How to Make a Wooden Catan Gameboard

I made a Catan gameboard to play with friends and family. Players take on the roles of settlers, each attempting to build and develop holdings while trading and acquiring resources. Players gain victory points as their settlements grow; the first to reach a set number of victory points wins.

The tools I used for this project: LAGUNA CNC Machine, Laser Cutter, Fusion 360, Lightburn, Radial Sander, Router, poplar wood, 1/4 inch Maple MDF, Spray paint.

I started off with the hexagon in the middle and then mirrored that image until the pattern was complete and then I made a border around the pattern of hexagons. Then I offset the border about an inch. I also offset all the hexagons in a little bit so that there was places to put the tiles. I then Extruded the whole hexagon out and the extruded back the inside hexagons about half to a quarter of what I extruded it out. I then went and filleted all the inside corners of the hexagon and the outside corners.

First, I created the stock to match the piece of wood I was using. Then I set up 2D contour and 2D pocket to cut what I wanted to cut out. I then Copied the Gcode to a flash drive.

I set it up on the CNC Machine and it cut out the board, I also had to sand the edges down that were there from the tabs that were left over. After that I routered the edge and then sanded again.

Project the sketch from fusion and upload it to lightburn, offset it a little to make sure it fits.. I used quarter inch maple and cut it and engraved it into the wood. From there I sanded it and it fit nice into the board.

I prepped by sanding the board and blowing of the dust, then I used black spray paint to paint the game board.

When everything was set in place and everything fit well, I added a little clear spray paint to preserve it. The tiles still can go in and out with ease.