Written by Ariele.
This page details possible manufacturers and prices for manufacturing one copy of the game. These have been listed as alternatives, keeping in mind that most, if not all, of these items can be made using university resources such as the woodworking studio, printing studio, laminated printer and card printer. The materials necessary can also be purchased though the various university stores that will sell samples at reduced prices.
For the deck of performance cards, which will total at about 100 cards, I chose to look at Board Games Maker. This component designer has environmentally friendly options and plans for mass manufacturing, as well as generally better prices than what I've seen elsewhere.
Poker Sized Plastic Blank Cards For Customization
The price for one deck of 108 cards stands around £40, however ordering more sets decreases the price greatly, for example 5000 sets of 108 cards cost around £13 per deck.
Hayman Creative offers board game printing services as well as card and box printing. A standard monopoly board however costs up to £200.
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Due to this distasteful discovery, and the fact most other UK manufacturers don’t have prices on their website, we will be using the University printing studio for this board which will do the same job much better for much less.
This one depends on whether the university woodworking studio has a laser cutter, or if there are other methods of creating a jigzle type structure. Otherwise, Sketch Laser Cutting is the best option. Their plywood materials range in price from £15 to £50, depending on grade and quality.
Sketch Laser Cutting, UK based affordable high quality laser cutting
Board Games Maker also specialises in game boxes; these are quite cheap, although do not offer the best range of quality and size. Blue Box Packaging offers a range of bespoke game boxes with magnetic closures.
All of the websites listed above also manufacture custom booklets, both laminated and not laminated, but this would be easier to do with university facilities.