Handmade Settlers of Catan gameboard

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By Collin Cunningham
Posted 2009/12/03 @ 4:53 am
Category Fun & Games

Sean_st shares pics of his homegrown Settlers of Catan boardgame. He even carved his own buildings and roads from soapstone & alabaster! Have a closer look at his work on Flickr.

BY Collin Cunningham

Born, drew a lot, made video, made music on 4-track, then computer, more songwriting, met future wife, went to art school for video major, made websites, toured in a band, worked as web media tech, discovered electronics, taught myself electronics, blogged about DIY electronics, made web videos about electronics and made music for them … and I still do!

In the Maker Shed

7 Responses to Handmade Settlers of Catan gameboard

Chicken Soup Sandwich on December 3rd, 2009 at 6:28 am said:

…but it still looks like it was made so as to not buy the real game, not to replace it. The carving is really nice but the “cards” and the hastily-scrawled in game pieces surely deserve more attention.

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Anonymous on December 3rd, 2009 at 8:00 am said:

Yeah… it’s a weird juxtaposition. He carved the pieces from stone, which is great, but just drew on a deck of playing cards with marker for the game cards, which is underwhelming.

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Tavis on December 3rd, 2009 at 8:37 am said:

If you’ve got a game you want to create, definitely check out http://www.thegamecrafter.com. The service lets you upload your own artwork for custom cards/boards, choose your game parts from the online store, add currency, rulesheets, and more. Then it’s printed, assembled, and shipped to you within 7-10 days. No production minimum since it’s print-on-demand.

Kudos on your homemade version of Settlers!

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Colecoman1982 on December 3rd, 2009 at 10:15 am said:

“the carving is really nice but the “cards” and the hastily-scrawled in game pieces surely deserve more attention.”

Hey, give the guy a break. Maybe the cement wall behind his Rachel Welch poster just happens to provide him with a lot of spare soapstone to work with…

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Sean_St on December 3rd, 2009 at 7:14 pm said:

Yeah, the cards bugged me too, so I just bought a replacement deck. I wanted to find blank cards to make it but couldn’t. The cards here were just a temporary solution.

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Christopher McCastle on August 22nd, 2011 at 3:16 am said:

This really is wonderful. I love the simplicity and functionality of it.

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Christopher McCastle on August 22nd, 2011 at 3:17 am said:

Outstanding! Thanks for sharing.

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