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This is my 3D rendition of the settlers of Catan which uses A LOT of magnets.
Warning, this is a project and then some to assemble! If you want something easier to print and assemble, try my PolyPanel version:
This will print quicker, almost uses no hardware and clicks together. Gameplay is more finnicky though, it doesn't have the satisfying snap this magnetized globe does. So if you are serious about your hobby and board games, I recommend this one.
This globe is printed in parts and need to be glued and assembled with magnets in place. For the magnets I used super glue / cyanoacrylate, to attach the parts together I also used this but it really limits your working time. Something like acrylic glue (provided you print in PLA) would give you some more working time to neatly assemble the globe.
Prints (suggested)
Parts
Assembly
For the gameplay you need settlers of Catan for all the other components.
The gameplay is almost exactly the same, except you now have pentagons. Our rule is that no two villages of the same color can be next to each other but ONE instance of two different colored villages can be next to each other on a pentagon-hexagon edge. Three villages is still the maximum for all tiles.
Trading is done at the trading islands/harbors. You can rotate these so the harbor points point at two nodes on the hexagon or pentagon. Ice tiles function as desert tiles, only at the poles instead of the equator.
It can be helpful to keep track of your resources and the numbers associated to them on a piece of paper, because you can not see the complete globe at once.
Any other gameplay adaptations are at your own judgement, but we have been playing this for at least six years now and it seems kind of balanced!
Happy printing and gaming!
- Rossero
The author marked this model as their own original creation.