PieceMaker - Build your own board game pieces

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Make your own creations, make your own game. Create a new board game or enhance an existing one, personalize your chess set, or invent something completely unique! With this innovative board game piece customizer, you can choose the height, width, flare, style, taper, and caps to be exactly what you desire. You can even opt for settings that allow you to embed coins inside your print so that your pieces will have a more satisfying "heft". Try out the included demo models or click the "Open in Customizer" button to begin crafting your own custom board game pieces. All of the pieces in the image, plus thousands more, can be created by customizing this one model. Pieces and Games Challenge! If you design a game piece with PieceMaker, please share it with us and use it to describe the name of your piece and what you think its properties should be. Specify rules for your piece regarding movement, attack, defense, effects on other pieces, effects from other pieces, and any random elements. If you design a set of pieces for a new game or collect other people's pieces to make a game, then share it as a remix and describe the rules! If many great pieces and games emerge from this challenge, I'll feature them on Hacktastic. Weekly Design Challenge Update +1: It's week three of the epic 3D design showdown between me and atartanian, and another contender here in the office is throwing their hat into the ring. Or, rather, I've found his hat and now it is in the ring. This week, renowned 3D modeling expert mannytan joins the battle! @mannytan, I challenge you to join our challenge by posting one design every Friday by the end of the week! Here's a recap of this week's entries: Piecemaker by mathgrrl (this entry) Parametric Pinecone by mannytan atartanian is out this week but will return for the next round... ==== Twitter: twitter.com/mathgrrl Hacktastic blog: mathgrrl.com/hacktastic Shapeways geekhaus store: shapeways.com/shops/mathgrrl PieceMaker - Build your own board game pieces by mathgrrl is licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial license.