The Royal game of Ur Slim Mod

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I wanted a solution for a single head printer, and one that was tri colored, one per player, and neutral. I also made new player pieces, new easy grip dice, cut the board it half, slimmed it down, and put it all in a box. The print was with wood filled PLA, specifically MG, but I've used others as well. When I print the boards, I manually stretch its thickness, usually to 2 or 3 mm, and the dice I shrink uniformly, to 18mm tall. Everything else I print unmodified. After printing everything gets sanded with 200 grit, and cleaned with acetone. Sand the sides of the key where the two boards meet, to get the desired fit, less for a tight fit, more for loose. The box I printed with internal supports for the keyway that the cover slides into. Specifically I used supports without a roof and floor, and they pulled out after the print perfectly. I used a 0.4mm nozzle, anything larger and cura wont pick up some of the detail. Color infill is sally hansen gel nail polish, I prefer to use nail polish for infills, vibrant colors, and built in brush. A surface coat of floor varnish, applied with a rag, before color will seal the upper surface and make clean up easier. No need to be neat with the color, acetone wont melt PLA and removes nail polish easily. After the color is all cleaned up, sand it again and generously coat it with more floor varnish, filling in the details. Use multiple coats with sandings in between, or one big one, I've done both and they each have their charms. The new player pieces are marked with 1 to 7 in cuneiform, the box lid with 'The Royal Game of Ur' in an Akkadian script I found online, and the box bottom with the english instructions for the game, as I am aware. Also the new dice feature easy grip contours, and 2 tips that have been slightly shrunken to account for the application of color. Everything should be sanded with 220, and again, varnished with many coats, or on big dip. That being said, the dice are best done with many coats, and rotating it between to even it out in 3 dimensions.