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I recently picked up the Party Box and have been having a blast with the family. It's certainly a lightweight game, but it's easy enough for everyone to get into. That said, we had fun filling in the blank cards with more obscure literary characters or even the names of people we were playing with. I'd like to have more custom cards, but want them to have a professional look.
My skills with Photoshop are developed enough that I can easily make a card template and fill it in. I'm trying to find the best way to print them though. I don't have a home printer (nor do I think it would do the job). I looked around on ArtsCow, but their cards are half an inch wider than the stock Apples to Apples cards, and have rounded edges instead of the stock cards' sharp edges.
Any ideas or experience with this kind of thing? We have a Staples in the area, but I'm not on very good terms with them. It'd probably cost a fortune anyway. 
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ackmondual
United States
Virginia
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morari wrote: I recently picked up the Party Box and have been having a blast with the family. It's certainly a lightweight game, but it's easy enough for everyone to get into. That said, we had fun filling in the blank cards with more obscure literary characters or even the names of people we were playing with. I'd like to have more custom cards, but want them to have a professional look. My skills with Photoshop are developed enough that I can easily make a card template and fill it in. I'm trying to find the best way to print them though. I don't have a home printer (nor do I think it would do the job). I looked around on ArtsCow, but their cards are half an inch wider than the stock Apples to Apples cards, and have rounded edges instead of the stock cards' sharp edges. Any ideas or experience with this kind of thing? We have a Staples in the area, but I'm not on very good terms with them. It'd probably cost a fortune anyway.
Hmmm, if it has to be professional looking, then nevermind. I was gonna suggest you sleeve your cards, buy another copy of A2A (peharps the expanions), and just slip in printouts of the new cards on top of the standard ones.
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You're not too far off, though!
I had considered printing off several custom card faces on a single sheet of label paper and then adhering them to some extra stock cards. I thought that might be impractical however, given that I don't have enough custom cards to justify purchasing another copy of A2A.
The fronts don't have to look perfect, but I'd rather not have inkjet lines through the art. The back of the cards however do need to blend in well enough to go unnoticed in the deck.
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Freelance Police
United States
Palo Alto
California
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Ergh. I know, when A2A was owned by Out of the Box Games, they also sold "MyCard" sheets, which let you print onto blank sheets of A2A cards. I doubt Milton Bradley manufactures these cards. I guess you could contact your FLGS for help or the OotB site for leads.
http://www.otb-games.com/apples/apples_blank.html
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Hm. Very interesting. I imagine something like that would work great with a laser printer. I'll have to see if some can be hunted down.
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