When Geeks Craft a Settlers of Catan Board with Lasers and Resin
We play a lot of games in this house. One board game that is played way more than the others is Settlers of Catan. During out last play though, I really was motivated to finally make my own version of it. This is what I can up with. All pieces are multilayered wood with resin inlays. They are magnetized so I can hang this like art on the wall when it’s not in use. The cards are made from blank playing cards and Cricut cut Vinyl. The card holder is a modified file from a box generator for a tray layout - https://www.festi.info/boxes.py/TrayLayout?language=en .
The board took me over a month to complete and I am super happy with it!
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Almost all the wood was purchased from Johnson Plastics Plus:
- Wheat: LASERBITS CHERRY 12" X 24" LASERABLE WOOD LAMINATE - https://www.jpplus.com/laserbits-cherry-12-x-24-laserable-wood-laminate
- Wool: BLACK DURO LASERABLE WOOD - https://www.jpplus.com/black-duro-laserable-wood Stone: DURO LASER FAUX EBONY 1/8" WOOD SHEET - https://www.jpplus.com/duro-laser-faux-ebony-1-8-wood-sheet
- Brick: DURO LASER FAUX CHERRY 1/8" WOOD SHEET - https://www.jpplus.com/duro-laser-faux-cherry-1-8-wood-sheet-14872
- Wood: LASERBITS WALNUT LASERABLE WOOD LAMINATE - https://www.jpplus.com/laserbits-walnut-laserable-wood-laminate
- Robber: LASERBITS MAPLE LASERABLE WOOD LAMINATE - https://www.jpplus.com/laserbits-maple-laserable-wood-laminate
- Numbers: WHITE DURO LASERABLE WOOD - https://www.jpplus.com/white-duro-laserable-wood
- Game Pieces: Wood portion - LASERBITS WALNUT LASERABLE WOOD LAMINATE - https://www.jpplus.com/laserbits-walnut-laserable-wood-laminate
- Game Pieces: Acrylics – 1/8th inch of any colors - https://shop.glowforge.com/collections/acrylic