[dlg]

Is the creator thinking of doing another printing? If not can someone recommend a service that will print a high quality card deck given the PDF?

[throwaway47292]

I print with some professional card printing companies, the pricing goes something like 10 decks, 500$, 50 decks 800$, 100 decks 1200$, and 300 decks 1500$ and then it continues to drop

Since I printed only 50, I think the price is too high, so I would rather to give them for free than to charge unreasonable price. If you are willing to pay the shipping cost send me an email to [e-mail], I still have few left.

[pessimizer]

You can get the 50 deck rate for even a single deck (and there are often coupon codes) at https://www.printerstudio.com/unique-ideas/blank-playing-car... or https://www.artscow.com/photo-gifts/playingcards

Also, if you're trying to give this away, they both allow you to share a link to your design so other people can buy the cards direct.

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edit: the sites may seem cheezy, but they're probably responsible for 95% of prototype card decks that professional designers print.

For other excellent non-Chinese, Buy America options, there are https://www.printplaygames.com/product-category/prototypes/c... , https://www.thegamecrafter.com/make/pricing#Cards and https://www.drivethrucards.com/joincards.php

[mcv]

For those kind of costs, I'd print 300 for $1500. That's just $5 a piece. Sell them for $10, and you can afford to give away half of them.

I think this project would make a great Kickstarter. I don't think it would be hard to get 300 people interested in backing this. Shipping is probably going to be the biggest issue; find people on other continents to help you distribute it there. That can save a lot of money.

[OakNinja]

Maybe you could run all the decks as a kit on kickstarter?

I would love to buy all of them as a set, and I believe a lot of others would as well.

[rabf]

A cheap laser engraver could work well here.

[Rebelgecko]

Would you need 2layered paper, with a different color underneath? Or would engraving the words directly onto card stock be legible?