How to Make Game Boards
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This is another installment in the prototyping series from James Ernest. This video describes several ways to make prototype game boards. Everything from the basic "print it on paper" to techniques for making folding boards, wrapped edges, and waterproof surfaces.
James Ernest publishes tabletop games, design articles, and short fiction at Crab Fragment Labs: www.crabfragmentlabs.com/
Most of the games featured in this video are available for free at cheapass.com/free-games/
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I’ve been making board games for years but still haven’t ever thought of some of the techniques in this video. Great advice, I’ll start using some of these methods on my upcoming games :)
This is so cool exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for sharing
Absolutely fantastic video here. Thanks for that!!
Absolutely brilliant tutorial
This is THE MOST useful video I’ve seen as someone who is just getting into tabletops as a hobby
Wonderful video's! I've cut the (leatherish) covers from old encyclopedias that were tossed to use for (foldable) game boards and taped them together with linnen tape.
Great Video! Just what we need here to test some ideas. Thank you!
great production and very interesting content. thanks for sharing!
Thank You James, I really appreciate this, great video, very helpful!
This is extremely helpful. Thank you : )
Cool. I may have to use a few of these techniques to reinforce some of our older Cheapass Games. Our Deadwood boards are getting a little frayed at the edges.
Dude, I love these videos. Thank you for making them!
Thank you very much, sir. It helped me on a school job, it was exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you! Awesome video!!
Very cool, thank you! Have you ever considered reusing cardstock from mass market games found in good will stores for some of these prototypes?
Thank you!
EXACTLY what I was looking for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for posting this! Contact paper is also my current solution for homebrew dry erase surfaces-which seems like a useful thing.
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Your Awesome thank you for sharing.
This is awesome, what printer do you recommend for this?
Do you have any tips for making packaging for games like bags for card packs or a box for board game?
You are amazing
thank's
What are the materials required
Can i know the material of paper or card that you used ? Please...
What are all the materials we need
This is assuming one has all the equipment and tools needed to do it this way...these items all cost money.
What kind of paper do we have to use if we want to make a really hard game board like the retail boards?
@CheapassJames
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That super-thick cardboard can be hard to find in small quantities. I'd check an art supply store for matte board (which is similar) or just recycle a board game from the thrift store.
What about not sliding, folding, and using height to nudge game pieces into intended spaces.
Question? Is it legal to create am add on/ mod for an existing commercial board game. Not using any of their art or logos... just referencing some of the locations / names and properties in the game. No logo or artwork use at all. Just curious before I develop... if it is a 50/50 perhaps I will use an S-Corp to protect personal liability
@CheapassJames
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Hi, Chris. This is really not the place for publishing advice, legal or otherwise. Best of luck!
@chrisnichols1862
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@@CheapassJames My mistake.
on the 4 fold board, my first 2 boards wont fold without peeling of the contact paper. Can you tell me what im doing wrong?
@CheapassJames
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Seems like two possibilites. If you are folding the wrong way, the seam will never work (the paper is the hinge, so it should be on the inside of the fold). If you're folding the right way, and the contact sheet is coming unstuck, consider (a) giving the adhesive more time to cure and (b) pressing the fold to create a better crease in the material. Good luck!
Make speical Game board is Fantestic,We use machine to finish them fast.
No laminating? A4 l-machines are cheap as dirt nowadays.
What Guillotine have you been using :)
How to make a game board: *make a game board*
Great tips! But James... you need a bigger pair of scissors.
HUGE guillotine.....tiny scissors...yep.... great tips and techniques
Sir i have a new board game idea, would you mind listening to me😅
Did he rlly say game boards…
Please use Metric Units. Thanks.