The perfect anniversary project for your laser engraver! A board game about laser jobs! Take advantage of each laser and complete as many jobs as possible!
If you have a good idea, then it's best to start constructing / designing it somewhere right away!
I like playing board games and sometimes I get an idea for a new game. It's the same with the laser game: why not combine the possibilities of the various laser engravers with a dice game?
In the pictures you can see how I am starting to design a smart housing for the game, in which all components are integrated or can be accommodated.
Here is a first impression of the game:
Cutting the parts is pretty straight forward. After you have exported a dxf file for each assembly group (I always adjust the size of the outline group directly to the max cutting area of my M1) and imported it into XTool Creative, you can laser cut the files for the 2mm Birch plywood with the above settings! Below you will also find instructions on how to create a whole grid of number cards.
TIP: If you have completely new ideas for the cards (see the instructions below), you can adjust the numbers and symbols as you wish!
Next, the 3mm parts are cut with the settings specified in the XCS file.
You will need a total of 3 x 2mm wood sheets and 2 x 3mm wood sheets.
In the following video you can see how the laser engravers are assembled. The last photo also shows exactly which parts belong to which laser, whereby the D1 is basically already finished.
The next video shows the assembly of the boxes with the 3mm plywood parts:
The first two pictures also show how the stands for the number tiles are assembled. ATTENTION: Don't forget the small parts on the triangles!
Once the lasers and the boxes have been assembled, sand them down with 120 and 240 grit so that as few black edges as possible remain. Also round off the corners well (especially on the M1, as this is characteristic of it).
The small number tiles of the four players can then be painted in any four colors.
ATTENTION: Sort the tiles so that each player has 21 different tiles (every possible combination between 1 and 6)
When coloring with spray paint, you should ensure good ventilation and extraction!
The small lasers are naturally colored in black, white and the characteristic shade of green!
After painting, the hinges can now be attached so that the lids of the M1, S1 and P2 can be opened. Don't worry, you don't need anything special here, just adhesive labels, preferably printed (the pdf file can be found above), so that the glue can be applied from the outside on the S1 and P2 and from the inside on the M1.
Now you should be able to open and close your lids without any problems!
Finally, add the long thin parts with superglue to the four stands for each player so that the number tiles won't fall down.Do this with a distance holder and glue 3 of these parts onto each stand!
When designing the game, I wanted something very special for the box and not just a box that you get everything out of.
That's why I came up with a mechanism that integrates the four stands for the players as a box and holds them together. In the following video you can see how assembly and disassembly work:
If there is a great demand, I will write a written guide for the game. The following already applies: