This seems more like a April 1st kind of Kickstarter
No, the CardMogrifier is real news. We've done the work between paper, printing, and die-cut companies to create production samples (the initial prototypes needed a tolerance adjustment) that we sent out, although the holidays probably delayed evaluations. We created templates to make sure you could type and print, or, type, drop in an image, and print. Videos (on Kickstarter) show how it works.
For testing, we've run one sample more than 100 times (kinda dull, but necessary) through a laser printer to see what happens to the specialized plastic "paper" -- looks fine. No fraying or peeling. We stacked up to five of the CardMogrifiers to see if they would jam and they did not.
I wonder though isn't it easier to just print onto photographic paper and cut the cards out. Cutting out a card seems to take about as long as taping it and I'm taping it.
There are many ways to create a custom card, including that. You do have to line up the front and back images and it is difficult to get the exact dimensions of the rounded card corner cut right by hand. You can print out images/graphics on regular paper and tape them to a regular card. Then the card is a little thicker and shuffling a number of them within a "regular deck" can be tricky. It's also kind of like a "marked" deck.
Alternately, you can put all your cards in sleeves and cut out images/graphics on regular paper and insert them into the sleeves. Painstaking process, but can be done.
It's easier to just use an existing card, spend a minute or two removing the varnish and ink (our third video), and then insert the card into the CardMogrifier and print directly on the card. From the back, it looks just like any card. On the front, it's whatever you want to put on it.
We're 60% of the way there…and only 29 hours left…if you haven't taken a look, please do, and of course, we hope you pledge -- at least for one template if not the three-template pack.
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As more miniature games use playing cards, we tinkerers would love to change the details of a card, or add a card with something new to the game system. I think Steve came up with a clever idea that worked. Hope you do too.
Thanks.
