TIPPLE (a balancing game)

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This is a game my son and I came up with (He's 8). He liked Tetris and said to me one day "we should make a tetris game where people take turns putting pieces on a balance"...so we started designing it. I printed each set of pieces in a different color so that you can play it with 2 people, or 4 people. You can also play it with 3, you just take turns with the last set of pieces if you get that far. The rules are simple. Each person takes a turn to place 1 piece onto the tipple...when you remove your hand from the piece, your turn is over, if any other pieces fall, you lose! We allowed you to use 2 hands while balancing your piece, but once you are done, you remove your hands and see what happens. We have had only 1 game (out of dozens played) use all the pieces, ...if all the pieces are onboard and all balanced...you tie. You may notice that each of the pieces is 4 cubes, just different shapes made with those 4 cubes, this is to make each piece the same relative weight. So the challenge is not in different weighted blocks, but in fitting different shapes (which will have different relative balance). UPDATE: Made a box to hold Tipple: all the pieces (for up to 4 players) fits in the box! https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5357971