![]() Even though I have the pro model with pass through slot, I wanted a board the would fold up, so ended up making this in 2 halves. The GlowForge bed is limited to wood that is currently 12" x 20". Since I knew that I was going to use the GlowForge to score the board grid on the wood, I wanted to ensure that all the lines were joined properly and the exact length. I ended up redrawing the entire board, as I didn't find anything that was precise enough to use on my project. I found a few sites with templates as well. Plenty of Etsy sellers with custom boards.Use the Hasbro My Monopoly website to create a custom board.ĭoing a quick google search brought up a number of resources for helping getting started on a personalized version of Monopoly. Acrylic paint for property cards and board spaces.Scrap proofgrade plywood for tokens, houses, and hotels.Different Color Cardstock paper for the Money, chance, and community chest cards.2 x 1/8" x 12" x 20" Proofgrade Draftboard (Property Cards).2 x 1/4" x 12" x 20" Cherry Proofgrade Plywood (Game board).AI files, which would need to be re-saved as. The files I share in this thread are Illustrator. *** I used a GlowForge laser cutter using. "I am one with the Force, and the Force is with me." My version of the game is based loosely off the Parker Brothers original trilogy Star Wars Monopoly edition, with many variations. it ended up being a much bigger project than just creating a custom board, as I also made the tokens, property cards, dice, money, community chest, chance cards, bankers tray, and custom box. Having recently played Monopoly for the first time in a long time, I thought that I could create pretty much everything needed for a custom Monopoly board with my GlowForge. ![]() This game will go into my personal collection. I decided to try something different, and create my own custom Monopoly board, but better yet, an original Star Wars Trilogy Monopoly board. There were a ton of users on the GlowForge forums making Settlers of Catan boards, which is awesome. However, I wanted to do something for myself. ![]() I cut some things on wood, engraved from slate, and even made an multi-level topographic map. Whether the lead hero finally makes it into the game, though, remains to be seen.Ĩ yr old asks, How could you leave out Rey in SW Monopoly? #WheresRey recently invested in a GlowForge laser cutter, Almost all of my initial projects and pieces coming off the Glowforge were gifts for others. Presumably, a new Star Wars Monopoly will be released later this year to tie in with the next Star Wars film, Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, which also stars Rey. ![]() “They didn’t keep their word,” said the now 10-year-old Goldman, calling the proposed solution “an awful lot of trouble to go through”. The publisher added that those looking for a copy of the game could call its customer support line and specifically request the edition featuring Rey. Hasbro told the AP that the updated edition was released to shops around the world, but “insufficient interest” had led to retailers deciding not to sell the newer version. Hasbro eventually responded at the beginning of January 2016, vowing to include Daisy Ridley’s character in future editions of the game.ĭespite the promise, Rey is still absent from the Star Wars Monopoly boxes available on shelves today – but, apparently, copies of the game with the hero in do exist. Upset players took to social media, with a handwritten letter by eight-year-old Annie Rose Goldman helping to set the hashtag #WheresRey trending in an effort to raise awareness of the oversight. Hasbro initially claimed that Rey was left out of the game, released in September 2015, to avoid possible plot spoilers about the upcoming film – despite the fact that Rey was included in various other games and toys based on The Force Awakens, and that the narrative of Episode VII isn’t overly similar to the act of moving around a board and buying property. More than a year and a half after Hasbro was criticised for leaving Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Rey out of its latest Monopoly spin-off, the lightsaber-wielding hero is still yet to appear in the board game.Ĭontroversy was sparked in early 2016 after it was noticed that the new edition of Star Wars Monopoly, updated to reflect the release of Episode VII at the end of 2015, featured four male characters – Finn, Kylo Ren, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader (who doesn’t appear in person in The Force Awakens) – but not the lead protagonist of the latest movie. ![]()
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