Replacement Towers for Die Wandelnden Turme (The Wandering Towers) board game

The stock cardboard towers that come with the Wandering Towers board game are hexagonal and so, if they're not aligned, you cannot stack them. Considering this is a core gameplay mechanic this is pretty annoying. So I wanted to create some round towers.

These were heavily influenced by @jaw0012_678649 's tower model here: https://www.printables.com/model/476280-the-wandering-tower-die-wandelnden-turme-upgraded- although I did redesign them from scratch to incorporate my preferences, namely:

• No glueing*

• Slightly better resemblance to the stock towers, by incorporating windows, doors, machicolations (there are so many specific words for the bits of a battlement!)

So the main modification is the 45 degree overhanging bits ("corbels", apparently) which supports the parapet and avoids glueing. I had no trouble printing this and I assume most modern 3d printers are okay with a 45 degree overhang; if not, then I've included a Fusion 360 design file if you'd like to tweak it.

There are 2 variants of the towers: plain and one with a recess for a raven shield (escutcheon, perhaps?) which can be attached… somehow (*yes I realise I said no glueing…).

I did not design a replacement for the Raven Castle because, frankly, I think that @jaw0012_678649 's version of Gediminas' Tower (on this page , "Wandering Tower Castle.stl") is just perfect and that's what I use.

• Turm.f3d - Tower with recess for shield, parametric design file

• Turm.3mf - Tower with recess for shield, manufacturing file

• Turm_NoShield.f3d - Tower with plain roof, parametric design file

• Turm_NoShield.3mf - Tower with plain roof, manufacturing file

• Ravenshield.f3d - Shield, parametric design file

• Ravenshield.3mf - Shield, manufacturing file

NB. My apologies if you're looking at the brick pattern design from the design file, I found it surprisingly difficult to convince Fusion to do what I needed it to do parametrically and I had to resort to some more manual workarounds.

• Nozzle:
• Towers: I used a 0.4mm nozzle which preserved the detail well.

• Ravenshield: I used a 0.25mm nozzle which just about managed to produce the detail. (in retrospect maybe the shield and the associated recess should be a little larger, especially if you're perhaps limited to a larger nozzle, but for my purposes it works well)

• Supports:
• Towers: Because of the hollow interior, I strongly recommend supports unless your bridging game is super strong… I personally used:
• a “Smart fill” support enforcer on the underside of the platform only

• supports for support enforcers only

• “snug” supports

• this worked perfectly, seriously, the supports were so satisfying to remove from this model for some reason…

• Colour change:
• Ravenshield: I printed the bottom 0.2mm (default scale from design file) in black and the rest in blue to match the game art.

• So yes, there is some glueing for the ravenshield but it's not structural, which was my real objective.

PS. In picture 1 there are some replacement potion counters that I have designed as well, you can find them here if you're interested.