Left Center Right (LCR) Dice Game

Left Center Right is a dice game that is ideal for parties and can be played by however many people can fit at a table. The more people playing, the more fun the game is IMO.

Shortly after my neighbor introduced me to this game, I decided to model a fully printable set to give out to others, and to spread the fun by making it available to the 3D printing community. I've given out countless sets of this game and as I had no effective way of printing the dice in a minimum of two colors, I designed the dice in such a way that the lettering on their faces could be printed in a different color and glued into the dice. Subsequently, I spent more time gluing the dies together than printing the parts. It was a tedious time consuming task making all those sets.

Now that I have machines capable of printing multiple colors & materials, I thought I'd revisit this model so it can simply be printed without all the post processing labor inherent to my original set. I did it mostly for me as years later, I still have people asking about these sets.

If you have access to a machine capable of doing color changes, then you're in the right place. If not, this version is not for you. The lettering & logo's on the dice, chips and case lid contained in this version have zero clearance on their edges. It's EXTREMELY unlikely that you'll be able to assemble this version without a massive amount of sanding or filing. The original version can be printed on practically any 3D printer and is available here:

The case lid and chips are face down in the STL files. That is intentional and I recommend printing them in that orientation. As a matter of practicality, any elephants foot on the perimeter of the lid's bottom side will add unnecessary friction and would likely need sanding to avoid snapping the grooves the lid slides into. Additionally, since the LCR logo is intended to be "inlaid" into the opening in the lid, unlike the original version where the logo was intended to be printed on top of the lid after a filament swap. Aesthetically, the lids look fantastic printed in two colors face down on a textured PEI build plate. I did the same thing with the chips, although the chips look fine printed in a single color without adding the letters to be inlaid. While on the subject of the chips, I'm printing them now on a textured PEI build plate and while they're modeled to be 1mm thick, they require a bit more space when stacked. The cavity in the box that holds the chips will accommodate about 30 chips, which allows for 10 person game play.

Take care when slicing the files you're using the inlaid lettering or or logo on to avoid misalignment and gaps between colors when lining the inlays up to the openings in the base models.

NOTE: I strongly recommend printing the dice with 100% infill to give them a good weight. I've only ever printed the dice in PETG & PLA, and with 100% infill, they have a good feel to them.

The case I'm using for this model is derived from an UNO card box by "Technut" that I found on cults3d.com. Technut's original UNO card box is located at: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/uno-card-game-box I really like the feel and function of Technut's case and have been using it for multiple card box designs, artificial sweetener box designs, and this design as well.

I printed all the parts in PETG on my Flashforge Creator 5 Pro. I've left the inlay pieces as independent STL files so that any multi-color 3D printing setup should easily handle this build. It will be left up to the maker to recombine the inlay models with their parents, and that is to guarantee maximum compatibility across machine types and configurations. I used the slicer that came with the Creator 5, FlashStudio to recombine the inlays and for selecting color options. I'm not especially savvy with these Orca based slicers, but the task was simple enough to do visually in the slicer, so I don't expect this build to be difficult for anyone with just a little bit of experience.

Left Center Right is a game of luck, not skill. There is no strategy involved based on anything beyond hope of winning. :)

GAMEPLAY: Many choose to play this game putting money at stake. For those who choose to play for money, typically, each player will place one dollar in the center of the table at the start of that game. Each player begins by having three chips. For the first round of dice roll's, players roll the three dice. If a die lands with "L" face up, the player passes one of his/her chips to the player on the left. If a die lands with "R" face up, he/she passes a chip to the right. If a die lands with "C" face up, the player puts a chip in the center of the table where it will remain out of play for the remainder of that game. If a die lands with the "dot" face up, a corresponding chip is "safe" until the next round. A perfect roll has all three dice landing with the "dot" face up.

For each round of the game, a player will only roll the number of dice reflecting the number of chips he/she is still in possession of up to three. If a player only has one or two chips, he/she will only roll the corresponding one or two dice for that round. If a player has no chips, he/she is skipped over for that round, however it doesn't necessarily put him/her out of the game as a player on either side may roll a "Left" or "right" and then he/she is back in play.

The game completes when only one player has a chip or chips and he/she is declared the winner for that game. If the game is played for money, the winner collects the booty from the center of the table at game completion. Each time a game completes, the player immediately left of the player who rolled first for the previous game rolls first, and the the next game begins.

Good luck, and have a lot of fun!