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• Custom Punchouts: Standees

  Standees are harder to make than you might think. The slot that hooks the two pieces together must be very precise for them to stay connected.  The slot in the bottom of the upper piece must be the sa

• Custom Punchouts: Spinners

  Do you have a game idea that requires a randomizer with custom icons and a D6 just isn’t cutting it? Consider making a custom spinner! Previously, the only spinner available at the Game Crafter is an

• Custom Punchouts: Hinges

  A hinge is a tie that is meant to bend rather than separate. Hinges can be used to create 3-dimensional objects .For parts that need to bend or have a hinge, use ties that are 0.07” wide with slits

• Custom Punchouts: Rivets & Dials

  Screws come as two pieces that twist together to hold 2-3 layers of chipboard. A great way to utilize these features is by creating custom dials. To create a dial, begin by downloading the printing

• Custom Punchouts and Card Stock

  With custom punchouts and card stock, you can design your own shapes to be cut on our lasers. You choose the size of the slug you want to use, and then create the artwork and the cut lines! For the

• Custom Stickers

  With custom stickers, you can design your own shapes to be cut on our lasers. You choose the size of the slug you want to use, and then create the artwork and the cut lines! All custom stickers are

• Artists and Illustrators

  Alisha Volkman Alisha is the artist behind many independent games. Alisha can do Illustration, Graphic Design, Pre-press for The Game Crafter and Long-Run Printers, custom punchouts/acrylic for The

• Mix-N-Match Punchouts

  We understand that ordering a full sheet of 80-200 punchouts may not be what you need for a single game. To help with this, we've made it so designers can use several different punchout shapes that

• Custom Acrylic Shapes

  Board game designers can now create their own 100% custom acrylic game pieces! In the past we’ve allowed you to make custom punchouts, stickers, cards, and other printable components all to your

• How much will my game cost?

  The best way to find the cost of custom printed components for your game would be to build a quote in our system. 1. First, click on "Make" at the top of the screen. Then, select "Pricing" from the

• Custom Engraved Dice

  Completely custom engraved six-sided wooden dice are possible, and AWESOME, using The Game Crafter. If you're looking for a more economical option you may want to consider using our dice stickers +

• Concierge

  Concierge is where we can lend a helping hand and one-on-one support with getting your project going on The Game Crafter. Below you will find things that we can help with, and at the end we will

• Custom Dice

  The Game Crafter can manufacture several types of custom dice. They are produced on demand and can be ordered in any quantity. NOTE: If you are looking to make a regular die with all the pips/numbers

• Custom Printed Meeples

  You can design your own full color custom printed Meeples! These are perfect for adding extra flair to any game. Plus, you can print front and back so you can determine directionality for your

• Custom Playing Cards

  The custom playing card wizard makes it easy for you to create a deck of custom poker playing cards with your photo or image on the back. The process is simple, and it starts with you choosing which

• Custom Color Printed Dice

  Now you can make full color custom-printed D4, D6, and D8 dice at The Game Crafter! <br> <br> To do so, you'll just upload full-color images like you would with any of our

• How to Make and Order Custom Sticker Dice

  Completely custom sticker dice are possible, and AWESOME, using The Game Crafter. Note: All of the custom Sticker dice work with our indented 19mm Dice. Downloading the Template To make custom

• How to Make and Order Custom Engraved Dice

  Completely custom engraved dice are possible, and AWESOME, using The Game Crafter. We offer custom wood dice. Note: All of the custom dice we make right now are 16mm D6 (6-sided) dice. Downloading

• How to Make and Order Custom Printed Dice

  Completely custom printed dice are possible, and AWESOME, using The Game Crafter. We offer both custom wood dice and custom acrylic dice. Note: At this time, we offer custom D4 (4-sided) dice, 16mm

• Our Customers

  The Game Crafter works with board game designers around the world and has a community of over 210,000 users. In addition, we work with many of the top publishers in the board game industry. Here are s

• Do you offer samples of your products?

  While we don't offer samples at this time, you can purchase blank versions of many of our printed components (with no minimum order requirement) in our Shop, at

• Do you offer free samples of products?

  While we don't offer samples at this time, you can purchase blank versions of many of our printed components (with no minimum order requirement) in our Shop, at

• Value Added Taxes (VAT) and Customs Fees

  Value Added Taxes (VAT) and/or Customs fees may exist on certain international orders. These fees must be paid by the customer as TGC is not responsible for these costs. We are not able to calculate

• Chits

  Chits are used as counters and customizable tokens in many games. Sometimes they are referred to as "punchouts". They are made of 60pt chipboard and are printed full-color and full-bleed and are

• Creating Component Sets

  When creating components such as double-sided game boards, punchouts, mats, etc., you will start by creating a component set. A component set is much like a card deck, where you'll first upload a

• How do I just make one custom-printed item (not a game)?

  Think of a "game" more like a basket where you tell our system what you want to be sent to you. What you add to that game does not need to be a full game you can just add 1 card and we will send you

• Game Mats

  Mats are a great option for game designers who are looking for low-cost, custom printed game components. With 27 sizes available, mats provide designers with plenty of flexibility and they are

• Dice Stickers

  Custom Dice Stickers are half inch square stickers that are used in conjunction with our blank dice. This allows game designers to create their own custom printed dice. Custom Dice Sticker image

• Game Boards

  Game Boards are often the central component in tabletop games, hence the name "board games". We offer a variety of game boards to suit your needs: Accordion Board (8" x 16") Bi-Fold Game Board (9" x

• What is The Game Crafter?

  The Game Crafter is a print on demand board game publisher. Our website allows anyone to create their own board game, card game, or custom playing cards. Game designers have a lot of flexibility and

• Long-Run Printers

  If you're looking to print over 1000 copies of your game, then The Game Crafter will be more expensive to use than printers who are set up specifically to do long-run printing. These are a few of the

• Special Services

  Here at The Game Crafter, we want to help independent game designers find success with their games. Because of this, we offer several different services that can help improve your game and give it

• Templates

  Once you decide on the components in your game, you'll be ready to download our templates. We provide a variety of blank templates to make the design process quick and easy. You can watch a tutorial

• Advanced Formatting

  Our formatted editor is used in the game editor, crowd sale editor, and in community announcements. Its basic functionality is documented right in the editor. This guide represents all of the editor's

• Stickers

  Stickers are a printable item designed to be placed on game components by customers before playing the game. Right now we offer Custom Stickers, Dice Stickers, Meeple Stickers, Mint Tin Stickers,

• About Us

  The Game Crafter (TGC) is the world’s first web-to-print game publishing company and offers a print on demand game publishing service. TGC empowers game designers around the world by allowing them to

• Dual Layer Boards

  Dual Layer Boards are game boards with two layers that let you design custom cut outs in the top layer. The bottom layer is visible where the cut outs are, and they become spaces for dice, meeples,

• Production Queues

  We have an Urgent Queue, Normal Queue, Parts-Only Queue, and a Bulk Queue. You can learn more about our queues by listening to this podcast. You can see the status of our queues from the status page.

• Creating Game Mats

  Game mats can be uploaded as a jpg or png, and each has a face image and a back image. All image files must have a resolution of 300 PPI/DPI, and all dimensions are in pixels. Game mat images must be

• 3D Viewer

  The 3D viewer allows you to see a 3D rendering of your game components. It also allows you to see what the printing will look like with varying degrees of drift. For boxes, the viewer allows you to

• Getting Started

  How do I make my own board game or card game? Click on a tutorial video below to learn how to make a custom board game or card game. Follow these steps to make a game: 0 Before You Begin Create a new

• Creating A Coupon

  Sometimes you may want to create coupon codes or discount codes for your guests, customers, or backers to use. Maybe they have a membership to your gaming club or convention, or maybe you like to

• Crowd Funding

  The Game Crafter can help you in many ways if you want to crowd fund your game through sites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. Are You Ready To Crowd Fund? Crowd Funding Promotion If you agree to use

• Going Green

  TGC is concerned about the environment, and we're working hard to reduce our footprint. What We Do Unfortunately, one-off production is far less efficient than mass production. That actually adds to

• Booklets

  Our booklets are a great way to create a professional-looking set of rules for your game. They are saddle stitched, full color, and full bleed, and are available for just 20 cents per page. (A

• Intellectual Property

  We want you to know that your intellectual property is protected when you use The Game Crafter. Who owns the copyright/trademark to my game? When you upload a game to The Game Crafter, you still

• Art Resources

  We offer a department in our Shop for game design assets. You’ll find over 1000+ sets of illustrations, card designs, currency, and icons, with more being added every day. Most game design assets

• Designing for 3D Printing

  The Game Crafter makes its own plastic game pieces using a 3D print farm. The parts made on the farm are to supply stock components to our parts catalog. At some point in the future we may also open

• How to Order Your Game

  After you have put all the work into loading your images into your game and proofing them, you will want to order a copy of your game. Before you place your order there are some things to note: Many

• How to make a Card Game / Tarot Deck

  You can watch a tutorial about how to download templates for your game here: https://youtu.be/VggD1_mTlmY You can watch a tutorial about how to design images using our templates here: