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Experiences w/ 12pt card stock

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jkopena
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Hey everyone,

Does anyone have experience using 12pt for things like tiles and chits? In particular, I'm curious how easy (or not easy) people feel it is to pick up a 1x1" or 2x2" tile printed on 12pt stock? This is for a game where tiles are placed on the table, then later and repeatedly picked up and flipped over. My prototypes so far have all been printed on normal paper & mounted on matte board, which is substantially thicker but requires I glue sheets on. 12pt I can probably do at kinko's or even on some reasonably cheap inkjets that I could buy, which would make my life easier. Any comments would be appreciated.

Thanks!

TargetBoy
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Is 12pt the same as 110 Lb?

The cardstock I use is marked by Lbs instead of points. The 110lb, the heaviest I have been able to find, is a bit thin for counters you have to turn over a lot.

I have been a big fan of cereal boxes for mounting counters, but I recently started using matte board, so my wife would stop thinking I'm crazy for keeping all those cereal boxes.

Even cardboard from cereal boxes can be hard to pick up sometimes. I'd stick to the matte board.

Verseboy
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Experiences w/ 12pt card stock

When I had to make scoring chips that were about 3/4 of an inch wide, I ended up glueing together two sheets of card stock. That worked well. I don't think you'll be able to avoid glueing if you want something that will stand up to a fair amount of use. For rough prototypes, I don't think it matters, though.

Steve

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Experiences w/ 12pt card stock

You typically want about 14 point C2S for a card (if you aren't using true playing card stock).

You want something in the 20 to 30 point range for a counter -- like two sheets of 12 point C1S glued together.

I wouldn't want to handle small counters made of 12 point C2S stock, though I would put up with it if the game were fun and really inexpensive.

jkopena
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Experiences w/ 12pt card stock

That's ultimately what I'm getting at---having 20 to 30 pt chits printed is a big step up from printing at 12pt. A lot of digital printers can do short-run 12 pt stuff. I haven't talked to anybody who could do heavier on their digitals, which effectively raises the minimums a great deal. I'm debating in my head how low the cost has to be in order to make people not mind less than ideal 12pt chits, and if I can help things (e.g. make the chits larger).

VeritasGames
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Experiences w/ 12pt card stock

Some of the EPSON wide format printers can accept stock so thick that you can make chits out of it.

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