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The Game Crafter is the world’s first web-to-print game publisher. Create your own board game, card game, tarot deck, and playing cards through our print on demand service. https://www.thegamecrafter.com
In this tutorial video, Alisha covers important information on getting white to print on your game components as well as using transparencies. This is essential for components like mint tins, clear cards, acrylics, and printed dice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XW7...
06.08.2025 19:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In this video, the Game Knight YouTube channel does a tutorial and playthrough of NeuroJackers Purge. This is a solo mint tin game that’s available at The Game Crafter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV2j...
04.08.2025 18:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
For longtime casual board game players, here’s a list of the most complex games to bring to your next game night that you can actually win.
Note: You may recognize game #1 on the list because it’s from The Game Crafter community!
www.thegamer.com/board-games-...
The First Exposure Playtest Hall (FEPH) is open right now at Gen Con! It’s the place to try out new games that are in development or getting close to being published to the world!
Learn more at www.gencon.com/gen-con-indy...
In this video, Matthew Dunstan (a professional game designer with over 60 published games) shares lessons through his own experiences for tabletop game designs that have been pitched frequently but haven't been published yet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZhE...
31.07.2025 14:59 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Jumbo Tuck Box is designed specifically for use with our Jumbo Card Decks and Medium Booklets. Your custom artwork is featured on all sides of the box and it can hold up to 90 Jumbo Cards. 17mm Meeple for scale. Learn more at www.thegamecrafter.com/make/product...
25.07.2025 22:08 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The deadline to apply for a 2025-26 GAMA Horizons Fellowship is at the end of this month!
This an accelerator program for prospective & newly established tabletop game publishers and retail store owners.
For more info and to submit your application by July 31, 2025, visit GAMA.org/page/Horizons.
In this video, Daniel at The Dungeon Dive does an overview of the expansion for Grimgrove. You can also get a playmat for Grimgrove. All of them are available at The Game Crafter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSku...
23.07.2025 21:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Tarot Tuck Box (90 Cards) is designed for use with our tarot cards. Your custom artwork is featured on all sides, with the tuck box opening at the top of the box. 17mm meeple for scale. Learn more at www.thegamecrafter.com/make/product...
The Animism Tarot deck uses this box and it looks great!
Our auction for 1 month of advertising on Father Geek ends in less than 5 hours. Get those bids in before it ends! www.thegamecrafter.com/auction/70CF...
16.07.2025 11:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The hotel block for Protospiel Madison 2025 is now live. You can book your reservation online at www.hilton.com/en/book/rese..., call Hilton reservations at 800-445-8667, or call the hotel directly at 608-255-5100 and reference the group code: 96F.
15.07.2025 19:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Game Crafter added Pastel Green Dice to our Board Game Pieces Shop! They can be purchased individually and don’t have to be bought as a full set. They come in D4, D6 (12mm), D6 (16mm), D6 (Numeral), D8, D10, D10x10, D12, and D20.
www.thegamecrafter.com/parts?query=...
ICYMI - The next tabletop game design contest at The Game Crafter is the Cast of Characters Challenge!
For this contest, the judge (Chris Williams from Alright Games) wants to see games with a ton of unique characters for players to choose from.
Learn more at www.thegamecrafter.com/contests/cas...
Protospiel Michigan is happening now (July 11-13) and The Game Crafter is happy to sponsor the event again this year with a smorgasbord of blank components and game pieces. We hope everyone has a great time! (Previous announcement had wrong dates so reposting this!)
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Get yourself a month of advertising on FatherGeek.com by winning this auction. The auction ends on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 12pm ET.
Be prepared to launch your advertising campaign within 3 days of winning the auction. Happy bidding!
www.thegamecrafter.com/auction/70CF...
In this video, the Game Knight YouTube channel does a playthrough of Puzzle Dungeon. This is a TGC Staff Pick and it is available at The Game Crafter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dn4...
08.07.2025 16:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Game Crafter added Top Number D4 Dice to our Board Game Pieces Shop! Available in 6 different colors. 17mm meeple included for scale. We also have a limited supply of 4 additional pastel colors in our shop.
www.thegamecrafter.com/parts?query=...
In this video, the Game Knight YouTube channel does a playthrough of The Crumbling Pyramid. Available on The Game Crafter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B7J...
05.07.2025 16:13 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GAMA maintains a Tabletop Gaming Convention Locator on their website and it lists many of the tabletop game design conventions around the world. We just submitted our Protospiel Madison 2025 event in November. www.gama.org/page/Convent...
03.07.2025 16:23 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
The finalists have been selected for the Geo Facts Challenge at The Game Crafter.
Visit the official announcement at news.thegamecrafter.com/post/7879774... to view all of the feedback from the judges.
In this video, Alisha shows how to design and make custom printed dice at The Game Crafter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F7w...
Here are the 3 types of custom printed dice you can make at The Game Crafter:
- Custom Full Color D4 Dice
- Custom Full Color 16mm D6 Dice
- Custom Full Color D8 Dice
In this video, The Dungeon Dive reviews Mindburners by Nathan Meunier. This is a cyber-occult dungeon runner for 1-4 players and is a staff pick at The Game Crafter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRxg...
27.06.2025 14:55 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Square Tuck Box (48 Cards) is designed specifically for use with our square cards, hex cards, and circle card decks. Your custom artwork is featured on all sides, with the tuck box opening at the top of the box. 17mm meeple for scale. www.thegamecrafter.com/make/product...
25.06.2025 20:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Game Crafter is excited to announce our new community tabletop game design contest. Introducing the Cast of Characters Challenge! Create a game with 6+ unique characters for players to choose from, with each character playing differently.
Details at www.thegamecrafter.com/contests/cas...
The Game Crafter has Premium Gas Can & Premium LP Gas Can in our Board Game Pieces Shop! 17mm Meeple included for scale. Available at www.thegamecrafter.com/parts?query=...
23.06.2025 16:23 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In this video, Sir Thecos' YouTube channel reviews Behold: Rome by Joe Klipfel.
The game received a very positive review and earned his coveted "Ace of Games - Gold" accolade on The Game Crafter. It also has an 8.0 rating on Board Game Geek after 49 ratings.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vXO...
The Horizon Fellowship program is an accelerator meant to help diverse board game publishers and game store retailers get mentorship and networking from professionals in the industry.
Applications for 2025-2026 fellowships open June 18 at Origins Game Fair. Learn more at www.gama.org/page/Horizons
The Tabletop Game Designers Association (TTGDA) and the Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) have put together this guide to explain many of the issues surrounding tariffs. irp.cdn-website.com/2b6905d0/fil...
18.06.2025 21:44 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Diana Jones Award committee is pleased to announce this year’s Emerging Designer Program Winners: Ashraf Braden, Elliot Davis, Lyla McBeath Fujiwara, and Marceline Leiman!
The Game Crafter was a 2021 Diana Jones Award Finalist and we're proud to be a sponsor. Details at www.dianajonesaward.org
The Game Crafter is providing assorted board game pieces and blank prototyping components to the Game-Based Education & Therapy Conference at GAMA Origins 2025.
Check this out if you're going to Origins!
Details at www.originsgamefair.com/game-based-e...
