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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I promise you, Google, it isn't my first look...

a screen shot of a Google notification on android phone. the notification is for "TheGamer", and says"Residwnt Evil: Revelations 3 Leak Reveals First Look At Yuri"

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I might know where you could get one...

A 3d printed homage to the Nobel prize with a face similar to Kermit the Frog.

This prize may also be used as a community safety whistle.

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Not what I would have picked

Merriam-Webster says my word of the year is "smol", and I'm not happy about it.

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Close up of the custom 3d printed game pieces

Close up shop of custom 3d printed game pieces for Ticket to Ride in orange, red, and green player colors

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Inaugural Ticket to Ride on the new table topper!

Completed 4 player Ticket to Ride game with 4 players using custom 4d printed trains in green, blue, orange, and red.

The game is on a large train themed 3d printed table topper

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I dont break the tiles down all the way since I have a place to tuck the 4 big panels, but here is everything broken down for storage. Thanks for following along with my crazy 3d printed game table test!

Stagetop 3d printed table broken down to 4 panels of 2x3 tiles each, 15 8" square playtiles, and everything else in 2 12" cube soft storage boxes

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Here we are partly set up for Ticket to Ride (we use the legacy board instead of the US map these days) Might not be quite enough space for all the trains in the components car, and the side with 2 players in a 5 player fame won't be too useful, but we play with 3 or 4 most often so minor...

3d printed atagetop table with the ticket to Ride legacy map face down on top. The draw pile is on the left of the board, and the yellow car is set up holding cards and train cars

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Finished. There will be minor spoilers for Ticket to Ride Legends of the West in the next post (full map face down, so only revealing most of the region names. I covered a couple with the rule book).

Completed stagetop game table surrounded with train themed rails there a two cars of each color: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. One car for each color is a card holder and the other a component holder. There are 4 white cars, one on each side, and the corners are train stations in blue red orange and green

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

So close! 15 more clips and we are golden! I'm particularly thrilled with how the depots for the corners came out.

Top down view of the 3d printed table almost complete assembled except for 5 rail pieces

Side view of the 3d printed game table showcasing the colored rails that look like train cars and train stations at the corner

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Out of clips again, but I've discovered an important tip! The rails go on last for themed rails.

Rails 3/4 of the way around the stagetop 3d printed game table moments before realizing the stacked up playtiles should have been attached first

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Alright! A fresh batch of twist on clips. Let's get those rails attached (and print more since there was an adhesion issue..)

A pile of stagetop tiles lock clips in purple and maroon with which to attach the station themed rails to the core table

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I'm out of clips to attach the rail, but here are all the paytiles and rail ready to be attached. We all have our own color for all the games we play, so the rails are printed to correspond to that

"Station" themed rails and playtiles stacked on top of the stagetop frame.

The rails are in a near rainbow of colors (purple instead of indigo and violet)

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

All the legs are on and I've flipped the topper right side up

Top down view of the stagetop game table brightside up but without rails or play surface

Side view of the stagetop table topper. The play surface and rails haven't been attached.

Stockings hung by the chimney with care in the background

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Time for legs! I used the AMS to print the "concrete" bone white and the "metal" in yellow or purple. These screw into the brace clips

2 stagetop "station" themed legs, one purple or one yellow with concrete looking segments at the top and bottom. Between the concrete is modeled to look like iron girders

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Here we are waiting for the screws to finish printing and realizing I'm short on braces too

Orange and purple stagetop brace clips laid out on the underside of the table base. The braces are lined up, revealing 8 missing braces

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

One the brace clips are attached, the braces slide in and are held in place with friction

4 stagetop base clips in a square with 4 braces connecting them

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

One of the neat things in the stagetop system is the 3d printed screwdriver for attaching the base clips and the play surface clips

The 3d printed screwbdriver for stagetop inserted into a brace clip and screw

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

While not required, I like to use braces to make the table a little stronger, especially at this size. These brace clips screw in to the center of each tile. Legs can then screw in to the clips

Brace clips for stagetop game table topper in 2 parts. The clip which braces will slide into, and a screw that holds it to the base tile

The stagetop brace clip attached to a bas tile

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Here is the underside of all 24 tiles all clipped together. For storage, I leave the tiles in 2x3 segments, so I 9nly have to remove the purple clips.

The underside of a 4x6 layout of stagetop tiles all clipped together with maroon clips, except for a row and column of purple that decides the tiles into 4 2x3 tiles

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

The base stagetop tile is this spiffy 8"x8" tile. The nubs screw in and snap into the playsurface.

The top of a stagetop base tile with 4 clips screwed into place through the bottom

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

First major complication. I used some of the parts to hold our advent calendar puzzles.

Stagetop table topper with a woefully behind advent calendar jigsaw puzzle and advent calendar Exit game

Side view of a stagetop table topper with dice shaped feet

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Here is the latest iteration. It rests on a large Lacke coffee table from Ikea which itself is on 3d printed risers to bring it up about 8" Edge to edge this configuration was 32" by 40" with 24" by 32" of play surface

Stagetop 3d printed table customized for Daggerheart

Also featuring 3d printed terrain, miniatures and accessories like dice towers and card storage

Reverse shot of the 3d printed game table showing the crow themed fear tracker and gm screen

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Jokes on you, YouTube, I already 3d printed a game table! (Also, it was Daggerheart, not D&D)

Screen capture of YouTube recap declaring me "Most likely to build a 3d printed game table and then host a D&D marathon"

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Riiiiidge Raaaaceeeer!!! I don't even LIKE racing games that much, but so many hours on this one. Never really got the hang of the reverse maps though.

cover art for Ridge Racer for the original PlayStation

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I'm still within 24 hours of this post, so I'm saying it's still #Daggerheart Winsday! First draft of a daggerheart player dashboard (inspired by makersarcane.com) is done. Lots of work to be done for the white inserts (for wet erase markers), but I'm very happy with the base.

3d printed player dashboard for Daggerheart with slots for armor, hitpoint, hope, and stress tokens.

Inserts with which to write semi permanent information do not quite fit in their intended spaces.

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

That was an absolute blast. I am dead tired, but had a great time. Not much of an opportunity for pictures, but I did get one for the first group. I hope my voice holds out for the game tomorrow

Top down view of a Battlestar for daggerheart where 2 players have just been ambushed

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

All set up, and my first player is early!

Daggerheart setup with 3d printed game table topper

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I get Fanta and Faygo mixed up sometimes, so your story has far fewer connections to the Insane Clown Posse than expected.

A bottle of orange fanta from the coca-cola company

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

What movie do you consider "perfect"?

A screen capture of Raul Julia as Gomez Adams in The Adams Family. Gomez slumps in a chair looking defeated while Thing massages his head

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Garrick Reed got into a few arguments with my AMS Lite, but we seem to have come to an understanding, and now the base Sablewood Messengers are complete!

3d printed miniatures representing the Sablewood Messengers from the Daggerheart quick start adventure.

Left to right, Varian Soto, Khari Nix, Garrick Reed, Marlowe Fairwind, and Barnicle

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Khari got her head on straight, and Marlowe pulled herself together. One more and all the Sablewood Messengers will be fully represented.

4 of the 5 Sablewood Messengers from the Daggerheart quickstart adventure.

Varian, Khari, Marlowe, and Barnacle represented in color 3d printed miniatures.

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Folks! I present to you 1/2 of the Sablewood Messengers! #Daggerheart

1/2 of the Sablewood Messengers from the Daggerheart quickstart adventure represented as 3d printed miniatures.

Barnacle and Varian are complete, while Garrick is absent. Khari is only printed from the shoulders down, and Marlowe is printed from shoulders up with her left arm raised casting a spell (printed with translucent filament)

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Oh no, Varian Soto is surrounded by a gaggle of Barnicals! #Daggerheart #PlaythroughGC

Six 3d printed miniatures for Daggerheart. 1 is a representation of Varian Soto (a catlike humanoid with orange skin wearing gray armor). Varian has 5 identical miniatures representing Barnical (a frog like humanoid with blue skin wearing a gray pointed cap and clothing). Both Barnacle and Varian are playable characters in the Daggerheart quickstart adventure

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Overnight print of a bunch of frog legs! I try to split minis and print the legs upside down to reduce supports. Sometimes it even works. These will be Barnacle minis for the Daggerheart one-shots I'm running at Playthrough Games Convention in Raleigh NC Oct 4th and 5th.

5 identical upside down 3d models printed in gray and blue. Frog feet can be seen on each, and they are still attached to build plate.

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I really like @delvewithhope.com's idea of allowing players to make their own mini out of play dough when running at a con, but I think I'm going to 3d print them like I do for my hone game. My AMS is acting up a little, making multicolor more challenging than usual, but I think this Varian Soto...

3d printed models of a Kitari (cat person) ranger for Daggerheart.

One stands completely assembled with orange hands, feet, and head on a grey armored body. It is surrounded by grey, orange, and green bases. Another stands behind an orange head that has not yet been attached to it.

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Ooh, interesting. I made these to store cards and dice for my players, but I never considered cards for the character sheet

The inside of the 3d printed storage book with sleeved domain cards from daggerheart on one side, and a set of dice on the other

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Hats off to the @dodoborne.com podcast. I'm ashamed to admit I'm only now getting around to listening, but it is soooo good! I just got to the big payoff in episode 1.8. So worth it! Every episode has been very entertaining. A great mix of lightheartedness and drama. Great storytelling!

A pile of colorful ball cap style hats from places I have visited on top of a table with a scrabble board themed tablecloth

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Together in one place at last, my "we have the limited edition at home" Daggerheart set

A picture of the standard Daggerheart rulebook and playing cards, the Critical Role 10th anniversary oversized duality dice, some 3d printed tokens and a 3d printed GM screen

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I regret that I didnt order the limited edition Daggerheart box set, but I've finally finished my 3d printed GM screen.

The inside of the 3d printed gm screen with color coded tables with various information that might be useful for Daggerheart.

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

My Daggerheart players finally got to the point where I can reveal what my new 3d printer has been doing all month (week and 1/2 or so)

A large 3d printed modular model of a fantasy gallon with 3 masts and six sails. For scale, a miniatur of a goblin wearing an admirals hat stands behind the (tiller? Stearing wheel? I don't actually know much about boats!)

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

The lengths I will go through in order to avoid painting miniatures knows no bounds! Behold 4 color FDM printed minis for the PCs in my Daggerheart game. (Please ignore the dust on the mantle)

4 3d printed miniatures for Daggerheart each printed with 4 colors. The druid is primarily green, the warrior purple, the ranger red, and the wizard blue

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Wow.. P1S is quite a bit bigger than the A1 mini

2 Bambu Labs 3d printers on a table. On the left, the P1S model with AMS on top which is significantly larger than the A1 Mini with AMS lite to the right

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Good news everyone! We managed to save Christmas! I really enjoy these Exit! Advent calendars.

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

1st day of no excuse in person absentee voting in NC today. Even my middle of nowhere town was reasonably busy

A close up of my nice new "I Voted Today" sticker

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 29/09/2024

I didn't think to take more pictures. Here's one a player took of the top level opened up through the power of magnets!

Inside of a 3d printed circular room for a tabletop role playing game. A translucent pyramid in the center glows purple, lighting the rest of the room

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 29/09/2024

My Daggerheart players finally got to the spire I designed and printed! I've wanted to show this off to them for so long

A 3d printed tower with external spiral staircase and translucent glowing windows. The table is similarly lit with LED lights, and there are several 7npainted 3d printed miniatures scattered around the table.

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 21/04/2024

My (very dusty) car radio isn't so great at picking up albums when songs switch. Whi can forget the bob-bomb battlefield from the matrix reloaded

Car radio display with the wrong album displayed for the track playing.

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Kaptaran @kaptaran.bsky.social · 28/12/2023

My mom volunteered with the local episcopal diocese in the 90s and has a story of walking through a street market with one of the priests in his black shirt and white priests collar. A t-shirt caught his eye, and so he bought it

Bart Simpson on a t-shirt stuck in the rear end of a larger person. The title is "Crack kills"

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