Custom Cards (!Does Not Contain Specific Card Ideas!)

[Diogenes Shandor]

I just got a few sets of blank cards for Munchkin (I ordered them from Warehouse 23, they came a few days ago), and, since they kind of cost a lot (compared to regular Munchkin Cards) and I don't want to risk messing them up, I've been drawing rough drafts for my custom cards on graph paper. However, now that I have some drafts drawn up that I like, I'm having some trouble figuring out the best way to transfer them to the cards.

Any suggestions?


P.S. One other thing on the topic of custom cards, if there are any forum administrators reading this, could you tell me if it would be OK if I started another thread where people interested in custom Munchkin cards could post their E-mail addresses, so that we could exchange card ideas that way?

[ArcadianRefugee]

Originally Posted by Diogenes Shandor

I'm having some trouble figuring out the best way to transfer them to the cards. Any suggestions?

From "damager24" in the Munchkin Guild:

I've actually tried several methods of making customs, and am very happy with my current method.

(OLD METHOD)I first tried taping a blank card to a piece of paper, and printed it with a HP printer directly on the card. You can actually be very accurate if you print an outline of the card first, and use the outline as the place to tape the card. The problem with this method is 2 things. 1) the blank cards aren't the ideal surface for inkjet ink, and some card didnt cure/dry properly. The other problem is there were unprinted corners where the tape was.

(MY PREFERRED METHOD), is by printing onto AVERY Inkjey #8255 labels. They are full sheet 8.5 " x 11" ,Matte white designed for Color printing. I like them because I can print at photo quality with great results. The colors are vibrant, and don't smudge at all. If you line a straight edge up with the edge of design and stick it to that, you can then butt the blank card right up to it, making sure the border on the card face will be even. Then you can use a razor or a very good pair of scissors to carefully trim the edges of excess label. The only problem I have really had, is color matching (mine being slightly of hue). Mainly due to my scanner, becuase I scanned in some original cards for the colors.

As for playing with them. They hold up great, and yes you can tell when you pick up a custom one, but they aren't obvious sitting in the pile. They shuffle fine, and if you trim the excess properly, you can't tell which are which when squaring up the deck.

I think I had to go to Staples to find a local store that had the full sheets, and the come in packs of 20 sheets. I make my designs in Photoshop, and get 8 designs to a sheet. In fact, I have a bunch to finish to give as belated Xmas presents on Jan. 2nd.

As someone who has used cards made by damager24, I can tell you that they blend in quite nicely, and are only noticeable as unofficial cards as the fronts feel different. But they are unnoticeable shuffled into the stack.

[Diogenes Shandor]

Thanks. I've got a photo printer at home so maybe I'll try that (its a Hewlett-Packard though, not Avery, but that probably shouldn't make a difference.

On a related note, if I do use that method, does anybody have any reccomendations as to what the best program would be to edit the scans of my rough drafts (to put in computer text in place of my lousy handwriting, and maybe to get rid of the lines from the graph paper)

P.S. I had also been considering using transfer paper (which would solve the problem of needing to remove the lines from the graph paper that I did my rough drafts on) (although I'd probably have to go over the transferred image in pen afterwards...) does anybody think that transfer paper would have any chance of working at all?

P.P.S. I'm still open to any other suggestions that people may have as well.

[Diogenes Shandor]

Oh wait, I think that I misread the second part of the response, I was thinking you meant getting a printer that can print directly onto a card sized object (which I think, in retrospect, that my printer might actually be able to do anyway, if I can ever figure out how to use the special features). Labels (as the second part of the reply actually says, now that i've reread it) are a good idea too.

[Diogenes Shandor]

Where can I get those labels? Would they have them at 'Staples'?

[ArcadianRefugee]

Originally Posted by Diogenes Shandor

Where can I get those labels? Would they have them at 'Staples'?

Prolly. Any such full sheet labels'll do. Office Max, Staples....

[Quaff_fu]

[QUOTE=Diogenes Shandor]

Any suggestions?

http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=33383
http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=31477
http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=29957


You can post card ideas at: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Munchkin_guild/

Pat

[Xodiac]

So far, I've made only one custom card. I simply wrote directly on the card itself, since i can write small enough for it. If you do this, make sure you use ballpoint and not something like Sharpie, which might not sink into the card well because of the coating, and so might smear.

[Diogenes Shandor]

Do you think that I might be able to use a printer designed to print on 4x6 inch photo paper (Its an HP Photosmart 1115) to print on blank cards. The cards are a bit smaller than what its designed for, but a 4"x6" sheet of photo paper is much closer in size and texture to a blank card that an 8.5"x11" sheet of regular paper...

[Diogenes Shandor]

[QUOTE=Quaff_fu]

Originally Posted by Diogenes Shandor

You can post card ideas at: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Munchkin_guild/

Pat

Is there anywhere else that Munchkin card ideas are discussed. I hate Yahoo Groups (and Google Groups) and furthermore, I flatly refuse to sign up for anything, even free things like this, without being able to see beforehand what it is I'm signing up for.
Are there any proper messageboards where this can be discussed?