I’ve found a fun new board game that I’m excited to give out for Christmas gifts to the kids in my family this year. It’s a two-player stacking game called Tippi Tree.
The game was designed by Devin Montes of the YouTube channel Make Anything. You start out with a tree that has a few nubs on top, and a set of geometric, loosely interlocking leaves. Each player alternates placing these leaves on the tree, or on other leaves. Because of the shape of the leaf pieces, you can build up, out, parallel, or perpendicular. If any leaves fall as you’re placing your piece, they get added to your own stockpile, and the first player with no more leaves to play wins.
You can’t buy a copy of this game in a store, or even online. It comes as a set of 3D model files to 3D print.
3D printers are getting absurdly cheap these days, with some models costing…
