Thursday 14 October 2010

Wk 3: Day 4: Printing and final touches

Today was printing day for our team, and the 'Miscalculation cards', Money (Credits - as not to be partial to any forms of current money), Board, Instruction manual and Box were all printed. There were some issues with the printing of the cards - due to the double sided design. Initially it was printed onto 150 gram paper. The print turned out fine, but unfortunately the paper was far too flimsy for cards. The second batch was done on thicker paper, but had to be turned half way into the process. This was okay, until it was discovered that the card was printed on upside down so that the back was upside down to the front. This wasn’t a huge issue, but it still wasn’t ideal. The third batch was correct.
However an issue was discovered in the cutting of the cards. The back wasn’t exactly matched up on the successful batch. The upside batch were slightly better; however the flimsy copy was exactly right (due to the double sided printing specifically). Nevertheless I, Jack and Josh agreed that this misalignment was an issue, but not really large enough to warrant another batch print.
I cut out both batches (leaving a rough outline to make sure not to damage the cards) so that we could mix and match in future test plays.
When I got home, to tell them apart I quickly produced two long thin sheet designs to be wrapped around the successful batch and spare batch. This was both for presentational and divisive purposes.

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