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  • What does it mean to "Publish" my game?

    When you publish your game with The Game Crafter, your game becomes available (and searchable) in our Shop for purchase by other customers. When a customer purchases your game, a copy of the game

  • Sales

    Putting up your game for sale is as easy as hitting the "publish" button in the game editor. You can view your sales statistics on the My Sales tab under the "Make games" category on the main

  • Publishing Waiting Period

    In order to publish your game, you'll first need to purchase a copy. You'll then need to wait 10 days from the date you place your order for your game to publish. We've implemented this waiting

  • Game Sales

    The My Sales screen shows sales statistics for your published games. To view your sales, log into the site and click on "Make", then "Sales". The My Sales screen lists your 50 most recent game sales,

  • Why has my game been locked?

    If you are receiving a message in the Game Editor that your game has been locked, this generally means that your game has been reviewed by our support staff and determined to be advertising to kids

  • Shipping Methods

    Generally, The Game Crafter ships to any country that UPS and USPS will ship to. There are some exceptions: 1. At this time, we are not able to ship to Brazil, due to restrictions on game-related

  • Payment Methods

    All amounts listed on our site are in US Dollars. The Game Crafter supports MasterCard, Visa, Discover, American Express, PayPal, Google Pay, and Apple Pay. No e-checks or direct bank transfers.

  • Bulk Order Fulfillment

    Bulk Order Fulfilment (BOF for short) is a service The Game Crafter provides to its customers at no additional cost that allows them to place a large order of games, get a full bulk pricing discount,

  • Contact TGC

    Are you having trouble? If so, please click on the green "Get Support" button on the bottom right-hand side of the screen on our site. (Please note that our customer service department is not

  • Tarot Inserts

    We offer Tarot Inserts for small rigid boxes. These inserts add a professional flare to your box. You can fully customize them with linen texture, UV coating, and full-color printing. And they do not

  • Selling Your Game

    After you have created a game on the site, purchased a copy and reviewed all of your components for errors and/or adjustments you'd like to make, the next step is publishing your game for sale. When

  • Can I make an adult-themed game?

    Yes. We generally don't censor content, but do have a couple of rules for adult-themed games: 1) They can't contain anything illegal. 2) If they are made available for sale on our site, there can be

  • Made in the USA

    The Game Crafter, LLC is located in Madison, Wisconsin (USA) and is an American company. The Game Crafter has specialized employees that print, assemble, and ship orders to customers. Note: Game

  • Are you able to accept a tax-exempt order?

    If you have tax-exempt status in the US, you will need to submit the tax exempt form/certificate from the state you are in. We can then add that to your account and mark the account as tax exempt. We

  • What Is a Game Designer?

    A Game Designer is the umbrella under which games are created and sold. A TGC user account can control multiple game designers. When you create a game in our system, it will need to be associated

  • Getting Paid

    You'll receive payment approximately 30 days after your sale. We pay out every Monday, but you won't receive payment for your sales until at least 30 days after the original sale. We hold back

  • Promotion

    Please note that most promotion options will require your game to have passed a Community Verified Test before you can proceed. You will see this noted on the promotion options until your game has

  • Accolades

    Accolades are a way to set your game apart from the rest in the shop. The more accolades you have the easier it is to find your game on the shop, and the more confidence that buyers will have when

  • Can I get rush processing/shipping?

    We currently offer an urgent queue for customers who need their order faster than our standard queue will allow. At the end of the checkout process, just before you put in your payment information,

  • Game Stats

    Your "My Games" page shows all of your games' statistics in one place, such as the number of sales, page views and so on. To view your stats, you must be logged into the site. Click on "Make" at the

  • Boxes and Other Packaging

    TGC offers a variety of custom-printed packaging options for your game: Tuck Boxes (for card games without parts) Hook Boxes (for card games without parts) Small Pro Box (for card games with parts)

  • Booster Packs FAQ

    Can I print a different image on the back of the booster pack? No. We do not print on the back of booster packs at this time. Can I order empty Booster Packs and fill them myself? Yes. If you make a

  • Crowd Sale Backer FAQ

    Crowd Sales are The Game Crafter's take on a crowd funding platform. In a nutshell, instead of providing stretch goals if a game overfunds, we provide discounts. This article is all about crowd sale

  • COVID-19 Information

    Due to Covid-19, the governor of Wisconsin has issued an executive order to temporarily shut down in-person activities at all non-essential businesses. The good news is that we are not a

  • Publishing Help

    By default, all new games created by designers are private projects and are not available to the public. Designers can use our service to order as many copies of their game as they want, and they are

  • Crowd Sale Creator FAQ

    Crowd Sales are The Game Crafter's take on a crowd funding platform. In a nutshell, instead of providing stretch goals if your game overfunds, we provide discounts. This article discusses Crowd Sales

  • Shop Images

    Shop images are used in the shop view of your game, in search results and game browsing. The templates for the various shop images are below. Advertisement The Shop Ad is used throughout the site to

  • Search

    We have a very powerful and flexible search engine on our site, which is used to display content all over the site. It enables our customers to filter out content they deem to be unsafe, but more impo

  • How to Design for Hook Boxes

    We offer many different-sized hook boxes that fit many different types of cards and components. You can see our hook boxes here. When designing a hook box image, you will be designing the outside of

  • Who is TGC for?

    Indie Game Designers The reality is that most games will never sell 10,000 units. Unfortunately, traditional production runs require you to buy 5,000 - 20,000 units to make production cheap enough to

  • Embedded Games

    We offer the option to embed a game into another game. This means that you can have one packaged "game" (the embedded game) placed into another, larger game (the main game). Here are some scenarios

  • How do I get a UPC/ ISBN for my game?

    Many of our customers wish to sell their games in retail shops, but to do so they must have a barcode on the packaging. This is actually a relatively easy process, but if you haven’t done it before,

  • Card Deck Randomizer

    Our game editor has a randomization feature that allows you to create randomly generated decks of cards for your game. This is primarily useful for Trading Card Games (TCG) and Collectable Card Games

  • Printing With White Ink

    Printing with white ink on non-paper based items is not as straightforward as it might seem. When using our service for items like Custom-printed Meeples, Clear Cards, Dice, Acrylic, Foil Cards and

  • History

    The history of The Game Crafter is in many ways the history of its founder, JT Smith. In the late 1990's, JT started making his own games under the label Anarchy inK. His first game was an RPG called