Hex Building Block

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This is just a simple structure in a hexagonal shape from above, but square/rectangular from the side. You should be able to neatly build walls, towers, etc. from it. The idea came as I was playing _Champions_ many years ago. At the time, the standard measurement was the hex, which was equal to 2 meters in-game and 25mm on the tabletop. Some of the characters were flying, and we were improvising with dice to elevate the figures on the table, and I just thought that having something designed for the purpose might be a good idea. Then along came 3D printing design tools. Building a hexagonal block 25mm high and 25mm across was the easy part; saving on filament by making it hollow was a bit more work. Someone suggested that I put slots for gluing in 10x2mm magnets, which seemed like a good call (that way, a tower's a little less likely to fall over, and if it does fall it's a _lot_ less likely to scatter all over the place). There's still the problem of how to build a platform for when the character in question is directly above another one, but that'll just take a bit more engineering. Also, try as I might, I can't figure out a way to build this so it comes out right without needing supports, and supports tend to get jammed in my attempts at printing this out. Anyway, for best effect I suggest printing out several of these in transparent PLA or possibly PETG, and carefully gluing the magnets in. (I say _carefully_ because you'll want to make sure that they're all polarized in the same direction!) EDIT: I added a second version that's the same piece but divided into two identical parts which can be printed without supports and then glued together. (It may also be easier to glue the magnets in before assembly.)