When I decided to look into how to properly print a game I just got the files from Kickstarter and fell down the rabbit hole that is you channel I didn't expect to be watching woodworking my other hobby. All good work and great information. Thanks
I believe the specific ones cut at 12:40 are the ones that got mitred for the top-side border, but they're basically the same - cut from strips of the same sheets that were just a little wider than the board is thick so there'd be a little overlap that could be trimmed then sanded down.
Your videos are very interesting and informative. I notice a lot of the print-and-play games you've made have rulebooks. Is there a method you use to print and bind your rulebooks?
For most games, I print in booklet mode from Acrobat Reader, then use a long-arm stapler to staple down the spine. If you don't have a long-arm stapler but you do have the kind of stapler you can open right out at the hinge (for stapling on walls, etc.), then place a two-sheet-high block of foamcore underneath the spine and staple down into it, then use a pair of pliers to hold one leg of the staple still while you use the end of a pen or something to bend the other leg down into place to close the staples on the inside of the book. For larger booklets I'll sew the spine - look around on UA-cam for bookbinding videos for tips on sewing pages together. I'll do a rulebook-assembly video at some point, but it's lower priority since a lot of people are perfectly happy to even just read the rules on a computer!
It is indeed veneer! Thin ~0.5mm sheets of wood for decoration - or in this case, marking out game spaces. I didn't do a great job of it, I'd not done much veneering at this point and it turns out there's special veneer tape that doesn't require so much cleaning up afterward. The glue from the masking tape I used got forced right down into the grain by the clamping and it took far longer than it looked like it did in the video to get it all out again so I could put the finish on.
They're wood veneers, sold for marquetry - you can get small sheets this size from various sellers online (specialist shops or even eBay) pretty cheaply. I'm using plain veneers here, but you can also get them with a heat-activated glue on the back so you can just iron them down. The game board is made with pretty typical marquetry techniques - cut all the shapes to fit, tape them together on the display side with a low-tack tape (like decorator's masking tape), then glue down to a sheet with a big flat clamping caul and plenty of pressure.
I very much enjoy your videos; I hope what I say doesn't come off crass or demanding but could you possibly roll over the idea of showing off tips to elevate the quality of finished projects, when it comes to doing a project mine are looking a bit "homely" possibly using inferior paper or printer, but I feel it doesn't have as much luster as some of the ones I've seen on sites such as BGG; also would you mind talking about some of your favorite printed projects that you have found in different levels of difficulty of creating the components; and lastly (like I said I'm sorry for asking so much) do you have suggestions on making a higher quality tiles for games such as Facility that you have reviewed previously. Thank you so much for the time and effort into your videos I truly enjoy uploads from you, and as a wood worker I'm very excited to learn about Tak and will try to form my own variant based on this video. Thanks again!
To an extent, the tutorial videos are already intended to be tips to raise the quality of people's builds - the idea is to start off with an easy option to show how it shouldn't be intimidating to get started, and anyone can have a go at PnP; then move through a more-difficult or more-time-consuming or simply more-expensive option as a "next step" option and then move on to a final "pull out all the stops" really-nice-quality option, so people who've had a go at a couple of games with the earlier methods can skill-build up. I have been planning a few "technique" videos in the tips series - things like: - how paper choice affects the quality of your print more than you might think - different options for protecting your prints and what difference they make - sticking prints down to a substrate like card or foamcore - making repeatable and accurate cuts which would be shorter, five-to-ten minute videos which aren't about a project. There will definitely be a tutorial video on tiles, mats and player boards sooner or later, but it's not so high-priority as other subjects since there's a lot of overlap with the previous boards and tokens videos - tiles are really just giant tokens or really small boards! No promises, but I would _like_ to be able to do some reviews of PnP games that cover not just whether I like the games, but also how easy or hard they were to build and what kind of choices I made along the way - it's just a bit more difficult than a regular board-game-review channel for a few reasons. There was a podcast a year or two ago which covered PnP games that I thought did a good job, but unfortunately the two people running it got too busy to continue and it ended after eleven or twelve episodes.
When I decided to look into how to properly print a game I just got the files from Kickstarter and fell down the rabbit hole that is you channel I didn't expect to be watching woodworking my other hobby. All good work and great information. Thanks
A beautiful game.
Quick question, are the borders you attach on the sides (15:45) the same veneers as on 12:40 ?
I believe the specific ones cut at 12:40 are the ones that got mitred for the top-side border, but they're basically the same - cut from strips of the same sheets that were just a little wider than the board is thick so there'd be a little overlap that could be trimmed then sanded down.
@@DiningTablePrintPlayahhh awesome. Thanks a lot!
Lovely job, the luster and chatoyance on that veneer is superb
2:02 - 2:08 2001: A Space Odyssey opening
epic xDDDDD
Stunning set!
Your videos are very interesting and informative. I notice a lot of the print-and-play games you've made have rulebooks. Is there a method you use to print and bind your rulebooks?
For most games, I print in booklet mode from Acrobat Reader, then use a long-arm stapler to staple down the spine.
If you don't have a long-arm stapler but you do have the kind of stapler you can open right out at the hinge (for stapling on walls, etc.), then place a two-sheet-high block of foamcore underneath the spine and staple down into it, then use a pair of pliers to hold one leg of the staple still while you use the end of a pen or something to bend the other leg down into place to close the staples on the inside of the book.
For larger booklets I'll sew the spine - look around on UA-cam for bookbinding videos for tips on sewing pages together. I'll do a rulebook-assembly video at some point, but it's lower priority since a lot of people are perfectly happy to even just read the rules on a computer!
Good video, I thought about making my own version of Tak but I will not go nearly as nice as this. Can you do a video on options for making P&P dice?
As it happens, dice is planned to be the next tutorial video!
what's the thing you made the board's surface called? is it veneer?
It is indeed veneer! Thin ~0.5mm sheets of wood for decoration - or in this case, marking out game spaces.
I didn't do a great job of it, I'd not done much veneering at this point and it turns out there's special veneer tape that doesn't require so much cleaning up afterward. The glue from the masking tape I used got forced right down into the grain by the clamping and it took far longer than it looked like it did in the video to get it all out again so I could put the finish on.
My 4 year old said "Awesome!" Great set!
Great video. How long did this project take in real time?
Amazing job! Where did you get these thin sheets of wood you used to make the grid?
They're wood veneers, sold for marquetry - you can get small sheets this size from various sellers online (specialist shops or even eBay) pretty cheaply. I'm using plain veneers here, but you can also get them with a heat-activated glue on the back so you can just iron them down.
The game board is made with pretty typical marquetry techniques - cut all the shapes to fit, tape them together on the display side with a low-tack tape (like decorator's masking tape), then glue down to a sheet with a big flat clamping caul and plenty of pressure.
I very much enjoy your videos; I hope what I say doesn't come off crass or demanding but could you possibly roll over the idea of showing off tips to elevate the quality of finished projects, when it comes to doing a project mine are looking a bit "homely" possibly using inferior paper or printer, but I feel it doesn't have as much luster as some of the ones I've seen on sites such as BGG; also would you mind talking about some of your favorite printed projects that you have found in different levels of difficulty of creating the components; and lastly (like I said I'm sorry for asking so much) do you have suggestions on making a higher quality tiles for games such as Facility that you have reviewed previously. Thank you so much for the time and effort into your videos I truly enjoy uploads from you, and as a wood worker I'm very excited to learn about Tak and will try to form my own variant based on this video. Thanks again!
To an extent, the tutorial videos are already intended to be tips to raise the quality of people's builds - the idea is to start off with an easy option to show how it shouldn't be intimidating to get started, and anyone can have a go at PnP; then move through a more-difficult or more-time-consuming or simply more-expensive option as a "next step" option and then move on to a final "pull out all the stops" really-nice-quality option, so people who've had a go at a couple of games with the earlier methods can skill-build up.
I have been planning a few "technique" videos in the tips series - things like:
- how paper choice affects the quality of your print more than you might think
- different options for protecting your prints and what difference they make
- sticking prints down to a substrate like card or foamcore
- making repeatable and accurate cuts
which would be shorter, five-to-ten minute videos which aren't about a project.
There will definitely be a tutorial video on tiles, mats and player boards sooner or later, but it's not so high-priority as other subjects since there's a lot of overlap with the previous boards and tokens videos - tiles are really just giant tokens or really small boards!
No promises, but I would _like_ to be able to do some reviews of PnP games that cover not just whether I like the games, but also how easy or hard they were to build and what kind of choices I made along the way - it's just a bit more difficult than a regular board-game-review channel for a few reasons. There was a podcast a year or two ago which covered PnP games that I thought did a good job, but unfortunately the two people running it got too busy to continue and it ended after eleven or twelve episodes.
I'm pretty sure around 4:33 Mr. Miyagi was training you!
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