Hextraction Tiles Set B Flip Flop + Secret tiles

2025-02-10 update: I fixed the Secret Twozu 10mm flippers. I have not tested the 3/8 version. Let me know if that one works.  

2025-02-09 update: The print profile on this page has been updated with improved models of the Secret tiles by the amazing NoStepOnDeez. 
 

TLDR:

Hextraction is a FAN-TA-STIC game 
where beads fly through tiles that create a series of paths and booby traps 
that you and your opponents strategically place to get your ball in the end zone, 
while blocking your opponents' balls.

If you are a happy Hextraction fan:  I have more fun for you! Please look for the "I want more tiles!" section further down.

If you are new to Hextraction: please start with the “What is Hextraction?” section below.

What is Hextraction?

Hextraction is a FAN-TA-STIC game with so much action, traps, physics, effects and randomness that no two games are the same. Each turn you get to carefully place on your 3D printed board one of your 3D printed tiles from your hand of randomly picked tiles. You also get to launch a steel ball down a start ramp and frantically watch it fly through a series of tunnels and paths created by all of the hexagonal tiles laid out by all players. These paths can include traps, levers, jumps and even special effects that are all strategically placed to get your ball in the end zone (to win), while blocking your opponents' balls with devious tiles.

What's best part? This game is free to play, free to print and will forever keep improving as designers keep coming with AWESOME ideas to make CRAZY tiles (also free to print) that often flip the game on its head. This is all thanks to Zack Freedman, who chose to offer his game to the crowds of 3D printing enthusiasts, and let players and designers contribute to this wonderful game.

• "Hextraction is an open-source game - you can download the files to print yourself, or find a pre-printed set to buy.”
• “Hextraction is a 3D-printable, modder-friendly board game designed by Zack Freedman of Voidstar Lab.”

To get an idea of its potential and learn some rules watch the Hextraction video.

To play the game, you will need to:

1. Print the grid: look for the Hextraction Super Board Game: Grid for A1 mini & +. It can be printed on the A1 mini or other printers with larger build plate. I recommend PETG to make your board very sturdy, but PLA work fine too. This grid has 27 slots, which means more fun!
2. Print the base: look for my Hextraction Super Board Game: Base for A1 mini & +. This includes all the structural parts that are specific to the grid with 27 slots from this page, such as the gutters that channel lost balls all the way to the bottom (that would otherwise fall through), On ramps, End zones, adjustable legs and accessories;
3. Check the Hextraction Getting Started page.
4. Look at the Hextraction Official rules. If you'd like to play by yourself, look at the single player rules.
5. Buy 10 mm steel balls or 3/8" slingshot ammo. 50 of them seems like a good number for 3-4 people.
6. Print Hextraction game tiles, the more the better! Here are links to my favourites sets.

• Hextraction Tile Set A - Super Starter Pack: includes plenty of tiles to get your Hextraction games started, along with some very cool tiles that will give you an idea of what is possible with this game.
• Hextraction Tiles Set A - PETG parts: since PETG parts need different printing requirements, I pooled all the PETG parts from set A into this file.
• Hextraction Tiles Set B Flip Flop+Secret tiles: with sets A and B you will have all the basic starter tiles recommended, and enough whacky tiles to show you how much talent and creativity went into designing such mischievous contraptions!
• Hextraction Tiles Set C - Deviations: spice up your games with randomness and a bit of malevolence.
• Hextraction Tiles Set D - Traps! : traps are very useful to slow your opponents down and tear apart  their sophisticated plans.
• Hextraction Tiles Set E - Wild Tiles: Hextraction tile creators are (thankfully) not selected by committees or review boards. Nope, if you let them loose, they come up with ingenious and/or crazy ideas, the perfect recipe for exotic tiles with strange themes or effects.
• Hextraction Tiles Set F Mega pack:  if your games get slowed down by effects tiles, balance things out by adding regular tiles. And no regular does not mean boring. 
• Hextraction Tiles Set G Lucky Unlucky tiles: Feeling lucky? With this set, you can test it out, or better yet, you can bestow bad luck upon your opponents. Feeling better now?
• Hextraction Tiles Set H - Tile rail + Golf: if you thought Hextraction was fun, wait until you play the Skyrail tile, my absolute favorite tile. And those golf-themed are sweet.  
• Hextraction Tiles Set I - Abuse of power : some tiles have, or give too much power. Don't print this set. It will change your games for the worst. Or the best! Just depends on the point of view.
• Hextraction Tiles Set J - BAM! : you slip, you explode, you burn, earth splits under your ball. That's what this set is about. And some good (and evil) magic.

I want even more tiles!

Hextraction Tiles Set B Flip Flop + Secret Click tiles

Those tiles were gathered from Thangs designers Zack Freedman and NoStepOnDeez). I tested them and organized plates so you can print them on the A1 mini. I added test plates in order to test and troubleshoot adhesion of the Secret Click lids on your build plates.

The Secret Click tiles are a new model made by NoStepOnDeez that resolves multiples issues by the original tiles and many attempts to fix them. 

Printing

• All parts can be printed in PLA. 
• To reduce friction, the flippers for the Flip Flop and Twozu tiles can be printed in PETG (look for Hextraction Tiles Set B Flip Flop+Secret PETG print profile). If you print the latter, skip the corresponding parts on the PLA print profile.
• Printing flippers on a smooth plate will reduce friction as well.
• The Secret LIDS need to be printed on their edge (thin), i.e. standing up, unlike other tiles which lay flat (wide) on their bottoms. This requires good adhesion on the build plates: clean them (Dawn soap, warm water) and dry your filament. The first plate in the print profile has a single lid and base for testing the adhesion.

• Yes, printing the Secret Click lids on edge requires supports (green in the image below) and brim (blue in the image below). Both are easy to remove after printing. 

• Printing the lids standing make their tabs are much more solid than if they were printed on their flat side.   
• To save on filament, you can print only the Secret lids (orange with question mark).
• To add color, you can print inlays (yellow, plate 2 and 4) then glue them to the top side of the lids.

• The lids and bases are not compatible with other versions of the Secret tile lids/bases.

Assembly of flipper tiles

The Flip Flop and Secret Click Twozu flippers have support in their center, which needs to be removed.

View from under the plate: supports are shown in green.

Most Hextraction tile bases have small tabs in their underside notches. Those tabs are built-in supports that need to be removed using pliers or a hobby knife. They help printing the overhang in the notches.

Flip flop tiles have flippers that require one M3x10 or M3x12 bolt each and one or two washers.

Don't overtighten, you could strip the tile's PLA. You want the flipper to spin freely. If it does not, try adding a second washer or a bit of grease. 
 

The assembly of flipper tiles requires fine-tuning.

There are 2 versions of the Secret Click Twozu flippers on plate 5:

• one for 10 mm balls (I made a larger hole);
• one for 3/8 balls. If you need the 3/8 version, right-click on it to make it “printable” (it will go from black to orange) and remove the 10mm version. I have printed it but did not tested this version since I don't have 3/8 balls.

The flippers on the Secret Click Twozu tiles require one M3x8 bolt and one washer. Their assembly is similar to the the Flip Flop tiles, except that they are no pegs and slots.

Playing the flipper tiles

When you play these tile, you are allowed to set the flipper as you like. 

Playing the Secret Click tiles

When you play a Secret Click tile, make sure opponents can't see the inside then remove the lid. If there is a flipper, you can set it in whatever orientation suits you. If it's the Twozu tile, add a ball in the flipper.  Then click the lid on the base and place the tile where it will cause trouble for your opponents. Opponents can not lift or even touch the Secret tiles to have a peek. 

Rules for tiles set B

This set contains not effect tiles, so there are no specific rules for them.

Comments, suggestions, ratings
As you can tell I put in a lot of time to provide the best board and tiles, documenting everything so newcomers can easily understand how to print and play this game. Every comment, suggestion, rating will be appreciated.  

A big thank you to NoStepOnDeez who fixed the problematic Secret tiles with an clever and well designed system. 

Tiles by
ZackFreedman and most Hextraction designers

are under the following MIT License:

Copyright (c) 2023 Zachary Freedman and Voidstar Lab LLC Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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