Terra Mystica Faction Board Holder with Tray

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Terra Mystica is one of our go-to board games and one of the first things I made after getting a printer was Beevus' piece insert/organizer. (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2151776) We have a little one that frequents our game nights, and in the excitement of building a civilization, he likes to slam the table with his fists. This can have an unintended consequence - or maybe it is intended - of our pieces bouncing/moving on our faction boards. To be fair, this also tends to happen when one of the adults bumps the table as well. After having this happen for the umpteenth time during a game, I decided to make a simple insert that you can slide your chosen faction board into during play. All necessary information is still visible, and there are slots for various pieces, keeping them in place - we've found this is most important with power tokens and markers for shipping and terraforming levels, but also quite convenient for the others. I also added a tray at the top of the board to hold your priests and roads as well as some slits to keep any favor tiles that you've accumulated (they can also hold your bonus scroll). Very simple design, and it doesn't use all that much material. With a board inserted, it takes up about the equivalent thickness of two in the box. I printed four and just dealt with the lid of the box being a little higher. The one issue that exists is for both the Mermaids and Fakirs: their respective shipping and terraforming tables are dissimilar to the rest, making it a little harder to read and track. The boards are still very usable with these factions, so I didn't feel it worthwhile to make special holders for each. I've included an STL, the original Fusion 360 file as well as a STEP file. If you print, please post a make - I'd love to see how yours turns out! Also, any feedback is appreciated.