2022-07-29 (F) Weekly Summary

Playtesting the card game won't need fancy graphics, but I wanted something more substantial than 3x5 notecards and Sharpies. Blank playing cards are inexpensive, so I bought a few hundred. There are two card types, so the backs should be identifiable. The faces will also have a lot of repeated verbiage, so I bought rubber stamp material and cut a few on my laser engraver.
Laser-cut rubber mat

To keep the cards uniformly stamped, I designed a jig and cut it out of plywood. I fastened the pieces with nuts and bolts, placed a rubber stamp at the bottom, and pressed a card from the top. I forgot the first rule of stamp making and didn't make a mirror image of the words.
Card jig and some rubber stamps

The first set of rubber was challenging to clean. I tried pressurized air from a can, my shower, alcohol, and soapy water. The second time around, I used a brush attachment for a drill.
Close-up of stamp faces

I don't have to be precise when I stamp the card faces, so I made some handheld stampers with more laser-cut wood and some cabinet hardware from the clearance bin.
Small stamp pads

The AI-generated images from WOMBO need a border and text, so I created one in GIMP. Each downloaded image is a layer, and by revealing them one at a time, I can export a flat image of my desired cards.
Editing in GIMP

I had trouble with my ink selections because red wouldn't absorb/dry on the cards. I changed to orange ink on the back of my "ROOM" cards and wound up with a Halloween color scheme, which I don't hate.
Play-testing decks    

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