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Printing and Crafting the Board Game

A topic by yanin created Apr 05, 2022 Views: 1,336 Replies: 2
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yanin2 years ago

I am working on a board game on my free time and plan to publish it on itch.io soon. 

In terms of accessibility all the pawns, board etc are fit to print in A4 paper size for convenience. Overall the game can be played with 2-4 player pieces and 10 more pieces for each player (all the same shape, just different colour).

However I was wondering how much time and effort are people actually willing to put in terms of cutting and gluing each for the whole project?

  • Should it be easy to craft so people can just focus on the gameplay, ignoring the aesthetics?
  • Should it be something with basic geometric shapes that also looks aesthetically pleasing, which will require some time to craft?
  • Should there be two seperate formats where 1 is for the people who just wants to play and the other one visually more appealing but needs more effort to craft?

I am also open for any other suggestions,
thank you!

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DeReel2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Hello,

I am willing to cut and paste on cardboard for half an hour in order to play a game I am excited to play. It doesn’t work if I have to play the game to find it exciting, though. You can use lavish, watermouthing colours for the pdf: it doesn’t make it more costly and that’s where people will discover the game.

Some things you’ve got ample time to consider after 15 minutes of printing and cutting!

  • Ink colour printig being what it is (a scam), I’d go for B/W.
  • It is very boring to have to rearrange layout or print size, or manage recto-verso.
  • Round angles are impossible to get right and
  • Double cuts (leaving a margin between pieces) are a painful waste of time.

More generally, in my modest experience, if you want people to print the game, you can’t compete with their expectations in terms of low cost eye candy. Still, iconic vector drawings with style can do the trick.

And that was my 2cts! The best for your project!

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yanin2 years ago

Thank you DeReel for the answer. Definitely a useful one to consider and think about. Cheers :) 

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