I do like these vids, and this method will certainly give you the desired results... But... thats far from the best way of producing tiles and tokens. The finished product will lack a professional feel and look hand crafted. Given that you already show the need for a slicer of sorts, there is a much much better, and more accurate way to produce these, producing far less waste. Not to mention that sticky backed card stock photo paper is definitely more desirable over using an additional sheet that you need to stick paper too, then stick to chip board. The effects will be far cleaner. • Print to sticky back photo card • stick front to chip board • using slicer cut right and top edge of front already attached to chip board • then cut left and top edge of back sheet • flip chipboard over • align top and left edge of chipboard back (right edge of printed attached front) on your slicer guide • peel back sheet • align left edges and top of back sheet and chip board on your slicer against guide • stick • now you have a front and back sheet attached to chip board that lines up, making easy and precise cutting via the slicer... Viola, professional looking tokens. As I say, not to rag on these vids, as I have used them to make boxes and boards... Its just that while the method outined in the video worse, the method outlined above produces a better looking token. True, this makes rounded token slightly harder, but not impossible as good quality circle cutters are cheap and produce a perfect cut circle... Anhywho, just my two cents :)
+neil googe, that's awesome! Thanks for taking the time to put that together. It's definitely a more time efficient method and using the photo paper would look much better
I just used this technique to create tiles for a game I'm designing and they look great! However, I've noticed there is some stickiness around the edges due to the mounting sheets. Do you have any advice to get rid of this?
+Brendon Stanton I've only had this issue a couple of times. If there is an exposed edge of the mounting sheet sticking out you can try to cut it away with an exacto-knife. But I'm sure what you're talking about is just some residual stickiness from a pretty flush edge. This isn't usually severe and with normal handling it looses it's tackiness. My custom Carcassonne pieces were like this at first but now they're fine. If it persists, it may be necessary to precut the mounting sheet smaller than the rest of the tile/token (but that's a pain).
I have scoured the internet for this but didn't found any thing cheap but that led me here so..., can u plz do a diy on how to make the game pieces ( I don't know what they are called. The acrylic pieces like houses and hotels in monopoly, meeples in Carcassonne, roads and settlements in catan, etc). I have found many tuts but they either use 3d printing or they cut acrylic using a laser engraver. Both are not available to me. I thought of a way to first carve them out of erasers and then press it against 'something' to make a mold which will then be filled with 'something', preferably water and shock resistant, to make the pieces. plz make a diy on this and....find 'something' 😂
@@pubmeeple so I do them 1 by 1? you mentioned Acrylic paint paper. Did you use those? How do you print on that kind of paper to get close as possible to the original? Would you recommend leaser printer, or it will burn the acrylic paper? What printer should I use, and what I should not? Could you give me paper and printer recommendations what to use? of course I mean home use printers, not industrial printers please:')
chipbaord is proving hard to find, i finally caved and bought pre-cut shapes at michaels, luckily my tile designs are small enough. who online has the best/thickest chipboard? what kinds do you like?
I've been through Michael's supply here in town and they usually have larger sheets near the frame cutting area (as opposed to the scrapbooking section). Anything from a 30pt to a 50pt is good as long as it's stiff but still flexible. Searching online I've found decent prices using Google (mostly on ebay). But these online sheets will typically be 8.5 x 11 or 11x17. The larger sheets I use in the videos would be too costly to ship, especially for tile making. Best option is to find a local place that does custom framing (Michael's, Hobby/Craft stores, etc.) as they usually have sheets for matting or frame backing. They probably won't mark the weight though so about 1mm thick is about right.
Thank for this video. I make simple memory match games that I use for teaching English in Japan. I have been ordering my games from Customer Board game makers in Honk Kong, they just dubbed all of their prices. So from $16.00 ( which was already expensive) to now $32.00 a game( for game and box)so I am looking for a cheaper way. Thank you so much. I will try this.
I just print the two faces on separate papers, glue them to a cardboard from both sides using an adhesive spray before cutting them using the slicer.. Much easier! P.S in order to position the two sides correctly I normally cut the white margins from two edges ( at least) to use as a reference before sticking the papers at the exact corner of the cardboard.
what kind of adhesive spray do you use? And what size of paper slicer do I need? A4 or A3 or even larger? I think i will print on A4 papers, maybe A3... Do I need A4 cutter for A4 prints, or better to have larger cutter than the papaer?
Hi, May I ask, have you managed to make some Carcassonne at home? I have my own ideas but I would like to add to my game. But what printer, and what paper would be the closest as possible to the original...
I typically use my inkjet at home for prototyping (Canon MG3520). But if I want good demo quality I'll take it to an office supply printer and have them print with a laser printer. Laser printing is cleaner and doesn't effect the finish of the paper like inkjets do.
Can you please make a video about home made Carcassonne tiles too?
I do like these vids, and this method will certainly give you the desired results... But... thats far from the best way of producing tiles and tokens. The finished product will lack a professional feel and look hand crafted.
Given that you already show the need for a slicer of sorts, there is a much much better, and more accurate way to produce these, producing far less waste.
Not to mention that sticky backed card stock photo paper is definitely more desirable over using an additional sheet that you need to stick paper too, then stick to chip board. The effects will be far cleaner.
• Print to sticky back photo card
• stick front to chip board
• using slicer cut right and top edge of front already attached to chip board
• then cut left and top edge of back sheet
• flip chipboard over
• align top and left edge of chipboard back (right edge of printed attached front) on your slicer guide
• peel back sheet
• align left edges and top of back sheet and chip board on your slicer against guide
• stick
• now you have a front and back sheet attached to chip board that lines up, making easy and precise cutting via the slicer...
Viola, professional looking tokens.
As I say, not to rag on these vids, as I have used them to make boxes and boards... Its just that while the method outined in the video worse, the method outlined above produces a better looking token. True, this makes rounded token slightly harder, but not impossible as good quality circle cutters are cheap and produce a perfect cut circle...
Anhywho, just my two cents :)
+neil googe, that's awesome! Thanks for taking the time to put that together. It's definitely a more time efficient method and using the photo paper would look much better
Just noticed the link was down. I'll be fixing this soon
thanks, that was awesome even after 4 years
Even after 6 years, still dope
I just used this technique to create tiles for a game I'm designing and they look great! However, I've noticed there is some stickiness around the edges due to the mounting sheets. Do you have any advice to get rid of this?
+Brendon Stanton I've only had this issue a couple of times. If there is an exposed edge of the mounting sheet sticking out you can try to cut it away with an exacto-knife. But I'm sure what you're talking about is just some residual stickiness from a pretty flush edge. This isn't usually severe and with normal handling it looses it's tackiness. My custom Carcassonne pieces were like this at first but now they're fine. If it persists, it may be necessary to precut the mounting sheet smaller than the rest of the tile/token (but that's a pain).
I suggest using an exacto knife for slicing the race banners.
Agreed
can you advice me some app that can let me draw those tokens and tiles?
Is there actually consumer equipment that can make actual catan, carcassonne style tiles directly?
I would recommend using a service like TheGameCrafter unless you are looking at manufacturing
I have scoured the internet for this but didn't found any thing cheap but that led me here so..., can u plz do a diy on how to make the game pieces ( I don't know what they are called. The acrylic pieces like houses and hotels in monopoly, meeples in Carcassonne, roads and settlements in catan, etc). I have found many tuts but they either use 3d printing or they cut acrylic using a laser engraver. Both are not available to me. I thought of a way to first carve them out of erasers and then press it against 'something' to make a mold which will then be filled with 'something', preferably water and shock resistant, to make the pieces. plz make a diy on this and....find 'something' 😂
Can you show how to print own Carcassonne tiles?
I used the same method shown here. The ony difference is I had some spare Carcassonne tiles that I used to stick the textured paper to.
@@pubmeeple so I do them 1 by 1?
you mentioned Acrylic paint paper. Did you use those?
How do you print on that kind of paper to get close as possible to the original?
Would you recommend leaser printer, or it will burn the acrylic paper?
What printer should I use, and what I should not?
Could you give me paper and printer recommendations what to use?
of course I mean home use printers, not industrial printers please:')
chipbaord is proving hard to find, i finally caved and bought pre-cut shapes at michaels, luckily my tile designs are small enough. who online has the best/thickest chipboard? what kinds do you like?
I've been through Michael's supply here in town and they usually have larger sheets near the frame cutting area (as opposed to the scrapbooking section). Anything from a 30pt to a 50pt is good as long as it's stiff but still flexible. Searching online I've found decent prices using Google (mostly on ebay). But these online sheets will typically be 8.5 x 11 or 11x17. The larger sheets I use in the videos would be too costly to ship, especially for tile making. Best option is to find a local place that does custom framing (Michael's, Hobby/Craft stores, etc.) as they usually have sheets for matting or frame backing. They probably won't mark the weight though so about 1mm thick is about right.
loving your videos very informative and entertaining!
Thank you!
Thank for this video. I make simple memory match games that I use for teaching English in Japan. I have been ordering my games from Customer Board game makers in Honk Kong, they just dubbed all of their prices. So from $16.00 ( which was already expensive) to now $32.00 a game( for game and box)so I am looking for a cheaper way. Thank you so much. I will try this.
Link to PDF is fixed. Now you can get your Ninja on!
Great tip. Looking forward for more : )
I just print the two faces on separate papers, glue them to a cardboard from both sides using an adhesive spray before cutting them using the slicer.. Much easier!
P.S in order to position the two sides correctly I normally cut the white margins from two edges ( at least) to use as a reference before sticking the papers at the exact corner of the cardboard.
what kind of adhesive spray do you use?
And what size of paper slicer do I need? A4 or A3 or even larger?
I think i will print on A4 papers, maybe A3...
Do I need A4 cutter for A4 prints, or better to have larger cutter than the papaer?
Do you have Carcassone template for printing?
I do not, sorry. I made those tiles way waaay back when I first started experimenting with prototyping.
Hi, May I ask, have you managed to make some Carcassonne at home?
I have my own ideas but I would like to add to my game.
But what printer, and what paper would be the closest as possible to the original...
or you could just print the images out on full-sheet shipping labels.
what printer You used ?
I typically use my inkjet at home for prototyping (Canon MG3520). But if I want good demo quality I'll take it to an office supply printer and have them print with a laser printer. Laser printing is cleaner and doesn't effect the finish of the paper like inkjets do.
Super