I recently entered the hobby of PNP and printed my first group of games. I currently have Quests Over Coffee, Mage Lite, Mini Rogue, and Galdor's Grip. I'm enjoying these for the most part but am curious as to what games I should look into next, both solo and 2p.

For context, here's what I think of what I have so far:

QoC is really funny/cute with the art and simplicity, but I think it's a bit too simplistic and luck-based for my taste. There isn't a whole lot of strategy involved. But I like the game length and still have fun with it.

Mage Lite was hectic to learn, but my first run was pretty enjoyable. I do think it's a bit dense for me currently and the time it takes to get through a game is heavy, but I do really like it so far.

Mini Rogue was fun to run through, but I haven't picked it back up since my first game. It's just a bit too repetitive for me. I'd like to try the 18 card version though.

Galdor's Grip is tied with Mage Lite for my favourite PNP so far. I got my first perfect score today with the base game and it felt great. Definitely loving this one a lot.

Ones I'm already looking into getting next are Dragons of Etchinstone and Sprawlopolis. I would love to hear what recommendations you all have for me to get next.

I'm interested in both solo or 2p recommendations.

Hi, where I can find print and play game? There is a website or an archive?

Printed the pattern found on BGG on a print shop. Glued to 1.5mm card. Back side is a PVC adhesive with wood print. Now I'm thinking on painting the sides with black sharpie, and building a storage box

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I'm trying to print out Alice is Missing and it has been a nightmare. Firstly, the guidelines are near invisible once printed, my cards end up being horribly misaligned and of different sizes. I used both an xacto knife and a paper guillotine and I still cut them wrong. I even end up cutting them slanted even when I align everything with a ruler.

Then when gluing, I just end up with air bubbles. I'm printing the fronts on linen board and the backs on linen paper. Tried with white glue and glue stick, and I get air bubbles on the card backs everytime. I've tried filling it with glue and rolling the gluestick on the linen paper and air bubbles are still there.

Any tips on this?

Hi all! I'm new to print and play games and want to try out Quests Over Coffee. However, downloading it gave me a whole bunch of expansions and also two different base games. I was wondering if anyone 1) could help me understand the two base games - is the V2 just the updated version and I should only print that? Also, 2) which expansions are best to start with? Or should I just print everything for maximum fun? Thanks in advance!

The saga on not relying on buying my cubes any more have it's first development. The resin arrived yesterday and today I tried to make a cube, transparent. And it was a disaster. Ok, not a disaster, but it won't work. Uv resign have a bad habit on not curing the second layer, so just the top layer cures properly. This is the result. Not satisfied, and already bought the epoxy resin to test in the mold. Let's see...

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I'm researching inkjet printers from Brother and Epson to print some games in cardstock. My question is, if I print in cardstock, will it use more ink than regular inkjet paper? Also manufacturers specify the yield of the ink at around 5000 to 6500 color pages, how accurate are these calculations?

Hello, I was curious if there are any established print-and-play focused YouTube channels or Instagram accounts?

I got introduced to the hobby in general via content creators, and now that PnP games have piqued my interest, I’m looking for some channels focused on that. Thanks!

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Crunching numbers and keeping track of metrics is something that I have to do in my day job, so I thought I would do a little bit of number crunching on the 240+ PnP games now entered into PnPFinder.com (thanks for all of your hard work, people, keep it up!). One of the benefits of having our own community-driven PnP directory is that we can do some interesting data analysis. Here's a chart of the most popular themes of the PnP games on that website. The top three themes right now are Fantasy (35 PnP games), Science Fiction (29 PnP games), and Animals/Nature (28 PnP games). Historical/War is a distant 4th place (16 PnP games). Horror/Supernatural is in 5th place (13 PnP games). Abstract is in 6th place (11 PnP games). All other themes are in single digit numbers.

Did anything surprise you about this data? Was it expected or unexpected? What about your favorite game themes, were they higher or lower up the charts than you had expected?

The source of this data is, of course, http://www.PnPFinder.com/. :)

Hello, Im looking for a website or possible recommendations for printing material for printing cards. My freinds amd I are wanting to print and play a warhammer 40k mod for Twilight Imperium. So it's mostly just a lot of small cards.

I'm fine with paying an online printing service to print it out as I don't have a printer that's gonna produce the results I want. Thanks in advance!

I Live in Brazil. Here, PNP are not that commun and the stock for the materials and to be expensive. The cubes and meeple in the links here in the community are more than R$200, converting from US$. So, I decided to start making my own cubes from resin and see where this goes. The materials needed (reason, UV chamber, and the mold for cubes) were a total of R$60 (US$5 -6)... I thought to be a good idea, but IDK... Keep you informed about it. And, if you are Brazilian: Tamo junto cachorro! Segue aí que vou dizendo se deu bom ou ruim. Hahaha

Can anyone recommend a good spray to give homemade game cards a nice texture that protects them and makes them slide?

I current print on linen card stock. I tried sprayimg them with matte mod podge clear coat...but they still kinda feel gritty and don't really slide against each other well.

Hello, I'm looking for free, original Print&Play games that focus on social and political themes. I would like games that address sometimes complex topics, such as social struggles, the history of minorities or sexuality and gender. If you have any suggestions, I'm all ears!
Thx.

Hi folks. I'm organising a hen party (a very chill one) and I was supposed to have some friends come and do musical improv. That fell through because the venue didn't have anywhere suitable, so I have to find something that could work with us all sat around a table. On the schedule, this slot is listed as 'a special surprise' and I'm trying desperately to find something fun and a bit different to fill an hour or so. There will be about 8 people there, mostly women aged 30-60. Most of them regularly play boardgames, the others will happily play along with anything simple to understand. We have some boardgames on the previous day, and the bride loves improv, so something with storytelling would be ideal. Possibly something along the lines of Microscope or Quiet Year? Can anyone suggest a print-and-play game that might be suitable? Thanks!!

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First (technically second attempt at making a pnp game, very fun so far!)

Hi all. A few years ago, I stumbled upon a website with rules for literally hundreds of fan-made card games of various themes and different IPs. I can't for the lift of me find it anymore. If I remember correctly, they even had a downloadable pdf with all the rules in. Does this ring a bell for anyone? Thanks in advance.

Greetings i just got the game on pnpwebsite but im pretty lost about how to print and what’s the face and back for every card. May i use some help from someone here??

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