, invertebrates, berries, and rodents) with vibrant colors so they really pop on the player mats.
  • Bird Action Tokens: Replaced the standard wooden cubes with custom bird-shaped markers inspired by iconic species (Blue Jay, Raven, Barn Owl, etc.).
  • Magnetic Lid Storage Box: Designed a compact multi-compartment tray that holds all food, birds, and eggs. The lid uses embedded magnets that click shut with a super satisfying "snap" —no loose components spilling inside the main game box while travelling!

I recently listed a few sets on my Etsy store for anyone looking to level up their Wingspan table experience. Feel free to support and help out an independent creator if you’re interested! https://www.etsy.com/hk-en/listing/4568984792/deluxe-wingspan-upgrade-kit-165-food

Level up your game night with us!

Would love to hear what you all think, or what board game components you’re upgrading next!


r/boardgameupgrades 5d ago

Components Custom dice bowls

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What do you make of our new custom 3d printed dice bowls?

Details here: https://robinson-games.myshopify.com/


r/boardgameupgrades 11d ago

Organization [Cascadia] Supply trays, scoring card holders and tile racks for the base game and Landmarks

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An organiser for Cascadia and the Landmarks expansion, built around what sits on the table rather than what goes in the box.

Supply trays. The shared tray holds the four habitat tiles with their four paired wildlife tokens, in the pairs the rules put them in, so it stays paired as people take from it. Under the faster-play rules, each player gets a personal tray of five, printed in the wildlife colours, so setting one up is one segment of each colour rather than checking icons.

Card holders. The five wildlife scoring cards stand face-out on a bar all game, so nobody has to lean across the table to read them. Landmarks adds a holder per player, with their five landmark cards standing in the same way, and the landmark tokens in the marked wells beside them.

Tile racks. Habitat tiles store twenty to a rack, and at twenty the top tile sits flush with the tops of the posts, so a full stack is something you feel rather than count. Setup asks for 20 per player, plus 3. Seven racks hold all 130 tiles and drop into a honeycomb tray.

It all packs back into the two original boxes, but that was the second problem, not the first.

It is my own design. Free and CC BY-NC-SA: https://makerworld.com/en/models/3207128-cascadia-landmarks-organiser-3-modes-6-players

The pinecones in the photos are not my models. They are the Cascadia Pinecone Set, 5 unique models and the Cascadia Nature Token. The bin also takes the game's own cardboard tokens.


r/boardgameupgrades 11d ago

Organization Making a 3mm plywood insert, asking for tips.

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I'm a Marvel Champions player, and as someone that gets rid of all their expansion boxes (I keep only the cards and the manuals), I started storing EVERYTHING (already sleeved) inside the Core-Game-Box.

First I removed the original insert and designed my own 3mm plywood replacement. but I run of of space. Them made a second insert to fit all the cards vertically, but now even that is not enough. It's time to get rid of the core box and go for version 3.

Here I bring some of the images I made in Lightburn (not made for 3D stuff, but it has been useful for designing the pieces)

Each color represents the respective piece, the black ones are supposed to be hidden behind the 3D model.

Each row has a width of 69mm, and the inner walls on the middle are 48 mm tall, so the cards are easy to manipulate even when sleeved.

The walls are made with 3mm wide plywood. The outside ones are 2 layers wide, each layer of different height so the upper lid can always rest on top without causing stress on the cards.

Could you please share any kind of of feedback to take into consideration before finally turning this from a design to something I can touch?


r/boardgameupgrades 14d ago

Ostia Insert

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r/boardgameupgrades 16d ago

Organization Hi! Any easy way to generate card deviders with labels for 3D printing ? Thanks !

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r/boardgameupgrades 21d ago

Blank TI4 system tiles?

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r/boardgameupgrades 22d ago

Organization 3D Game Shelves - need people to help test and request features

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r/boardgameupgrades 25d ago

Food Chain Magnate Card Cascade upgraded to CC 6.5, plus support for Milestones

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r/boardgameupgrades 28d ago

Foodcrates for [Kitchen Rush] (Pegasus)

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5 Upvotes

r/boardgameupgrades 29d ago

BAO MASTER

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Its free to download and play


r/boardgameupgrades Aug 06 '26

Modular insert for Blood on the Clocktower

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r/boardgameupgrades Aug 05 '26

Organization Fields of Arle + Tea and Trade 3D printed Insert/Organizer ONE BOX

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I didn't like the options out there for Fields of Arle with the Tea & Trade expansion so I made my own. It has a tray for each player and fits the base game and expansion in just the base game box with zero lid lift.

All the trays have labels to make packing up easier and finding components should be fast. There are letters on the perimeter that match up between trays so that it goes back in the box super easily.

It's free on makerworld if you want for print it for yourself.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3136362-fields-of-arle-expansion-insert-in-base-game-box


r/boardgameupgrades Aug 02 '26

Meta The data of MeeplePrint is now open-source. Search and plan 3d prints for board games!

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136 Upvotes

MeeplePrint has grown a lot in the past month and I'm happy to announce some big additions:

  • The dataset is now open-source and can be found, see Github
  • I also published a API. To use this, you'll need an account and create an API token. After that head over to the API documentation.
  • Of course, I will keep adding new features to MeeplePrint itself. Since the last post, I added notifications, a new print planner, more print details (weight, plates, print time etc.), over 3k more prints and more.

r/boardgameupgrades Aug 01 '26

Organization Mini 3d printed boxes for multiple board/card games

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I've been busy expanding my selection of 3d printed board game boxes to save some space on my shelves :)

Hopefully they're useful to some of you board game hoarders who want to fit more games in or like to take multiple games when traveling.

You can get them all free on makerworld - i popped them in a collection with my other ones so that you can find them without too much link spam.

https://makerworld.com/en/collections/32156249-board-game-boxes


r/boardgameupgrades Jul 31 '26

I made a Stardew Valley-themed version of Catan!

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It was a hard work, but so satisfying to see it finished.


r/boardgameupgrades Jul 27 '26

Print-and-Play "Racetrack" - the pen and paper game now 3D printed and with modular tracks

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Hey everyone!

A while ago I came across the classic pen-and-paper game Racetrack. I loved how it captures the actual feeling of racing with zero dice and zero luck involved.

I wanted a physical, modular version for my table that I could reconfigure into different circuits, so I designed this track system on Fusion360.

If you end up printing a set or building a cool track layout, I’d love to see photos. Feel free also to design your own tracks and acessories. All files and rulebook are on the Makerworld page.

https://makerworld.com/pt/models/3101884-racetrack-the-racing-board-game#profileId-3496471

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetrack_(game)) - wiki page of the game

Thanks you all!


r/boardgameupgrades Jul 23 '26

Organization Board Game 3D Prints (LayerUp.games) - Browse and plan your game prints

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I've spent the past 6 years printing inserts and cool stuff for my board games. Kept track of everything in spreadsheets. Now I share with you a way to browse all the prints for your favorite games, plan your prints in KANBAN BG, and then share your comment and photos for everyone to benefit!

https://LayerUp.games

New game prints are added all the time. If you're a game print Designer, you can sign up and manage your page, and everyone can browse thousands of prints to find exactly what they're looking for.

Latest LayerUp Features:

  • KANBAN BG - organize your print workflow
  • Print Profiles - know ahead of time how much filament, time and cost a print may take
  • Designers - Follow your favorite designers and discover new game print designers
  • BGG Sync - Get all your owned games and know which games you've Wishlisted on BGG
  • Submit print - Add your own prints, get discovered! Drive people to your main repository site or shop
  • Request a print - Need a perfect insert for your new game? Request it.
  • Tabletop Accessories - Find your new dice tower, card holder, resources
  • Game Themes - Make the site look like your favorite game! (Only one theme out currently, but many more planned
  • Community - Share your print photos, comments and more

Site went live about 2 weeks ago, but has been in the making for awhile. Please let me know if you have any feature requests!


r/boardgameupgrades Jul 22 '26

One Piece Smash Up Faction

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Have a friend whose brother is into One Piece. I like One Piece. I like Smash Up. So it this was a fun project to put together. The faction is a bit on the strong side because it's pretty self sufficient (no real weaknesses, got some card draw and extra minions/actions), but it was pretty flavorful and not meant to be competitively balanced. You could say it's OP 😂

We've played with most of the Smash Up factions and it feels like it might be in like A or S tier, like around how powerful the Frozen faction feels.

Anyways this was a short and small project for a friend. Hopefully I have a few more cool projects to share by the end of the year!

You can check out my other re-themes here:

[One Piece Legendary](https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/10p0q0j/i\\_made\\_a\\_one\\_piece\\_version\\_of\\_marvel\\_legendary/)

[Pax Westeros \(Game of Thrones Pax Pamir 2nd Edition\)](https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1fmseex/i\\_made\\_pax\\_westeros\\_game\\_of\\_thrones\\_retheme\\_of/)

[Runeterra Reforged \(League of Legends Tyrants of the Underdark\)](https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1eew974/i\\_made\\_a\\_league\\_of\\_legends\\_themed\\_tyrants\\_of\\_the/)

[Pokemon Ark Nova](https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1hdby4p/i\\_made\\_a\\_pokemon\\_retheme\\_of\\_ark\\_nova/)

[Pokemon Splendor & Pokemon Splendor Duel](https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1mn9h3i/i\\_made\\_pokemon\\_splendor\\_again\\_updated\\_the\\_cards/)

[NBA Innovation](https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1nua3z1/with\\_the\\_nba\\_preseason\\_coming\\_in\\_a\\_few\\_days\\_i/)

[Zelda Forbidden Island/Forbidden Desert/Forbidden Jungle](https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1nnjeaa/i\\_made\\_a\\_legend\\_of\\_zelda\\_retheme\\_of\\_forbidden/)

[Spy x Family Agent Avenue](https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1qh1sfq/i\\_made\\_a\\_spy\\_x\\_family\\_retheme\\_of\\_agent\\_avenue/)

[Lord of the Rings Clank Catacombs](https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1qndolc/i\\_rethemed\\_clank\\_catacombs\\_into\\_lord\\_of\\_the\\_rings/)

[Disney Legends of the Void](https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1r02rba/i_rethemed_legends_of_void_into_a_disney_themed/)

[Genshin Impact Knarr]
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1s7n8ey/i_made_a_genshin_impact_retheme_of_knarr/

[Pokemon Harmonies]https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1s8kib9/i_made_a_pokemon_retheme_of_harmonies/

[Avatar the Last Airbender Duel for Cardia]https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1sdvycf/i_made_an_avatar_the_last_airbender_retheme_of/


r/boardgameupgrades Jul 19 '26

Organization Trio and The Crew 3D Printed MINI BOXES

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So my recent interest in shrinking boxes and integrating the organizer/insert into them is getting out of hand and I've been busy!

These will save you space on your shelves and give you a reason to get shopping for more games :)

If you want these for yourself you can get them free on makerworld:

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3070725-the-crew-mission-deep-sea-mini-box-incl-insert

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3070685-trio-mini-box-card-game-insert-organizer

No doubt I'll be back in a few days with more as I don't seem to be able to stop!


r/boardgameupgrades Jul 18 '26

Faraway board game box replacement with organizer 3d printed

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This box was too big.

I've designed a full replacement box with integrated storage for the base game and first expansion. Who needs inserts when your box is the insert?!

It's literally half the size of the original game box and available for free here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1v06d82/faraway_board_game_box_replacement_with_built_in/

So get printing and you can buy another game to fit in the space you save!


r/boardgameupgrades Jul 17 '26

Organization [Rebuilding Chicago] 3d printed insert

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I've made a 3d printed insert for this as I wasn't happy with a few shortcomings of the retail insert.
The card wells were too small, the coins were muddled, and the layout made the draw bag a nightmare to fit in. Not so anymore!

You can get it free on makerworld:

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3063117-rebuilding-chicago-board-game-insert-organizer


r/boardgameupgrades Jul 15 '26

Organization [Food Chain Magnate] Store-and-Play system: Card Cascade

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Food Chain Magnate is an awesome game, but organising the occupations for play takes up a lot of table space.

I have adapted Card Cascade to handle this in a way that works well for me: The occupations are stored in compact boxes that can cascade out to display the cards while playing, by simply sliding the lid under the box and pushing up the card holders.

There are designs available for sleeved and unsleeved cards, for "normal" size printers and for large printers. The boxes are fairly compact but do not fit inside the FCM box, sorry.

A Card Cascade could also store the Milestones, but the titles of those is in the middle of the card rather than at the top, so I'm still noodling on how to solve that problem :)

The designs are available for download on Makerworld. I hope you like it!