Howdy all, have been lurking for a little while, decided to join up and ask a question.

To introduce myself, I am a professional Game Developer for the major video game consoles with over 10 years in that industry. However, in my spare time I have been creating smaller designs and prototyping them for my own gratification, and I'm far from a professional card or boardgame creator. So here I am, looking for help

To the chase: I have prototyped and playtested a card game over the last year. I'm now happy with the design, rules, art, etc, and it's time to get them professionally printed, with an eye towards self-publishing.

Some details:
- The deck is made up out of 26 unique cards.
- Each game consists of two decks.
- Would be preferable for the two decks to have different color backings (one deck blue, the other deck red, for example).

Can anyone recommend a local (or non-local) print shop for doing small runs of cards? Anyone got horror or success stories?

Not sure about local, but websites like Artscow are used a fair bit to make card decks for small print runs... I am not that familiar with it though, so I can't comment further. I'd also recommend checking out www.bgdf.com, I am sure they will many more and much more detailed options and processes for you!

www.artscow.com/cards-stationery

Cheers,

Giles.

Thanks Giles, I'll have a look.

Also check out www.superiorpod.com/ which is a higher quality, but much harder interface-wise.

Thanks again! Both look interesting.

I just happed across this one last night and then happened across this post..

www.gobretail.com/podcards.php

I'd be interested in knowing which way you decide to go and giving the crad a go when and if you decide to print it up..

email me is best
beasterbrook@hotmail.com

Brette:)