3d printed games and toys
Niche Made: Modding NERF Guns With 3D Printing
We didn’t have a lot of NERF guns in the house growing up, but I do remember one specific NERF incident when I was older. I was home from college…
What’s Really Going on With the 3D Printed Toy Market Today?
One of the many industries being disrupted by 3D printing is toys; as most mass-produced playthings are already made of plastic, which is definitely in the 3D printing wheelhouse, it…
New 3D Printed Board Game Allows Players to Battle Autocracy
Board games have been around for centuries, and even with all of the technological alternatives available today, they still remain popular. That doesn’t mean, though, that board games can’t be…
3D Printing Leads to Kickstarter Success for Inventive Fungisaurs
In 2015, 3D artist Aiman Akhtar and his wife Hwa Kinoshita Kim were driving back from a camping trip to Yosemite National Park when they stopped at an In-N-Out Burger and…
Hobgoblin 3D Prepares Kickstarter Campaign to Provide 3D Printable Props for Tabletop RPGs
Since Dungeons & Dragons made its debut in 1974, tabletop role playing games (RPGs) have been steadily gaining in popularity. These kinds of games rely upon established sets of rules,…
Toy Maker: 3D Print Toys at Home with New App from AstroPrint
Think back to when you were a kid, dreaming about a variety of toys. It was a long waiting game for most of us, as we had to hope for…
Crosslances Studio Launches Third Kickstarter Campaign for 3D Printable Gaming Miniatures
I’ve never been much of a sports fan, so I don’t quite know how fantasy football leagues work. What I do know, however, is that 3D printing technology is the…
3D Printing, Gaming and Rolling with the Punches — A Few Questions For: Hobgoblin 3D
Since 3D printing began going more mainstream on a consumer level, one group in particular has enthusiastically seized on it: the gaming sector. Tabletop gamers, especially, have seen the opportunities…
Argentina: Students 3D Print Chess Set for Visually Impaired at the Elizalde Institute
Many—whether enthusiasts or not—would say that chess is one of the more difficult board games to master, under any condition. Still, it is an ancient game of challenge and competition…
Nano Brick Artist Brings the 1980s Back With a 3D Printed Classic Tabletop Arcade
Those of you who don’t have 3D printers already, what do you think you’d make first if you did have one? In all likelihood, probably a Benchy, but then what?…
3D Print to Survive the Apocalypse: A Look at the Overlap Between 3D Printing and Gaming
This spring, game developer Holospark will be releasing Earthfall, a first-person co-operative shooter game set in a post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest that has been ravaged by aliens. The invasion, along with…
New From Gambody: A Fully Workable 49-Piece MechWarrior Atlas 3D Model
BattleTech fans! If you haven’t checked out gamer-specific 3D model marketplace Gambody yet, you really should do so. We’ve followed a lot of their impeccably designed models as they’ve been…
Baffled by the US Election Process? Treatstock’s Political Domination Board Game, Featuring 3D Printed Pieces, Will Teach You!
Tomorrow, finally, the 2016 US Presidential Election will wrap up. It seems as though it’s been dragging on forever, and it hasn’t just been affecting the United States – people…
Design and 3D Print Your Own Character for New Skylanders Imaginators Game
Games – of both the video and tabletop nature – are becoming more and more customizable thanks to 3D printing and virtual reality. The lines between video and tabletop gaming…
Gambody Continues to Impress with Flawlessly Detailed 3D Printed Models of a Soviet Tank and a MechWarrior Catapult
New 3D printing marketplaces are launched all the time, but it’s the niche marketplaces that I find really interesting. Take a site like Gambody, for example. The site, first launched in…
DesktopHero Allows Anyone to Design Their Own Customized 3D Printable Gaming Characters for Free – No Modeling Skills Required
3D printing is celebrated by millions of people, but some of its biggest fans are gamers. The technology opens up unlimited possibilities for creation and creativity in the world of…
Former NASA Engineer Builds Massive NERF Blaster with Help from Eclectical Engineering and a 3D Printer
Like many children of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, I participated in many a NERF battle as a kid. I’ve both won and lost many times, and have taken enemies…
Introducing the Pirakeet: A Tiny DIY and Low-Budget 3D Printed Gaming Console
As video game consoles and graphics seem to get more and more sophisticated, for some reason handheld games also seem to grow more popular. This is especially the case for people of…
Sculpteo’s Best Practices for Designing a 3D Printable Twisty Puzzle/Rubik’s Cube
Since 1974, the Rubik’s Cube has become the most widely sold toy in the world. A large part of its fascination is due to how challenging it is to solve…
Celebrate Fallout 4 with Festive 3D Printed Mini-Nukes
While the debate about the ethics and legality of 3D printed guns continues to rage, I’m thankful that I have yet to hear about 3D printed nuclear bombs, although, given…
Tracer Cosplay: Simone Fontana 3D Prints Iconic Pistols from Upcoming Game, Overwatch
From delighting my own LoL-obsessed teenagers with his 3D printed League of Legends Ekko Sword (what could be better than a bludgeoning tool come to life?) to challenging us all…
Gambody Produces Incredibly Detailed 3D Printed Scale Model of the Millennium Falcon
Any insomniac can tell you about the deep questions that plague them at 3AM when they’re desperately trying to get some much-needed sleep. What happens after death? Who decided that…
Use Shapeways SVX Format to 3D Print Game Code As a Model
The worlds of gaming and 3D printing continue to overlap in very compelling ways. For example, there are 3D printing services, like FabZat, that allow a game fan to order a…
3D Hubs is Celebrating Twenty Years of Pokémon with Adorable Low Poly Pocket Monsters
We were first introduced to the wonderful world of Pokémon twenty years ago in a pair of hugely popular RPG video games for the original Game Boy back in 1996….
