Metroid is awesome! I spent a ton of time exploring everything in Super Metroid. A few years back I played a fan-made Metroid called AM2R which was actually very good too.
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That's what I was going to do originally before I saw the Kickstarter. The reason I went with the printed table is I didn't want to be locked into a specific table size. With the printed table I can resize it based on the game I'm playing, but having said that, a wood table would have better rigity and would probably be less expensive.
This took around 4 rolls at about $15 per roll + cost of the Kickstarter.
It took a long time. The table is expandable, and the one I made is 2 rows of 4 tiles. You can't see the tiles in the picture, but they provide structure for the table, and the fake wood tiles snap on to them.
I was printing this thing for weeks. From what I remember, this was the print time:
- 8 tiles x 8 hours each = 64 hours
- 12 long wood planks x 8 hours each = 96 hours
- 8 short wood planks x 4 hours each = 32 hours
- 12 rails (corners took the same time as sides) x 3 hours each = 36 hour
- Misc hardware and legs = 8 hours
Total was around 236 hours, printed completely in PLA.
My printer isn't very fast, but I know some of the people who have a Bambu Lab X1 printer got this printed a lot faster. Also, I decided to print the minimum to have a boardgame table I can use on a couch, but they have themed rails, dice towers, component cups, etc... that people are printing.
I'll probably print another row for larger games, and some components to help with storage, and then I'll be done.
Twilight Imperium 4 and Too Many Bones. TI4 will only last so long on a damp island. After that I'll need something more durable.
Based on your list, I recommend an older HBO show called Carnivale. It's a grimdark show about a traveling carnival during the US dust bowl. Unfortunately it was cancelled after the second season.
I didn't make the connection until you mentioned it. Now I'll always think of Airheads and Born to Raise Hell - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSMRU4gVdIk&t=0
I'm excited about it, but I'll probably wait and try it on VASSAL before deciding if I want to buy it.
I like learning about the history associated with the COIN games, so I'll have to see if a sci-fi COIN game is something I can get into.
I'm even more excited about the irregular conflicts series games coming out, which are based on the COIN system, especially Vijayanagara and Cross Bronx Expressway (not sure how I feel about the Robin Hood one yet).