Kaptaran

My household has been debating getting rid of Amazon Prime for ages, but I think being forced to update to Alexa+ on the echoes has finally tipped the scales. "She" has been almost completely lobotomized and just sounds creepy now. Roku controls are totally bonkers now, especially volume control.

"Alexa, set Roku to volume 15." "Volume can only be set between 0 and 10." But Roku volume is set to 15 anyway. Worse,"Alexa, set Roku to volume 9." Let's see how we like the Roku voice remote when it show up Both devices get set and "She" yells at us in the next interaction.

My household has been debating getting rid of Amazon Prime for ages, but I think being forced to update to Alexa+ on the echoes has finally tipped the scales. "She" has been almost completely lobotomized and just sounds creepy now. Roku controls are totally bonkers now, especially volume control.

"Alexa, set Roku to volume 15." "Volume can only be set between 0 and 10." But Roku volume is set to 15 anyway. Worse,"Alexa, set Roku to volume 9." Let's see how we like the Roku voice remote when it show up Both devices get set and "She" yells at us in the next interaction.

Inaugural Ticket to Ride on the new table topper!

I've got the house to myself this weekend, so let's do a test build for the Stagetop game topper I've been making. This is the biggest version yet at 32"x48" and will use the "station" themed rails and play surface (which makes me want to pivot Daggerheart to Colossus of the Drylands)

And now... I need to take it all apart before folks get home tomorrow...

I've got the house to myself this weekend, so let's do a test build for the Stagetop game topper I've been making. This is the biggest version yet at 32"x48" and will use the "station" themed rails and play surface (which makes me want to pivot Daggerheart to Colossus of the Drylands)

Finished. There will be minor spoilers for Ticket to Ride Legends of the West in the next post (full map face down, so only revealing most of the region names. I covered a couple with the rule book).

I've got the house to myself this weekend, so let's do a test build for the Stagetop game topper I've been making. This is the biggest version yet at 32"x48" and will use the "station" themed rails and play surface (which makes me want to pivot Daggerheart to Colossus of the Drylands)

Out of clips again, but I've discovered an important tip! The rails go on last for themed rails.

I've got the house to myself this weekend, so let's do a test build for the Stagetop game topper I've been making. This is the biggest version yet at 32"x48" and will use the "station" themed rails and play surface (which makes me want to pivot Daggerheart to Colossus of the Drylands)

I'm out of clips to attach the rail, but here are all the paytiles and rail ready to be attached. We all have our own color for all the games we play, so the rails are printed to correspond to that

I've got the house to myself this weekend, so let's do a test build for the Stagetop game topper I've been making. This is the biggest version yet at 32"x48" and will use the "station" themed rails and play surface (which makes me want to pivot Daggerheart to Colossus of the Drylands)

Time for legs! I used the AMS to print the "concrete" bone white and the "metal" in yellow or purple. These screw into the brace clips

I've got the house to myself this weekend, so let's do a test build for the Stagetop game topper I've been making. This is the biggest version yet at 32"x48" and will use the "station" themed rails and play surface (which makes me want to pivot Daggerheart to Colossus of the Drylands)

One the brace clips are attached, the braces slide in and are held in place with friction

I've got the house to myself this weekend, so let's do a test build for the Stagetop game topper I've been making. This is the biggest version yet at 32"x48" and will use the "station" themed rails and play surface (which makes me want to pivot Daggerheart to Colossus of the Drylands)

While not required, I like to use braces to make the table a little stronger, especially at this size. These brace clips screw in to the center of each tile. Legs can then screw in to the clips

I've got the house to myself this weekend, so let's do a test build for the Stagetop game topper I've been making. This is the biggest version yet at 32"x48" and will use the "station" themed rails and play surface (which makes me want to pivot Daggerheart to Colossus of the Drylands)

The base stagetop tile is this spiffy 8"x8" tile. The nubs screw in and snap into the playsurface.

I've got the house to myself this weekend, so let's do a test build for the Stagetop game topper I've been making. This is the biggest version yet at 32"x48" and will use the "station" themed rails and play surface (which makes me want to pivot Daggerheart to Colossus of the Drylands)