Marble Game Board - Travel version (Aggrevation, Trouble, Carbles, maybe more)

*** Free to print, NOT to sell *** For Commercial Rights, you must join my Club.

WHAT IS IT

A travel version of a marble boardgame. The games I have seen that use this board are Carbles, Aggrevation, Trouble, the Marble Game, Wahoo, and many others. The posted model does not have text on the top, the printed one was made for friends.

- ADDED  10/20/2024 - Main board with 5 positions on the sides instead of 6. There are many variations of numbering out there, not idea which is “correct”.

WHY I MADE IT

My friends provided me with their ‘Cauff’ board, and asked if I could reprint it smaller and/or lighter for travel.  I looked all over and there were no Cauff board STLs… so I designed my own. I took creative license and modified the board to make it more travel friendly. Ended up with two very different versions, but this was the most polished.  After completing my designs, I realized Cauff was actually just a manufacture of wooden things. The game board is actually called Carbles, Aggrevation, Trouble, the Marble Game, Wahoo, and many other names.  The dice and marbles can be found here… Amazon.com: Game Bag of 24 Glass Marbles (16mm Diameter) and 6 Dice for Aggravation Game : Toys & Games  (non-affiliated link).

DESIGN INTENT

• Make pieces snap together for easy transport.
• Design for 16mm marbles.
• Print without supports (or supports integrated into model).
• Allow 4 to 6 players.
• Allow colored boards without an MMU.
• No glue required.

PRINTING

• PLA recommended (PETG, ABS or ASA will work) (Silk not recommended for board)
• .2mm layer height
• 3 walls recommended
• 4 top/bottom layers recommended
• 15% Infill minimum

Each board piece can be printed with less than 60g of filament, and takes me less than 2 hrs.

ASSEMBLY

Print the Main Board 4 to 6 times, depending on the number of players you want.  Print the 
Color Inserts.STL for each board printed, in the color you plan to use. Standard colors are Black, White, Red, Blue, Green and Yellow. I made these with only .1mm clearance, so they may fit tightly.  You can scale the insert model to 99.5% and it will fit in a little easier.  There are 3mm holes in the board where the color inserts go.  This allows the pieces to be removed if needed. I will post a version without the holes in the Extras folder, as well as one that doesn't use inserts in case you want to paint them. 

Finally, print a shortcut.  I created a “Quad Shortcut”, which is square shaped pedestal which can be placed in the center for 4 players or more. I also created a “Travel Shortcut” which can be stored with the board.  It is located in the 'Bonus- Extras' folder.

The board has built in supports, so supports are NOT required when printing. An unsupported model will be added in the ‘Bonus- Extras' folder at a later date.

COMMERCIAL RIGHTS

My Club members in the Commercial Access tier have commercial rights to this model and my dragon variants, while subscribed. Wooden Travel boards are selling on Etsy from $55-$120+ dollar range. 

GAMES AND RULES

I will post a rules document when I get a chance. Here are sites I found with rules.  

• Carbles.  https://www.thecarblesshop.com/general-6
  
  Variations of these board are from 5 to 9 spaces from base to corner. Mine are 5, but it would be easy to extend them if there is interest. 
• Aggravation. https://www.boardgamecapital.com/game_rules/aggravation-2002.pdf 

• Wahoo. Scroll down to find “The Rules Wahoo”  https://wahoogame.blogspot.com

• Jokers and Marbles. https://marblesboardgame.com/gamerules/