In July of 2025, Nicholas was visiting a local July 4th Street Fair. There, he came across a booth for Monumental Impact. And that would be a big first step for Nick’s budding career in technology and entrepreneurship. Starting as a member, exploring combat robotics and 3D printing, Nick has grown and learned so much over the past year with us. He’s also recently become an intern and started turning his passion for tabletop gaming into a viable business idea.
Inscryption to Warhammer
If you’re not familiar with tabletop gaming, think of it as a more complex and immersive board game. Oftentimes, it’ll include role-playing, intricate rules and storylines, and even miniature figures to help tell the story. Think of more well-known games like Warhammer or Dungeons and Dragons.
Nick’s first real immersion into tabletop gaming began with the game Inscryption. It introduced him to how in-depth a game could be, as well as others in the gaming community. From there, he began to learn more and more about the industry. Today, his favorite game to play is Legions Imperialis, a Warhammer game that uses some of the smallest minifigures and models, allowing for larger-scale campaigns. “With the community, whether it’s talking about Warhammer or other experiences, it is a great time.”
Where Monumental Impact comes in…
Through his membership and internship at Monumental Impact, Nick has been able to learn more about 3D printing, resin printing, and entrepreneurship — and the potential to create his own tabletop game.
“That’s when I knew I could do a lot, if I had the resources available to make tabletop games.”
During his experience in our combat robotics program and utilizing our printers to create models for Warhammer, Nick found inspiration and gained the experience he needed to start developing prototypes for his own game. In fact, he’s started building his own kit. Many assets have already been made, as well as a dice tower (pictured above) that’s currently in the works. To help invite more tabletop gaming community members into the space, he is recruiting others to help make and deliver custom requests for people wanting a game kit of their own.
But like with any business, creating the product is only half the battle. Through our entrepreneurship program, Nick has been able to learn more about developing products and how to make his venture more sustainable. For example, how important it is to consider the unit cost of an item and how to get better value out of your product.
Nick has also been developing ways to market and spread interest for his product, namely by being one of the leading forces planning and developing outreach events for Monumental Impact, which will spread the joys of tabletop gaming to the Tri-Lakes area.
“Because I believe that tabletop gaming is a great activity for anyone to play and connect.”
Nick’s hope is to keep making game kits and eventually finish his own game. Beyond that, he wants to get more people involved in tabletop gaming. By planning events — like home-brewed gaming sessions and cohorts for members at Monumental Impact — he wants to provide a space where people can experience everything that tabletop gaming has to offer. And who knows? Maybe they can start learning how to make a game themselves.
Want to get involved?
Nick can usually be found at our makerspace Tuesdays and Thursdays if you want to drop by and chat.
Or you can let us know how excited you are to explore tabletop gaming at our booth during this year’s July 4th Street Fair (yes! We’ll be there again!). Can’t make it? Drop by our makerspace during open hours. We look forward to seeing you soon.
