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The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth Insert

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Before you print
Fits sleeved cards

The original insert is one piece, making setup slow. Also, they made it too tall and when you put the board and the rules on top you get a lid lift, which is annoying.
The main point of my insert is to speed up the setup of the game and to have everything sitting well in its place. Just take out all the separate components when you set up the game, place them on your table and you are ready to begin.

UPDATED! (17.Oct.2024)

Important: If you are going to store the game horizontally and you don't mind some stuff move a little when you shake the box you don't have to print the files with the word "optional".

If you want everything to sit nicely and don't move no matter how much you shake the box, you need to print some of the optional files. The amount of pieces you need to print is included in the title (x1, x2 etc.). For this case you need to print these:
1. LOTR_Duel_Spacer_x2_optional.stl - this goes at the bottom of the box. I printed it with the top and bottom layer set to 0 to save material. Infill 5%. This spacer removes the gap between the top of the insert and the lid, preventing stuff from moving.
2. LOTR_Duel_Cards_x3.stl - these fit sleeved cards.
3. LOTR_Duel_Coins_x2.stl - one of the two places where you can store the coins.
4. LOTR_Duel_Coins_v2_x2.stl - the other space where you can store your coins. It's located below the track. This unit makes the track sit at the same height as the other components.
5. LOTR_Duel_Track_x1.stl - this stores the alliance tokens and the track. You can put the two pieces of the cardboard track either on both sides of the plastic track or both on one side.
6. LOTR_Duel_Wraith_x1.stl - holds the Ring Wraith.
7. LOTR_Duel_Units_x2.stl - this holds your units and towers and at the same time the landmark tiles. I intentionally left more space for the landmarks as there are two promo landmarks that you can get which can also fit here. If you don't have the promo tiles you would need to print a spacer because if you don't do that the tiles will move and the units won't stay in place. So, if you don't have the promos, put five of the landmarks in one of the units. The other two landmarks go in the other unit and you need to print either LOTR_Duel_Units_Spacer_x1_optional.stl or LOTR_Duel_Units_Spacer_v2_x1_optional.stl to fill the gap. The difference between the two is that the first one stays on top of the two landmarks and the second one (v2) stays below the landmarks. It's purely a question of aesthetics which option you choose.

There is also an optional version of the units file (LOTR_Duel_Units_v2_x2_optional.stl), which gives you a different way to store your units - separated in two sections without the arrangement in lines as with the main file (see images). If you prefer this file you don't have to print the units spacer file.

And finally, there was a slight gap (1.5 mm) in the first version of the units files, which was causing the units not to stay in place when shaking them. I fixed it and the file uploaded here is the correct one which keeps everything in place. If you printed this insert before October 17 and you don't want to print the units files again, you can just print the file LOTR_Duel_Pin_x2_optional.stl and put that pin in the little gap in the units box (see the image with the red arrow). This will keep them all together no matter how hard you shake the box.

UPDATED! (20.Oct.2024)

Thanks to a great suggestion by user HoosierFan the track holder unit now can also be used to display the landmarks. You can either print his remix or the updated file here. I just removed the two sidewalls and lifted the visibility of the landmarks. You can place them on two levels depending on your taste of the inclination of the landmarks.

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