Lightweight grid for board games - Carcassonne

February 2025 Design Update: More sturdy design for tile dividers. Added little bit more clearance for joints. Compatible with older prints. Updated models, print profiles and description. 

January 2026 Update: Added tile - 45mm - grid - 3x4 Siege and Defense starter.

Description:

Lightweight, customizable, modular, symetrical, almost invisible stackable -  these are the main properties of my take on snapfit tile grids, whick keep boardgame tiles at place. 

Fits games like Carcassonne, Karak, Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Clank!: Catacombs, SubTerra, Isle of Skye and many others. Can be also used for custom map layouts for Dungeons & Dragons and other games.

Easily snaps together in any rotation. Comes with tile stacker - holds tiles in place when storing.

Many layouts available - from 1x1 to 2x4 to 3x3 to 1x5 to 6x6.

Standard 4x4 tile grid (45mm) takes about 25 minutes of printing and weights just 6 grams (+-0.15€), while still being sturdy enough.

Currently available for 30x30, 45x45, 50x50, 60x60, 70 x 70 mm and 3 inch square tiles.

If you need any other tile size - even rectangular, please write a comment or message me. I will be happy to add it here, at short notice.

Also 4 special tiles that fit both Carcassonne etc. (45 mm) and Clank!: Catacombs (90 mm):

tile - 45mm - grid - 4x4 (45mm) and 2x2 (90mm)

tile - 45mm - grid - 2x4 (45mm) and 1x2 (90mm)

tile - 45mm - grid - 2x2 (45mm) and 1x1 (90mm)

tile - 45mm - grid - 3x4 Siege and Defense starter

Also a special tile to fit both Carcassonne and Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig:
“tile - 45mm - grid - 2x4 (45mm) and Mad King Ludwig starter tile (45x90mm).STL”.

Optimal tile grid layout count for base Carcassonne and Karak - 45mm tiles (around 100 tiles):

• 4x4 - 9x (144 tiles)
• or
• 4x2 - 4x (32 tiles)
• 4x1 - 4x (16 tiles)
• 3x3 - 9x (81 tiles)
• 3x1 - 4x (12tiles)
• 2 tile stackers
• or others up to your preference

Guide: 

1. Download the 45 mm STL files of your choice.
   1. or download the Zip file of the whole grid size (e.g., 70 mm)

   2. 

   3. extract the zip file on your drive
2. Open the relevant print profile in Bambu studio
   1. Standard 256 mm build plate
   2. or A1 mini specific build plate
3. Replace the grid file located on the print plate with stl file of your choice
   1. E.g., replace 4x4 grid, size 45 mm with 1x3 grid, size 70 mm
4. Print - settings are the same for all layouts and sizes