Foil Booster Packs, Printed Dice, Custom Game Mats

Hello Community!

We have good news and bad news. The bad news is that this newsletter is longer than normal. The good news is that it's full of all the new products we released this month! We think this is our biggest month ever for new products. Let's get started.

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Foil Booster Packs and Booster Boxes

The Game Crafter can now make print on demand foil sealed Booster Packs! They are great for small expansions and CCG/TCG games in the vein of Magic: The Gathering and Pokemon. We can also produce Booster Boxes which give you a retail display for stores and conventions.

The Booster Packs hold up to 18 poker cards and are custom printed on the fronts of the packs. (we do not print on the back). The Booster Boxes hold 20 of the Booster Packs and you can even mix and match different booster packs within the same box!

Full Color Custom Printed D6 Dice

You can now make full color custom printed D6 dice for as low as $2 each at The Game Crafter! You can choose between acrylic or wood dice and then you can add your custom artwork on all sides. We now offer 4 types of custom dice and you can see all of the options here.

Custom Rubberized Game Mats

You can now make custom rubberized game mats at The Game Crafter!

New Game Pieces Available

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Once again, we've added a ton of new game pieces, parts, and miniatures to our shop this month. We now have over 1,257 different board game pieces in our online parts shop. You can add these pieces to your games or you can purchase them separately in any quantity. Discounts for bulk orders are automatically applied at checkout. Here's what we added this month:

Click here to browse our collection of 1,257 board game pieces.

Embedded Games

You can now embed games into other games as if they were a game piece. People have been asking for this for quite a while, and we’re happy to finally be able to offer it. Potential uses are:

Keep decks separated so customers don’t need to sort them.
Prepackage items for games were secrecy is important upon opening the box. Legacy games and Escape Room games would both benefit here.
Make booster boxes for CCG / TCG games.
Create a deluxe version of a game that includes the main game, and expansions.
Boxception! If you want a box within a box, this is the way to do it!

Embedded games are a new component type in the game editor.

Community Updates

Hidden Movement Challenge (TGC Contest) This challenge is currently in the semi-finals and the guys from All Us Geeks are reviewing games.

Hook Box Challenge (TGC Contest) Congratulations to Mike Wokasch from Fairway 3 Games for winning the Hook Box Challenge with his game, Cards of Olympus.

Protospiel Milwaukee 2018 If you are a game designer you should always try and attend Protospiel events. It's the best place to playtest your games and get honest feedback about your game from other game designers. Protospiel Milwaukee will take place April 13-15 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Event powered by Tabletop.Events.

Escape Room Challenge (TGC Contest) Design a game that simulates the ever popular escape room puzzles. Dan Letzring from Letiman Games will be judging the contest. (Deadline: April 3, 2018)

Game Pieces Only Challenge (TGC Contest) Design a game that only consists of bits available through The Game Crafter parts store. This means the only printables would be a rulebook and a box; no cards, mats, tiles, stickers, or boards are to be used. Use of paper and pencil is strongly discouraged. (Deadline: April 20, 2018)

Protospiel Indy 2018 If you are a game designer you should always try and attend Protospiel events. It's the best place to playtest your games and get honest feedback about your game from other game designers. Protospiel Indy will take place May 4-6 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Event powered by Tabletop.Events.