Cascadia - Tile Holders

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**Background** While playing Cascadia, I realized that moving tiles could be challenging. Furthermore, a wrong move from anyone around the table could ruin your game/lanscape made of tiles. With a few cases of parkinsons/disabled people in my family/relatives, I wanted to make this "wide target audience" game into a game that can be played by more people. I decided to create my first stl file ever!  I saw that people are selling grids on Etsy but I didn't like the "unoccupied grid" parts on my table. So I designed the most modular option for me: hexagonal tile holders with magnets. **Comment:** I measured all the Cascadia tiles from my box and from a friend's game. I realized that depending on the cardboard sheet, the sizes are slightly different.  Some tiles could be a bit loose in the holder but it's the option I took to avoid damaging the "bigger" tiles. **Printing** - I printed the tiles using my Anycubic Kobra Neo printer.  - A tile holder requires (approx) 35 minutes and 5 grams/1.56m of PLA+ - The "home" holder requires (approx) 73 minutes and 10 grams/3.40m of PLA+ - I choosed a "wood" color PLA to stay in the theme of the game\ **Magnets** - Each hexagon includes six slots to add magnets (6x3mm) available on Amazon (https://amzn.eu/d/f0oYAye). - I did several tests with other sizes (5x1, 3x3, 6x2,...) the 6x3 format is the best compromise (strong magnetic link/robustness/size/filament usage). - When placing magnets, altern the polarity from slot to slot (North/South/North/South) **Extra comment:** It's my first work in Fusion360. I did a lot of "beta printing" to improve my designing skills. Feel free to suggest improvements. Hope it will be useful. Enjoy!