Cardboard Tank With a Rotating Turret (for TONKS)

This tank, or, CARTONK, is designed for use with the game TONKS, where players fight each other with miniature tanks. It has a rotating turret with space for a blast marker and an indent for your hull point die. If the last sentence didn't make sense, check out the game here: https://28-mag.com/games/

• 14 x 9 cm (~5.5 x 3.5 in) cardboard, cereal box thickness is ideal
• half of a toilet paper tube
• 6-sided die
• scissors
• hobby knife (optional, makes some steps easier)
• pencil
• ruler
• stapler with a narrow jaw (optionally glue)

Draw a line around the side of the toilet paper tube, approximately in the center.

Make six cuts with even gaps between them from one end of the tube up to the line.

1. Fold five of the flaps inward and one out.
2. Staple (or glue) the five flaps together.

Make markings 2cm (or your hull's height) from the corners on all sides of the cardboard.

The example measures are for a 5x10x2 cm (~2x4x0.8 in) hull. To find out how much cardboard you need add twice the hull's height to both the width and the length. I.e., if height is 2 cm, length 10 and width 5, your cardboard should be 10+2x2 long and 5+2x2 wide, that is, 14x9 cm. Remember that the turret has to fit, so don't make your hull narrower than the toilet paper tube.

1. Cut lightly according to your markings, but make sure not to apply too much pressure: these cuts are for making folding easier and should not go through the cardboard.
2. Make cuts through the cardboard to create four flaps.
3. Fold along all lines.

Staple (or glue) all flaps to create a box.

Mark places for the turret and the hull point die.

1. Make cuts as seen in the pictures and shorten the flaps for the turret.
2. Fold the flaps inward.

Push the turret and die through their holes and adjust the flaps if needed.