The Road Ahead

For the smaller wooden cubes in "Castle Danger", I use something like this:
http://www.avery.com/us/Main?action=product.Details&catalogcode=WEB01&node=10211258&productcode=5667
(and they have ink jet versions too ... but they tend to smudge a bit when handled)

I print out my graphics 3 or 4 per label, then use a scissors to cut them into 1/2" squares ... peel and stick. :)

-Bryk

The protoparts store just opened a few weeks ago. I believe it is the BGDF's store.

I ordered some blank gameboards along with some blank playing cards from them and got them very quickly. Great service!

Avery does make a 1" circle label:

http://www.avery.com/us/Main?action=product.Details&catalogcode=WEB01&no...

I presume you could print on them if your printer can handle custom size sheets. Perhaps they would work instead of square ones?

I've never tried them, but I plan to soon.

I also have the issue with respect to labeling of the dice. Unless I missed it, it didn't appear Avery makes any square labels in the size range of 1 inch. I'd like to provide the label for the dice, but have customers put them on themselves so cutting them out isn't really an option. I have two reasons for doing this. One is simply the time involved with putting stickers on six sided dice. I'm not real exicted about doing thousands of dice. But the other is that I want to provide labels in both English and Spanish and allow customers to decide which they affix to their dice.

Anyone have additional thoughts on this issue? Thanks.

Chip

Since dice have rounded corners, you would need round labels anyway right? Or am I missing the obvious here? The dice sold at the protoparts store are 15 MM, which I think is a little smaller than 3/4", so the 3/4" avery labels wouldn't work. So either a smaller round label needs to be found or a larger die (the latter is probably easier to find).

-Darke

Hmm... I just posted a link to these guys in the tyvek thread but I'll post it here too as I noticed that they, rippedsheets.com, also have "no die fees" even for short runs ... according to this link.

As I mentioned in the other thread, I have been quite pleased with the quality of their clear inkjet labels, but I haven't used their die cutting option.

Also, they were very accommodating, sending little samples, preprinted, of several of their products prior to my making a purchase.

peace,
Tom

http://www.avery.com/us/Main?action=product.Details&catalogcode=WEB01&no...

The Avery label 5247 is actually a Mailing Seal. It is in fact a 1" round circle, but it has a perforation line in the middle of it (apparently to make it easy to fold). I did recently find Avery label 5112 which is a 1" round label with no perforation line in the middle. This label happens to be yellow though. It comes 12 to a sheet. I plan to contact Avery to see if they make a white one. Yellow will suffice if need be, but I think I'd prefer white.

Chip

While surfing, I found this 19 MM blank D6. The 3/4" avery labels are about 18MM so I think it might actually work with this die, especially since it doesn't have rounded corners. If you wanted to use a die with rounded corners, you'd probably want to find a 20MM blank D6.

Here is the link:
http://rpg.discountgames.com/product_info.php?cPath=30_315&products_id=3...

They are $.68 from this webstore. Kind of expensive, you'd probably do best to find out their supplier and order it directly from them.

Good luck with Elemental!
-Darke

After hearing back via email from Avery about the white, round 1" labels I was looking for, I did some more searching. It didn't seem right that Avery would only make a yellow 1" round label, and not a white one. As it turns out, the customer service people at Avery apparently sent me some bad info. I did in fact find the label I was looking for. Here are the Avery product numbers and descriptions for what I found.

5410 1" round white labels
5427 1" round yellow labels
These come 12 to a sheet

The following list is for 3/4" round labels (for the colors indicated)
5408 white
5474 flourescent assortment
5472 assorted colors (red, green, yellow, blue)
5462 yellow
5467 red glow
5471 orange glow
5466 red
5469 dark blue
5461 light blue
5468 green glow
These all come 24 to a sheet

And finally 5406 is 1/2" round white labels.
How many per sheet I do not know

Many of these you can purchase at the Avery website, but they're relatively expensive there.

I just bought some 1" white round ones at my local Office Depot for about $5.

You can find the white labels described here at Office Depot online as well. The link is:

http://www.officedepot.com/ddMain.do?level=FM&id=103&location_info=SG_1_...

Chip

Nice work, Chip -- very, very handy! :-)

If so, do you mind if I ask which specific Office Depot location you found them at? I work in Plymouth and live southwest of the big lake, so I pass right through the Wayzata area to/from work. PM me if you'd rather not get that detailed on a public post. ;-)

-Matt

I posted this a few days ago in the Game Production area:

You might be interested in this supplier that I found:

http://store.yahoo.com/data-labels/roundlabels.html

They have:

3/4" Round Circular Labels
1" Round Circular Labels
1-3/8" Round Circular Labels
1-1/2" Round Circular Labels
1-2/3" Round Circular Labels
2-1/2" Round Circular Labels
3-1/8" Round Circular Labels
4" Round Circular Labels

One thing that is nice about the 3/4" rounds is that unlike many other 3/4" round labels I've seen, these appear to come on 8 1/2" x 11" sheets, with 120 per sheet. The price seems pretty reasonable too.

Thanks, Chip ... I know the place well. :) Although I've been tending to go to the OfficeMax that is down that same access road in the opposite direction -- past the car dealerships, in the same complex as the Toys-R-Us. That was where I found the 20"-by-30" sheets of illustrators board for $3 (great for hand-made gameboards).

-Bryk