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Maybe it's a noob question. Where do you print the custom designed maps and destination tickets? Is it possible to have it printed on cardboard or you print the "face" and glue it to the cardboard base?
Where can you have it all printed in North America (more specifically Vancouver, Canada)?
Thanks
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Julius Andrikonis
Lithuania
Vilnius
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For the map, I would (and also I am going to
 ) print it with regular colour printer on sticker-paper (don't know the exact name in English, but you can get some regular-size sheets of paper, which are printable one one side and sticky on another one) and then stick it on some thick cardboard. I have 2mm cardboard, which was a lot too thick for Puerto Rico tiles I made, but I think it would be suitable to TTR board. After that I would cut the corners with the knife. Finally, the whole map is usually divided in some smaller parts, which can be printed on a regular printer. Therefore the printing and gluing part must ber repeated several times and then all the map parts glued together. I would use a regular wide adhesive tape. However the map must be foldable. This can be achieved by first gluing two parts on one side, then folding them so that the part with the tape would be in the middle, and then gluing antother side.
And for the cards, I would print them on thicker paper (240 gpsm was too thick, I would try 160-180) and laminate them.
The whole solution is not going to look like factory-made, but it will be playable. I am not sure, how long is the board going to last, because it is a simple paper. And the cards will contain a wider edge from lamination and be slippery. But I do not know the better way. I heard that it is possible to spray the cards and the board with something, but I am not sure if this is available in Lithuania. Or rather, I am not sure where to look.
I don't know if this is understandable at all... And also I must warn you, that I am not by any means experienced in this process. As I mentioned, I did only Puerto Rico Expansion tiles, Dixit hexagon for placing the cards and Decktet cards. So take my advice, but be warned.
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Ken Stuart
United States
Patrick AFB
Florida
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Ideally you'd want the destination tickets to be match size and shape of the existing tickets. I print all my cards on heavy cardstock, but that wont match your existing cards. You can try printing at www.artscow.com. There are also similar card-printing websites out there you may find with a google search.
As for the map, I prefer to print everything on a large plotter. This allows you to print something up to 22 inches wide (or perhaps larger) and however long you need. You can then either play your game on the flimsy paper (which makes storage easy if you just fold it), or you can go to a thrift store or garage sale, buy an old game for a few bucks, and glue your print to the board from that game.
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Chris Halaska
United States
Eugene
Oregon
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Here's what I've done so far, which is similar to the others:
- Printed the cards on thick photo paper (not quite the cardstock I wanted, but cheap!) & cut apart manually. The cards have too much friction to shuffle well, so I sleeved them.
- Printed the maps on the same thick paper. To set up the board, I just assemble the sections and put a post-it across the seams to keep the pieces from sliding around. (This option has worked great for travel!)
What I want to try:
- Artscow printing for the cards. (I've used them for another project and the quality is good.)
- Large-format printing of the game boards. Look for someplace that does poster prints. All of the big office stores (OfficeMax, Staples, etc.) offer this, as does Costco (a warehouse club), which looks like it will be cheapest - $20 for a 20" x 30" print.
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Carl Brousseau
United States
Pennsylvania
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I asked almost 3 years ago:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/398667/where-do-you-prin...
I ended up ordering from El-Co Labs, they still seem to have roughly similar prices at www.elcocolor.net. Great quality. I lived in the US at the time and ordered a bunch of custom maps. Not sure how much they charge for international shipping but if you order a few, it will likely still be less expensive than most other places ($10.95 for a 20x30 print is pretty darn cheap).
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Ken Stuart
United States
Patrick AFB
Florida
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You should also check out this thread for printing custom cards (if you don't want to pay a printer).
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Posted Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:39 am
