The future is here
3D printing isn't anything new, however we're still far from finding it's full potential. People have talked about 3d printing miniatures, but I've not seen anything solid, until today that is. Introducing Pocket-Dungeons by dutchmogul . A free to reproduce set of rules and figures for a dungeon crawl type game. Ok so it's far from polished and I'm not sure it counts as truly free, I've yet to see a 3d printer for under £1,200 and the medium costs around £400. But it is interesting to ponder as to what the future might be like. Picture this, I've got some friends over and we decide to play dungeons and dragons. I don't own a copy and my nearest wargames store (Heroes and Legends, Surbiton) stocks it, but it's the evening and they are shut. So I go online, pay a fee and download the rules as a PDF and a set of .stl files for the miniatures. I set the printer running and by the time we have had something to eat the game is waiting to be...