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A gimbal-mounted tilting dish. Every colony tower you plant physically unbalances the world; marbles roll downhill into someone's territory. (1 of 1)
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A gimbal-mounted tilting dish. Every colony tower you plant physically unbalances the world; marbles roll downhill into someone's territory.

  • 9.88 × 10.67 × 5 in
  • 494.4 g
  • 39h 38m
  • 10 parts
  • PETG
$39.99
Free shipping Aug 19
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Family tabletop balance game. A tabletop game for families playing across generations: on your turn you plant a tower in one of the twelve numbered sectors, the dish tilts, and the marble rolls into whoever's territory now sits lowest. It also works as a standing kinetic balance object on a shelf between games.

A gimbal-mounted tilting dish. Every colony tower you plant physically unbalances the world; marbles roll downhill into someone's territory.

How the balance works. The dish hangs in a gimbal: M3 axles cross at a single height, 0.61 in, so both trunnion axes intersect and the board swings freely up to 15 degrees. A 0.63 in glass marble sits on the flat 0.63 in center pad until one tower's weight breaks the balance and sends it rolling downhill.

A gimbal-mounted tilting dish. Every colony tower you plant physically unbalances the world; marbles roll downhill into someone's territory.
A gimbal-mounted tilting dish. Every colony tower you plant physically unbalances the world; marbles roll downhill into someone's territory.
A gimbal-mounted tilting dish. Every colony tower you plant physically unbalances the world; marbles roll downhill into someone's territory.

What's in your print? Printed parts are the dish, the gimbal ring at 9 in inside and 9.8 in outside diameter and 0.55 in tall, the pedestal, a counterweight plug for the base cavity, and six tower shapes. All fit a 10 in bed. Numbers engrave 0.024 in deep at 0.31 in tall; marble and M3 axles are off-the-shelf.

A gimbal-mounted tilting dish. Every colony tower you plant physically unbalances the world; marbles roll downhill into someone's territory.
A gimbal-mounted tilting dish. Every colony tower you plant physically unbalances the world; marbles roll downhill into someone's territory.

Specs.

CategoryToys & Games
Dimensions9.88 × 10.67 × 5 in
Weight494.4 g
Print time39h 38m
Parts10
MaterialPETG
CreatedJul 17, 2026
UpdatedAug 5, 2026
Views961

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