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I absolutely believe in utilizing your public libraries services. Having said that, Epson and canon both make ink-tank printers now. The printer costs more up front but the ink is waaayyyy cheaper. If you will he printing on thick paper, make sure the model you buy supports it. Note that paper thickness is measured in "mil" or "mm" not in pounds or gsm

The other thing you can do is make simple cards with no color and no images, so you can save on ink. I talked about this at length in the HTCG discord multiple times. When you're figuring out your game and what you want to do, it's simply not worth it to spend tons of time fleshing out the card frames, spending money on ink, etc. Simple black and white boxes are more than plenty for playtesting.

use tabletop simulator and make your cards textures so you can test them. Did it. The game still suck tho lol.

Also if you do the math you can figure out which printers cost the least over time. When I did this years ago it was a brother laserjet. One cartridge lasts ages, and it is a fraction of the cost per print to an ink jet. Print on card stock instead of paper, and your prototypes are so much better

I wonder if one could use Tabletop Simulator for the same purpose (i.e. create easily adjustable digital cards to test with)?

I do not recommend this. Maybe if you use them for testing. But currently you cannot legally claim AI art and it would upset people.

Get a laser printer for testing if you can get one. Sure it's monochrome, but you'll spend way less overall until you're ready to order real cards.

Art, music and writing are sacred things that only humanity can truly create. They are an expression of oneself, of all of the experiences, feelings and hardships one has gone through. AI is nothing but a deceiver and a serpent in that manner.

or get yourself an epson inkjet tank. But those cards won't shuffle. Get an office job. stay there late and when nobody's watching print stuff. Just be mindful that when the printer doesn't print - it will print after a few hours. so you need to get back early next morning as well. Your colleagues might consider it theft, but it's not - companies pay ridiculous amounts of money for a hassle free printing service. Your cartridge usage is negligible. But do read the contract for not getting fired at inopportune moments.

artwork is solvable with ai, testing could be made digitally, mabye?

US Letter? I use regular DIN A4

this works also if you are an office worker.

Em why not use table top simulator? Nice video thou

Playing online is an option. You don't have to pay any money then, other than the cost of Tabletop Simulator if you wanna go that route

i am also high school student making a tcg and i would recomend using images on a word doc to simulate gameplay, your way works better as it feals nicer but if you do it on word you only print the final version. hope you hit 500 subs good content

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Another option: used b&w laser printer with remanufactured toner cartridges. I spent a total of US$80 ten years ago and my only cost since then has been power and paper.

I'd make digital copies online

I am creating my own TCG, but I know how to code, so I will be using tabletop simulator for the playtesting instead, and once I am happy with the results, I will consider turning it into a physical game.

Congrats :)

Cool!

Hell yeah imma playtest

My best advice is to use Tabletop Simulator. You can have it for like 20 bucks. You can import all of your cards and use them like a real game. Plus, if you make a change on a card, just import it again, no need to print it again and again 😉 And no need to cut it after printing. It will save you a lot of time and money !

damn

Are you planning to create lore for your tcg?

Tip, art is the last thing to worry about (and that includes the frame and everything. If you want to print out play test cards (I wouldn't), make them have all the information on them but that's it. Much much easier to print out. Though what I recommend is (neatly) hand writing them on half of an index card and then sticking that in a sleeve. Much easier and cheaper to adjust effects/stats that way.

Get an Epson. HP and Canon soak the edges of the printer sponge in ink and charge you 60. Just fill an Epson tank with ink.

they do in fact do that :3

I just print pure text images, so my cards are mostly white with only necessary text on them. I've printed 300+ cards and I don't think I've run out of ink yet, and that's not even the only thing that's printed on that printer. You don't have to go fancy in early testing.

Thank you for making this video! I am also working on my own TCG and I was trying to think of the best way to make my cards physical without spending too much money. I completely forgot my library has a printer!

I love it! So cinematic! Also your slogan is absolutely hilarious and amazing

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Keep going, ya' doin' gud