Author Archives: Boardcrafting
Role Playing Games
I’ve been dabbling in Role Playing Games like D&D lately. I’ve been using a commercial online game supply maker to make some playing cards for a RPG I’m designing, and I’m pleased with the results. I’m calling it Deckahedron
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Readying laser-cut Carcassonne
I’ve been finding some time recently to continue working on my designs for a laser-cut Carcassonne board. It’s gone through revisions as I’ve been solving tricky problems and re-doing parts I wasn’t happy with. Now I’ve got some wood to … Continue reading
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Laser-cut Carcassonne
I have been working recently on designs for a laser-cut Carcassonne set. I have completed a prototype of The River and some start tiles. I brought them all to KublaCon a couple weekends ago, and played many a game of … Continue reading
Catan Treasure Chest
David Sopko has some very lucky friends. He created a wonderful wedding gift – a customized boxed set of Catan: Cities and Knights using Boardcrafting tiles, felt bags for the player pieces, and wooden trays for the cards. In his … Continue reading
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Combination Platter
The greatest thing about attending KublaCon last year was connecting with so many fellow board game enthusiasts, sharing ideas, and getting new inspiration. Jorge showed me a great example of mixing Boardcrafting tiles (he has the “Fancywood” edition with cherry and … Continue reading
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Tile Extractin’ Backing Action
One part of my Catan boards that doesn’t get enough attention is the backing. The backing is almost invisible during play, and it is obviously critical to keeping the frame together, but there’s one feature of the backing I haven’t … Continue reading
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Tagged catan, catan board, leather backing, settlers of catan, tile
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Grand Opening on Amazon.com
Last week, I launched Boardcrafting on Amazon. It was a bit of a challenge jumping through all their hoops – particularly for a small company like mine, as I don’t have any UPC codes or any pictures with a white … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, birch set, board game, boardgame, catan, geek, gift, hand made, settlers of catan, wood
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Laser-cut Hive Picnic
At the Stern Grove Music Festival this year I decided to encourage insect invaders on the picnic blanket. These are my personal set of Hive tiles, laser-cut and etched, with my own insect designs.
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Indiegogo campaign for sculpted / 3D printed player pieces
So this is cool… Filipe Lopez has started an Indiegogo campaign to make hybrid 3D-printed / sculpted player pieces for playing Settlers of Catan. The campaign is already funded but has some “stretch goals” to achieve. I think the pieces … Continue reading
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Koji Matsumoto’s Catan / Game of Thrones Combo
Koji Matsumoto has created a beautiful take on a Settlers of Catan board. Entitled “Settlers of the Iron Throne”, it takes thematic guidance from the Song of Ice and Fire book series by George R.R. Martin (aka “Game of Thrones” … Continue reading
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The Dominion Caddy
The Catan Board
The Pips
The Robber
The Frame
The Tiles
