My wife makes quilts and various other sewn things. She came up with the idea to make quilted checkerboards for some of our grandkids.
The back side is a tic-tac-toe board. The design includes zippered pockets to store the game pieces.
I designed and 3D printed the checkers. They are simple cylinders with a rim, and with the family's last initial embossed on the top.
Checkers need to stack and connect (for when they get king-ed). Instead of the interlocking zigzags that you see on molded checkers, I decided to use four pegs and holes. The holes are small enough to print without causing support problems. The pegs are about as small as I can go without them globbing up. They really work well - pretty easy to connect, and they stay together during play.
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