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Tom is sitting on someone's face but who is it?! Mentalist Michael Karl (michaelkarlmagic.com) placed a sealed envelope under Tom's tush and then the fun started. With a deck of one name artist cards in hand, Michael had Tom pare down the deck to just one card. Will the card match the picture in the envelope?

Video taken from the beach 8 miles east of the Long Beach port. First hand GPI view of cargo ships waiting to berth at the port. Seeing is believing.

Ryan, GPI's Art Director, often compares a company's retail game packaging to a highway billboard. Ryan and Tami have some fun getting Ryan's reaction to actual highway billboards from a company Ryan admires for their billboard art.

Let's wrap up the world of freight and shipping in 2021 and move on to talking about PLANning for 2022.

Because the manufacturing of metal tins is so machine intensive, they tend to be produced at factories that specialize in this process. As you watch the video here (and enjoy the relaxing music…), notice the number of machines that are die cutting and stamping the tins into their final shapes. This is after the flat sheets of tin are printed (with a printing press that can accommodate printing ...

GPI Introduction - 2021 TAGIE Innovative Supplier

Join the staff of GPI for a Nonepub hosted discussion about numerous topics to keep in mind when designing your next game. Get insight on: 0:00 Intro 4:50 Packaging 6:11 Designing with retail in mind 7:35 Digging into game specs 10:50 Tooling - custom vs sourced items 12:55 Quoting for Kickstarter 18:10 Die-cut pieces 20:08 The IG influence 28:26 Rule books 29:00 Designing for print vs web 31:0...

What a year 2021 has been (so far, we are only at the halfway point)! With the heavy FREIGHT topic dominating conversations, we thought it may be helpful to address the question WHAT PATH DOES MY PRODUCT TAKE FROM THE END OF THE PRODUCTION LINE TO THE FLOOR OF MY WAREHOUSE? And then layer over that conversation with what is happening in 2021 to disrupt the normal. If you'd like to jump through ...

Some processes are less automated than you’d think. While many components of a game can be produced using highly automated manufacturing, it doesn’t always mean that they should. Relatively low production volumes oftentimes don’t warrant the cost of the setup time required for highly automated machinery. When amortizing the setup/breakdown time required for such machinery as automated retail bo...

How We Made It - Injection Molding Fun Facts

How We Made It - Gameboards

How We Made It - Pad printing / Tampo Printing

How We Make It - Assembly of Dice

How We Made It - Vacuum Formed Trays

How We Made It - Creating Rounded Corners on Cards

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