These are magnetic stackable ingredient storage and display boxes for The Quacks of Quedlinburg board game. They facilitate a very quick setup of the game and save on table space. You can stand the ingredient price/description cards at the back of the boxes like some of the other various Quacks of Quedlinburg boxes on Thingiverse. These boxes fit in the standard carboard ingredients and player pieces, as well as the GeekUp Bit Sets for The Quacks of Quedlinburg base game and the Herb Witches expansion. Some features of my boxes are:
These are the dimensions of each box:
If you are using just the base game, you will need the following number of each item:
If you using the Herb Witches expansion, you will need the following number of each box (in total):
The lids and boxes require 6x3 mm neodymium cylindrical magnets which are readily available on sites such as eBay or AliExpress. Each box requires 8 magnets (4 on top, and 4 on the bottom) and each lid requires 4 magnets. If you print all 11 boxes and 2 lids for the base game you will need a total of 96 magnets. If you print all 13 boxes and 2 lids for the base game + expansion you will need a total of 112 magnets.
When installing the magnets, put magnets in opposite corners with the same polarity and adjacent magnets with the opposite polarity. Eg, for the boxes, in the top left corner and bottom right corners, put the magnets in with North facing up and in the top right and bottom left corners, put the magnets in with South facing up. You need to be sure you have the polarity correct in the lids and boxes so that the poles of the magnet align properly when stacking them or they will repel each other. Measure twice, cut once applies. Before installing magnets in the lid or the bottom of the boxes, you may need to scrape away a little bit of the rim of the hole or it can be difficult to install the magnets. Usually the magnets require a bit of force to be pushed in. The length of the holes is such that the magnets should sit flush, or slightly below recessed. I prefer them slightly recessed so that the lids and boxes can be slid apart easily and the magnets don't scratch. Once pushed in, they typically will stay in on their own. Due to slight variations or if you scrape away too much of the rim of the hole, sometimes the magnets won't stay in, in which case a drop of super glue in the hole will be sufficient to hold the magnet in place. However, due to variations in printers, materials, etc, YMMV.
The red box in the photo for the rubies is the small rectangular box from Magnetic Stackable Board Game Component Boxes.
Box_Ingredients_Double.stl | 370.6KB | |
Box_Ingredients_Single.stl | 361.4KB | |
Box_Ingredients_Triple.stl | 378.2KB | |
Box_Player_Pieces.stl | 354.2KB | |
Lid_Ingredients.stl | 271.6KB | |
Lid_Player_Pieces.stl | 297.2KB |