Dominion Strategy Forum
Dominion => Variants and Fan Cards => Topic started by: TheCaveTroll on April 29, 2020, 11:32:48 am
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I have some personal fan cards that I’m having a local printer create for my son and I to play with.
I have images of the fronts of the cards but lack a suitable hi-res image of the card back to use.
Can someone point me to such an image?
Also, what are the technical specifications of the cardstock used in the game. I have the proper card dimensions, but need to know on which Cardstock they should be printed.
Does anyone have experience with printing their own cards and have that information?
Thanks!
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Pretty sure dominion cards are 320gsm black-core card stock, which is roughly the same as MtG cards; the core material is what gives it "snap", as opposed to "flex" on regular consumer-grade cardstock. They use a matte finish, although I can't tell you which or any specifications for that.
As far as card backs, surely you can get a scan of an existing dominion card? it's not going to be perfect but short of Jay from RGG or whoever did the layout (top of my head... Matthias something?) sending you the original art, it's probably as good as you'll get.
The fan card creation guide (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Fan_Card_Creation_Guide#Printing) in the wiki has some resources for this.
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thank you.
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It's way easier (and cheaper) to print them on paper and put them in sleeves over blank cards or cards you don't often use.
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And it is even cheaper yet to create the cards in Tabletop Simulator and play there.
I'm trying that too to see which I like better.
Does anyone else play there with fan cards regularly?
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I play Legacy and Antiquities Fan expansions on there even have them scripted setup and scoring!
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As someone who used to make fan cards and now tests official cards, the best advice I can give you is not to spend a lot of money actually printing cards. Print on paper and slip it into the sleeves, like LibraryAdventurer suggests. Because a year or two down the road, Donald X. will make a card with either the same name or nearly the same function and you will want to change your cards. That's been my experience, anyway, and I'm glad I never sprung to have my cards printed in a print shop.
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As someone who used to make fan cards and now tests official cards, the best advice I can give you is not to spend a lot of money actually printing cards. Print on paper and slip it into the sleeves, like LibraryAdventurer suggests. Because a year or two down the road, Donald X. will make a card with either the same name or nearly the same function and you will want to change your cards. That's been my experience, anyway, and I'm glad I never sprung to have my cards printed in a print shop.
don't agree - I have created many fan cards (see here: DOMINION Forum Fankarten (http://forum.dominion-welt.de/viewforum.php?f=7&sid=9197f3af1f7a1ff45a18d905c70a95b0)) and it is much fun to play with them. There are many new ideas which Donald unfortunately never realized since years.
If you are in EU it is nice to let print on original size (SKAT-cards) with high quality: MEINSPIEL (https://www.meinspiel.de/selbstgestaltete-spielkarten-mit-fotos-gestalten-drucken)