I wrote a month ago or so about how I wanted to get a 3D printer. Well, now I own one. And the question is, what should I 3D print first. Now the first thing that they recommend is of course the bench test print to make sure everything is working like it should. Also then a spot for the extra filament to go, and other quality of life things. But that’s boring, what do I want to 3D print after that?

Flexible Dragon

This first one is something that I already technically own. I bought one at the Minnesota State Fair when we visited. It’s basically a pretty flat 3D print dragon where it’s jointed so it flexes horizontally. Now they had some really nice iridescent filament that they use. But I just want to try something like this. Because it works as a fidget and I suspect I’ll be asked by my wife and kid to print a lot of fidgets.

Insert for Jisogi

This one sounds odd, it’s for a game that I haven’t even played yet. But Jisogi, a game that sounds so interesting, comes with the “valley of the shadow of death” in the box. I don’t mean that it doesn’t have an insert. I mean that it has a little cardboard valley in there with empty space on either side. For a game like Jisogi with a lot of pieces, it would be nice to create something that is both better looking but also makes it faster to get to the table. And I think I will 3D print a lot of inserts.

Popcorn for the Board Game Popcorn

Yes, I want to 3D print popcorn. Popcorn is how you score in the game. And each player keeps their points, as popcorn, in a popcorn bucket. But it barely fills into that bucket at all. So why not make some 3D pieces for the game. It is a fit thematically and would make the game more fun to play. Now, I would need to get the scale right, and they do have 3 point and 5 point popcorn pieces, so that is something to think about.

Sushi Go Party Insert

I own everything for Sushi Go Party!. I even own the impossible to find… just kidding. But I own all the cards for it. And that means that the box doesn’t nicely hold all the cards. So they just kind of float around in there loose. I want to find something that I can scale and work to make fit all the cards, the board, and the pieces so that they all don’t slide around in there. Plus I should probably keep a little room for any more expansions.

Strike Stadium

So while I have two nice inserts, Strike does not need an insert. Strike works well with how it is, but I want to be dumb and make a crazy Strike board. Yes, this is just printing something that is completely not needed for a super simple game. But imagine a bowl with an open end, like some stadiums, or maybe where I can make it look more like the Colosseum. That’s the sort of thing that I want to do for this. Not change how large the bowl you roll in is, but just change how it looks for some dumb fun.

What Was Your First 3D Print?

Let me know what you’ve printed before. There are some other games, for sure that will have stuff that I want to print for. And my kid is going to have all sorts of ideas for stuff to 3D print, whether or not it can be done. So I’ll keep on providing updates along my 3D printing journey.

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