3d printed games
3D Printed Fabulous Beasts Doing Fabulously On Kickstarter
Sometimes when I write about certain Kickstarter projects, I get really excited about them. I’ve backed a couple, and I regularly check up on others to see how they’re doing….
Classic “Battleship” Board Game Transformed into 3D Printed “Battleshots” Drinking Game
“You sunk my battleship.” You may remember that classic commercial advertising the board game that has each player guessing the exact grid location of the other’s ships. Milton Bradley released…
Indulge Your Godlike Powers of Creation With 3D Printed Fabulous Beasts
If you’re a gamer, you probably lean towards either tabletop or video games. They’re two very different worlds, but a new startup has found a way to combine the two…
3D Printed Bagatelle Defies Its Name
The “bagatelle” means something of little importance, a mere trifle. This is the unassuming name of the game that British designer Tony Jones decided to recreate using 3D printing. While…
Intriguing New 3D Printed Puzzles and Games Released by Mike Le Page
This week we have the pleasure of announcing several new additions to Mike Le Page’s shapeways shop that will grab the attention of 3D print lovers and puzzle enthusiasts alike….
3D Printed Maze Cage Guaranteed to Keep You on Your Toes
Mike Le Page is a living testament to the fact that a youth filled with games actually support a future career. You may recognize his name from an article we wrote about…
Use 3D Printing to Build Your Own Set of Game Buzzers
Every family has one: that person who cheats at whatever game the family is trying to play together, be it UNO, Life, Monopoly or craps. Their attempt to win any…
3D Print Your Own Scrabble Set
Is there anything more frustrating than opening up a board game for game night and discovering that there are pieces missing? You can usually play anyhow, but it’s not quite…
The Winner of this 3D Printed Plinko Game Gets the Most Candy & Extra Credit, Too!
Corben White was an architectural drafter before he began teaching 3rd year Industrial Technology at both Shelbyville and Windsor High Schools in Illinois. When teaching his students CAD lessons, he focuses on practical problems in…
Dutch Designer and Cubify Make 3D Printing Fun and Accessible Even For Young Children
3D printing is finding its way gradually into school curricula, in part because, more than ever before, 3D printers are becoming affordable even for schools with limited budgets. It probably…
NecroVirus: A 3D Printable Board Game on Kickstarter
A team of developers from BoardCraft, led by Todd Porter and Jim Galis, have worked with game industry notables such as EA, Atari, Sega, Microsoft, Epic and Ion Storm, and…
This Multi-material 3D Printed Pi-Boy Classic Is a Stunning Gaming Device
There’s something about 3D printed video game devices which just scream ‘FUN”. We have covered a variety of gaming devices like the Super Game Pi, as well as the PiGirl, both…
Autodesk Inventor Helps a Teenage Maker through a Labyrinth of His Own Design
Despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, bringing 3D modelling and 3D printing technology into schools is still a controversial prospect for many schools. While it is gaining popularity, and…
This Addicting 3D Printed Desk Golf Game Will Keep You Busy for Hours
One of the great benefits of 3D printing is that it allows innovators, designers, and just plain everyday people like you and me to experiment with designing our own, custom objects….
Kickstarter: Wood Wars 3D Engages All Ages in a Pastoral 3D Printed Game of Strategy, War & Marble Artillery
3D printing has offered an incredible boon to gamers of all sorts, and very much so for those who enjoy the tabletop challenge. With the ability to design and manufacture…
Simone Fontana’s 3D Printed Sports Games Print in No Time & Create Hours of Fun
Functionality is a big key in helping 3D printing gain mainstream adoption, not just by large companies, designers, and hobbyists, but by common everyday people who want to fabricate their…
This Amazing Conductive Buzz Trace Game Was Entirely 3D Printed
Two years ago, if you asked me what desktop 3D printers could possibly be used to create, my answer would have been very short. You would have been limited to…
Make Your Own Arduino-Enhanced, 3D Printed Paddle Ball Game
Have you ever known anyone who was actually good at paddle ball? You know–the wooden paddle with a rubber ball attached to it by a string? It’s a toy that…
Alexis Tsipras & Angela Merkel Battle it Out in the Boxing Ring Thanks to 3D Printed Heads
Have you ever wanted to see German Chancellor Angela Merkel brawl with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras? Now you have the opportunity with these 3D printed Rock’em, Sock’em Robots! Within…
Ozo the Bear is the Most Amazing 3D Printed Toy You’re Likely to See
The Rubik’s Cube is the iconic 3D puzzle which sprung from the fertile mind of Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik back in 1974. When Rubik licensed the invention to…
Flexible Hybrid Slicing Aimed at Optimizing 3D Printing Methods
They call it Flexible Hybrid Slicing, and The Export Office and Ctrl Design say it’s an innovative principle to speed up common 3D printers by using an alternative method of…
Fractal Artist Shows Stunning Strategy in Creating 3D Printed Surreal Chess Set
As so often happens, when 3D designers and 3D printing collide, the story is a combination of utilitarian concept and works of art. These are generally items being made for…
Art Professor Uses Ancient Beer Pong and 3D Printing to Teach Greek History
There are some college courses which just make sense to sign up for to fill in the gaps and raise the GPA to an acceptable level. Bowling. A Survey of…
Printable Scenery Brings 3D Printing to Tabletop Gaming & It’s Amazing
There is something about tabletop war games that has the ability to create a kind of excitement not found in other more modern types of games. Video games provide a…
