Board Game Counter

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I thoroughly enjoy a boardgame called Elder Signs. It is a game in which you have to complete tasks in rooms of a museum to gain Elder Signs to prevent awakening a Boss Monster. While completing these tasks, your Sanity and Stamina are at risk. Sanity and Stamina are essentially your health in the game. When you lose Sanity or Stamina, you have to remove the amount of lost Sanity or Stamina tokens off of your players card. The problem is, the tokens are TINY and a pain in the butt. This game has a bunch of different types of tokens, cards, dice etc. that it's also easy to lose track of which tokens are which. I've created this counter to hopefully remedy some of the issues that I have with an otherwise wonderful game. I created this counter in what I think is the proper style to the game. For each counter you will need to print 1 Base, 2 Caps, 2 Keys, and 2 Spinners. I printed the Base and Caps in Hatchbox Wood PLA and the Keys and Spinners in Hatchbox Bronze PLA. EDIT: user dat008 asked me to modify this for another use. You'll see that mod listed as the DAT008 spinner up above. Inspiration for this counter came from a couple sources:http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1090368 andhttp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:547881 Print Settings Printer: MP Select Mini Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: 0.1 Infill: 30% Notes: My bed is only 120mm by 120mm, so the Base was rotated 45 degrees to fit. Post-Printing After printing, clean all strings, bumps and any other imperfections with files, knives sandpaper etc. TEST FIT ALL PIECES I was lucky enough that my Caps would snap into my Base with a little pressure. Some of my Keys were a little loose in my Spinners, some were a little tight. Sand the inner surface of the Base to help with smoother rotation of the spinner. Place Caps on Base and stain (if desired). Putting the Caps on the Base will help to minimize the stain from getting on the surfaces that we will be gluing. Paint the numbers. The colors for Sanity is blue and Stamina is red. Also, they appear on the character's card with blue on the left and red on the right. Next you will glue the Key into the Spinner.**IMPORTANT***** Make sure before you glue the Key into the Spinner that you put it THROUGH the Cap FIRST. Make sure the bottom of the Key sits flush to the bottom of the Spinner and does not protrude. Try not to glue the Key or the Spinner to the Cap. The Key should rotate freely through the Cap. Last, carefully put glue on the inner lip of the Base. Place the Spinner/Key/Cap assembly onto the Base. Try to make sure that the Window of the Cap is facing forward. Try not to glue the Spinner to the Base. The Key should rotate freely through the Cap.