Space Alert Reactor Fuel Rod Holder

A small printed accessory for Vlaada Chvátil's excellent fast-paced board game "Space Alert."

At the start of each mission, your ship has three fuel rods to spend for additional power cubes. Left to their own devices these fuel rods have a habit of rolling away, so I quickly designed this small spaceship "reactor" print to keep them in one spot.

There's a space underneath to glue or otherwise attach a US 5c coin or similar to add just a bit of extra weight to the piece.

The original version kept just a little too tight of a grip on the fuel rods as it printed on my cheap machine, so the uploaded model has the holes slightly enlarged. FreeCAD file included in case they need further tweaking on your printer. If your fuel rods are like mine, they're just barely wider at one end than the other, so keep that in mind. You don't want to be fumbling to remove the rods while the timer counts down!