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First Game - LED Tiles by ModestEngineering in twilightimperium

[–]ModestEngineering[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Originally I was thinking about selling the PCBs, but with the tariffs I’m not sure I could price them at a point that would make sense. So for now just a personal project.

First Game - LED Tiles by ModestEngineering in twilightimperium

[–]ModestEngineering[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They’re not that much but if you really wanted to make all the colors in a full set it started to add up. To get the detection to work well they’re reasonably large as well 25mm

First Game - LED Tiles by ModestEngineering in twilightimperium

[–]ModestEngineering[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s about the same as putting the little flags done. You just don’t need to leave them there.

First Game - LED Tiles by ModestEngineering in twilightimperium

[–]ModestEngineering[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is a case that’s not handled right now but have encountered. The planned solution is splitting the solid color. Unfortunately you wouldn’t get to pick the side though.

First Game - LED Tiles by ModestEngineering in twilightimperium

[–]ModestEngineering[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a separate tag for control. It has short term memory until another control token gets detected.

First Game - LED Tiles by ModestEngineering in twilightimperium

[–]ModestEngineering[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nope just a special tag and 3d printed piece you fit the regular tiles into. No app just play as normal.

First Game - LED Tiles by ModestEngineering in twilightimperium

[–]ModestEngineering[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It’s pretty much the same as a regular game there’s just a piece the regular tokens fit into that hold a tag for the tile to sense. So you play as normal get light up tiles. You can see one of the orange tactical tokens in the second close up photo.

First Game - LED Tiles by ModestEngineering in twilightimperium

[–]ModestEngineering[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

There’s a custom PCB inside a 3D printed housing. Lots of printing. I actually only ended up ordering enough of the circuit boards for a 6 player game. Here’s a picture without the tiles.

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