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The joke has already been made about how this 3D printed Doctor Who game is bigger on the inside, so I’ll refrain from making it again.
Tardis Run is a Doctor Who board game that comes wrapped in a Tardis. The iconic time travel device unfolds to create the board on which 2 players will play. One player takes control of a team of 4 of the Doctor’s incarnations, of which there are 12 to choose from. The other player plays a team of 4 classic villains. There are 11 to choose from here, including a Dalek, a Cyberman, a Silurian, a Silence, and a Weeping Angel.
The game is described as a cross between Backgammon, Parcheesi, and Senet. Players take turns rolling paddles and trying to move their pieces around the board and to the exit.
You can purchase the game pre-printed from designer Joseph Larson’s Etsy shop for $35, or you can snag the plans from YouMagine if you have your own 3D printer.
The whole concept of the game folding up into a Tardis is enough to get me on board, but I’m actually interested to see how it plays out.
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Everyone’s looking for the “purple cow”, some marketing gimmick
to get people interested in one more game among hundreds.
The tardis-into-board is their purple cow. But so often, the cow
turns out to be inedible . . .