Making your own game tiles.

[ToyotaGT1]

Ahh. I think that might have helped. My wife was using the printer before for some of her school work. I just tried it with tiles from this site and cut them out and yeah..perfect. Thanks.

[AndyW]

What is the best paper for this.... my wife is a graphic's artist and has printed cards for me on her color lazer printer on 85 lb paper. They come out great. As far as Tiles I was thinking on using 110 lb paper... anyone try this yet?

[leo]

[This topic was merged from elsewhere in the Board index ‹ HeroQuest Rooms ‹ HeroQuest Additions ‹ Tiles room on 6/12/16.]

I am thinking of printing some of my own tiles. I have access to a nice color laser printer that will print up to 11 by 17. I was thinking of printing onto glossy paper then glue it to regular poster board to make it thicker. Any help from what you have tried? To me poster board may not be thick enough any ideas? Should I clear coat the tile when finished?

[Nephew of Mentor]

I've had luck with printable sticker paper. Print off the tiles, overlay them on a box from an old jigsaw puzzle, and then use a rolling pin to flatten it all out nicely. That or a discarded shoebox. There are other, more expensive methods, however, these worked great for me. Just make sure you are printing them the right sze, sometimes the computer automatically resizes them and you have to uncheck some box or another.

[leo]

Thanks for the idea. Did you use any sort of clear coat on them to protect them? Any other stories or ideas from anyone else on the the best way to print your own tiles?

[Nephew of Mentor]

I haven't used a clear coat yet, but maybe some day in the future. Note that puzzle boxes have grey backing, and shoe boxes usually have one white back, which looks a lot more like the originals.

[Maike05]

I usually print my tiles on regular laser paper. The "ink" makes it glossy when printed off. Then I spray glue on a thick paper stock to stick the paper nicely and evenly. Hope it helped you !

[cynthialee]

I print them on standard issue paper from a stanard issue printer then I cut the tiles out and glue them to a cut to size piece of thin card board.
Works good enough for my table.

[leo]

[This topic was merged from Board index ‹ HeroQuest Rooms ‹ HeroQuest Additions ‹ Tiles from elsewhere in this room on 6/12/16.]

Just got done making a few tiles. I used 22 X 28 poster board, spray adhesive and 11X17 glossy paper. I bought the adhesive and poster board from the art section or wal-mart.

Downloaded tiles from various links and arrange using your favorite publishing program (I did this to get the most tiles on 11 X 17 Sheet)
Print the tiles onto glossy paper from a color laser printer.
Sprayed the poster board with adhesive.
Placed 11 X 17 glossy paper onto poster board (press down with books or something heavy)
Let dry for about fifteen minutes and start cutting.

Worked really well and didn't cost much at all.


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[Big Bene]

Nice.
I would cover them with plastic foil to protect them from scratching. You can buy transparent adhesive plasitc foil at any stationery store.