Terra Mystica Insert (Big Box, Merchants)

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## Introduction This is a complete insert for the Terra Mystica Big Box version, including the "Fire and Ice" as well as the "Merchants of the Sea" expansion. With this insert, setup for Terra Mystica (with any number of expansions) comes down to a matter of minutes and saves great amounts of space on the table. ### Acknowledgements This design is based on nicexipi's design. In his original design I found some issues, some of them I fixed, some of them I kept ;-) In the column "Remark" I annotated "U" for updated models and "I" for issues that I found (and kept). ### File Overview <table> <tr> <th>Filename</th> <th>Amount needed</th> <th>Remark</th> </tr> <tbody> <tr> <td> TM1.1 - Favor Tiles.stl </td> <td> <b>2</b> </td> <td> <b>U</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> TM1.2 - Town Tiles.stl </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <b>U</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> TM1.3 - Scoring Tiles.stl </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <b>U</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> TM1.4 - Scoring Tiles Xs.stl </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <b>U</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> TM2.1 - Merchants Player Boards.stl </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <b></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> TM2.2 - Player Aids.stl </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <b></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> TM2.3 - Player Aids End of Game.stl </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <b></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> TM2.4 - Round Bonus.stl </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <b>I</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> TM3.1 - Meeples.stl </td> <td> <b>10</b> </td> <td> <b></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> TM4.1 - Lands.stl </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <b>U</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> TM4.2 - Treasures.stl </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <b></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> TM4.3 - Coins.stl </td> <td> <b>2</b> </td> <td> <b></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> TM4.4 - Assorted.stl </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <b></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> TM5.1 - Workers.stl </td> <td> <b>2</b> </td> <td> <b></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> TM5.2 - Extras.stl </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <b></b> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> ### My Contribution I found some of the trays to be too tightly designed in order to access them comfortably. I changed the models to include an elliptical cutout, so the pieces can be easily picked up. As a downside, the more cutouts the trays have, the more flimsy and unstable they get. That was a compromise I was willing to accept and I did not regret it. Also, I made some of the file names more comprehensible, in line with the names given by the game's authors. Lastly, you can find a video of me setting up the game below. ### Issues As far as I understand, there are different releases of "Terra Mystica - Big Box". Apparently, a common issue is that the sizes of the _Round Bonus Cards_ do not agree. That's why the model _TM2.4 - Round Bonus.stl_ was a too tight fit for my cards (and Xs). I only realized that my pieces won't fit (and saw the comment on nicexipi's design) after I had printed the design. Cutting and filing the 3D print did not yield any improvements, so I setteled for a failure, initially. #### Solution Though I needlessly printed the _TM2.4_ model, it is still valuable to have in the insert, since its height fits perfectly with the other _TM2.x_ models and they tile the layer very well. Since there are only 9 different colours of meeples in the game, I keep my _Round Bonus Cards_ inside the tenth compartment, there's plenty of space to fit everything necessary in. ### Setup Setting up the game becomes less of a hassle and way quicker compared to using the included plastic baggies. You can see me set the game up here (3min): https://youtu.be/rY4B0sRcAmc