Medium Stout Box, Deck Box, New Game Pieces
Hello Community!
February was a big month for new products. We released 2 new types of high quality boxes and a bunch of new board game pieces. Our production team worked hard to bring the production queue down so that orders are shipping faster. Scroll down to see the new stuff and be sure to check out our new contest!
Medium Stout Box
The Game Crafter has a new custom printed game box that it can make for board game designers. It’s called the Medium Stout Box and it matches the premium quality and durability of our Large Stout Box and Small Stout Box. This game box is made of rugged 70pt chipboard and it measures 6.125 x 9 x 2.25 inches (156 x 229 x 57 mm). Designers can choose between 2 versions of the box, where their custom artwork will either be printed on the whole box or just the top and sides of the box. Look at the photo above to see the difference.
The Medium Stout Box (Top and Sides) version costs $8 per box. The Medium Stout Box (with printing on the whole box) costs $9 per box. Our best bulk price on these boxes is $7 and $8, respectively.
We are also pleased to announce that we’ve been able to reduce our costs for the Medium Pro Box and so we’re passing the savings on to you. The Medium Pro Box used to be $9 per box, but now it is only $8 per box! Anyone who has a game that’s published in this box will see the cost adjust to the new price automatically.
Deck Box
The Game Crafter can now make custom printed Deck Boxes! They come in 3 versions: Blank ($5), Top and Sides Printed ($8), and Fully Printed ($9). The interior dimensions are 3.75 x 8 x 3 inches and it has the same rigid 2mm chipboard construction as our Stout Boxes.
The Deck Box holds 625 unsleeved poker cards or 460 sleeved poker cards. If you want to stay organized, you can easily print and add divider cards to the box as well. Check out the photo below to see the difference between the “Top and Sides Printed” and the “Fully Printed” versions. (Fully Printed is printed on the back of the box as well.)
New Board Game Pieces
- Thick People
- 7mm Octbox
- Western Pistols
- Painters Palette
- Kerosene Lantern
- Clear Storage Box
- Clear Storage Jar
- Rifle
- Mini Storage Boxes
- 8" x 8" Black Parts Bag
- Henhouses (Acrylic)
- I-Beam
- Pumpkin
- 13mm Transparent Orange D6
Browse our full collection of 2,036 board game pieces, game accessories, and game upgrades. We now have more than 2,000 parts in our shop so it's time to celebrate... with a contest!
10 Riddles, 2000 Parts
The Game Crafter is hosting our next contest to celebrate that we now have over 2,000 board game pieces, game accessories, and game upgrades in our shop!
Here's how it works:
We have 10 riddles on Rafflecopter and each riddle will have a clue (written or visual) about a specific board game piece, game upgrade, or game accessories in our shop. Your job is to figure out what that item is and then paste the full URL to the product in the answer field for each riddle. This is half riddle, half scavenger hunt! :) The contest begins 03/06/19 at 12:00pm ET and ends on 03/16/19 at 12:00pm ET.
Winners will be chosen randomly in the Rafflecopter app. The first winner will need to have a correct answer for the first riddle. The second winner will need to have a correct answer for the second riddle. The third winner will need to have a correct answer for the third riddle, and so on. Once 10 winners are picked, the 4 top prizes of "$25 TGC shop credit + Doctor Esker's Notebook" will be randomly given out to 4 winners and the other 6 winners will receive the runner up prize of $5 in TGC shop credit. In addition, they will also receive a copy of Doctor Esker's Notebook as long as they have answered all 10 riddles correctly!
We'd like to thank David Dobson from Plankton Games for co-sponsoring this contest with us. He actually created the riddles for the contest and he is the designer of Doctor Esker's Notebook. It's a new kind of puzzle game that includes 73 cards and has 9 devious puzzles to solve.
Visit our contest page to get started.
The Board Game Blueprint
Our Youtube series, The Board Game Blueprint will show you behind the scenes of various industry events, take you to conventions, and chat with designers in the community about why they make the choices they make when designing their games. Here are the latest episodes:
- Episode 24 - Component Close Ups: Game Designer's Ruler
- Episode 25 - Custom Cardstock Photoshop with JCB Gaming!
If you haven't watched the first 23 episodes yet, visit the Board Game Blueprint Playlist to get caught up!
Community Updates
Protospiel Cleveland (Mar 8-10) Another great Protospiel event that you should attend and it's happening this weekend! It will take place in Cleveland, Ohio. Event powered by Tabletop.Events.
CUDO Plays (Mar 11) We are sponsoring this contest and providing prizes for winners and promo cards to attendees. Be sure to check out this event if you are in Illinois or the midwest.
GAMA Trade Show (Mar 11-15) This is an industry event for manufacturers, publishers, and retailers. JT and Tavis will be attending the various seminars as well as hosting a booth in the exhibitor hall. If you are in the game industry and would like to schedule a meeting, please contact us on Twitter or via TGC support. This event is in Reno, Nevada.
Holiday Game Contest (Deadline: Mar 18, 2019) In this contest you design a game with a holiday theme. All types of holidays are celebrated near and far. Lesser known holidays are just as encouraged as a theme as more known holidays.
Unpub 9 (Mar 21-24) Unpub is a certified non-profit organization dedicated to helping game designers, get their next project(s) reviewed by playtesters to prepare for publication. We love these events the same way we love Protospiel. Event will take place in Hunt Valley, Maryland and is powered by Tabletop.Events.
Edmonton Prototype Con (Mar 22-24) Edmonton's Prototype Convention is a board game design event intended to bring together talented game designers from all over Canada - and beyond. The event will span over three days and will include hosted games from designers, exciting design related events, and prizes. The Game Crafter is sponsoring this event by providing blank prototyping components as well as gift certificates to winners & attendees.
Geek Market (Mar 23-24) The Ottawa Geek Market is a celebration of all things comics, sci-fi, fantasy, gaming, steampunk, anime, horror, and cosplay. Jean-Pierre Giguere will be hosting a TGC Designer Table there. If you're attending the show, be sure to stop by, introduce yourself, and pickup a promo card.
Protospiel Milwaukee (Apr 5-7) Another great Protospiel event that you should attend. This one is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Event powered by Tabletop.Events.
Protospiel Atlanta (May 3-5) Another great Protospiel event that you should attend. This one is located in Atlanta, Georgia. Event powered by Tabletop.Events.
Protospiel Indy (May 17-19) Another great Protospiel event that you should attend. This one is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Event powered by Tabletop.Events.
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