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[SolidChamp]

I didn't see a thread on this, and given the results of my own attempt to create a collection of Gwent cards for playing irl, I think this was worth bringing to everyone's attention.

I was surfing eBay for those Gwent decks that come with the XBox One Collector's Edition of the game. These things are going for $80+, and that's not even the complete set of cards (even worse, both decks only come with two of the four faction leader cards).

Then I stumbled upon this Reddit post.

I set out to find a local print shop that could do the complete collection for less than what it would cost to get just those two decks on eBay...

They turned out far, far better than I could have expected.

 

[GavinUK86]

Holy shit.

They're awesome.

 

[reptilescorpio]

Nice work, they look pretty great!

 

[tensuke]

how much did you pay, op?

 

[mgs2master2]

excellent. thank you for this

 

[Skyzard]

I'm going to do this. So I just take it to some paper printing store right? I don't need to make the borders or anything...they cut it up all nice and equally by themselves?

Apparently a bunch of those links have missing cards...do you know which is a complete high quality collection? And I noticed there is a blue background and an orange one...is that for different packs or different cards...I'd imagine for packs but not a big deal.

 

[SolidChamp]

Yeah I went to a local shop and had it printed on thick paper, with a gloss sort of finish, and had them do a die cut for the corners.

The laminate would have been insane and so I cut my costs down considerably by going with a gloss. They've got a great feel/weight to them. You'll also need to create the black borders that you see there, because that gives them room for cutting (and it just looks much better).

So the exact details on my print receipt are as follows:

2 sides 4xc 240 gsm matt coated card
12 cards on one SRA3 page (the cards are tarot sized, 6.7x12cm)
Output 2 sides 4 colour (extra heavy print)
added black border to all cards
Trimming (die cut) rounded corners

I even got the foldable game manual that came with the actual collector's edition decks. It turned out beautifully.

I just need to get some 70x120mm plastic sleeves for these and I'll be ready to go.

 

[malfcn]

You forgot the cost.
They are fools for not selling these.

 

[SolidChamp]

You forgot the cost.

$80 for the 300 card collection (as opposed to $80 on ebay for the two 60-card decks). Mind you, that's for a high-quality print job at a professional shop.

I'll post some more pics of the other faction decks in a bit.

 

[Skyzard]

Ah I see thanks for the headsup, sounds like a weekend thing to sort out. I'm tempted to put my initials on the back with a nice font Why not.

Any ideas on how to house them? 150 cards each right. Anyone up for designing a (paper foldable) box Made out of card of course.

Obviously the monster race is off-limits.

 

[Unmasked Ferret]

Those look really nice. I might have to try this.

 

[SolidChamp]

Ah I see thanks for the headsup, sounds like a weekend thing to sort out. I'm tempted to put my initials on the back with a nice font Why not.

Any ideas on how to house them? 150 cards each right. Anyone up for designing a (paper foldable) box Made out of card of course.

Obviously the monster race is off-limits.

I've just got them wrapped in paper with a rubber band around them for now.

I've got roughly 66-68 cards per faction. I'm not going to start playing with them until I get them in plastic sleeves.

A printable box for each faction would be amazing; like the boxes that come with the collector's edition cards.

 

[Savitar]

I'll so have to get these printed off eventually.

Very cool find.

 

[BennyBlanco]

They look great. Nice job by that printing shop.

I need more Gwent. I want a mobile app or something. Or a multiplayer option in game.

It's such a cool little game.

 

[Karkador]

Any ideas on how to house them? 150 cards each right. Anyone up for designing a (paper foldable) box Made out of card of course.

http://www.cpforbes.net/tuckbox/

 

[orthodoxy1095]

This is brilliant. I need to do this.

Edit: just thought of this, has anyone made a rule sheet yet? Otherwise I'm not going to remember what every card ability does.

 

[RyudBoy]

That's so cool. I became very addicted to Gwent. I want my own deck now.

 

[Elixist]

give that man a raise! that printing looks quality, nice deck op.

 

[MikeDown]

I need this

 

[Oxirane]

I have a feeling that if I took the effort to do this, I would end up sleeving the cards for protection. Hence negating most of the extra effort compared to printing proxies on normal paper.

 

[matrix-cat]

At this point this is the only way I'm ever going to get that Zoltan card.

 

[SolidChamp]

This is brilliant. I need to do this.

Edit: just thought of this, has anyone made a rule sheet yet? Otherwise I'm not going to remember what every card ability does.

I created a set of four foldable rule sheets, exactly like the ones that come with the CE decks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH1wWEDIr8w

Like the ones here.

 

[SolidChamp]

http://www.cpforbes.net/tuckbox/

PERFECT! Passing this on to the print shop.

 

[Zambayoshi]

Mmmm... looks tempting. I've got a few printers near me that might be able to do it. You'd really need two sets though (assuming the people you want to play against don't have their own set).

 

[SolidChamp]

In case some people missed it, I have all FOUR factions printed.

I just need to take the pics.

 

[aku:jiki]

Very nice, I'm jealous. Though I hope you skipped the scoiatael cards and printed two northern realms decks instead. Your friends need a shot at winning too!

 

[SolidChamp]

Pics:

 

[BumblebeeCody]

Awesome. Do want!

 

[Safeto20Scroll]

*heavy breathing*

gonna need a pair of them blue stripes commando
never let me down, they do!

 

[Chariot]

Holy shit, these looks amazing! CDPR is burning money every second they don't sell their own cards.

 

[Braag]

Damn I want a set of these so bad D:

 

[Varth]

I hate you ;_____;

Sell it to me.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

CDPR need to create an official set and sell it.

This is cool but I know if I were to try print them out it'd go wrong. I just want to pay a set price and have the final product sent to me. C'mon CDPR, do it!

 

[Miracle]

Holy moly that's excellent! I got to have this!

So I have to go to a print shop? Probably a stupid question but I don't think I have ever been to one before. There are people that can actually create this and make it high quality like that?

Can they...even make some of them foil? 0_0

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Those look really great. I liked Gwent a lot but I feel I've played enough for one lifetime. On the other hand, I still have those last few cards to get in the game...

 

[Zampano]

I've not touched Gwent outside of the tutorial. My brain just can't handle card games.

Would still buy these though.

 

[Skelter]

God damn. I need this. CDProjekt really struck gold with Gwent. They should seriously capitalize on the idea. A mobile app game instead that damn Witcher MOBA, physical cards they can sell. All of that.

 

[UnluckyKate]

I've not touched Gwent outside of the tutorial. My brain just can't handle card games.

Would still buy these though.

it's super easy and I suck at card games. And once you are into it, you can stop playing

 

[Niwa]

That massive Black Border is a little bit too much, and you can see that the default rounded corners of the cards are plainly ignored. If you can look over that, it's pretty good!

 

[Radec]

Amazing.

But I would like it more if the special abilities are already printed in the card instead of reffering to the manual.

 

[Ladekabel]

Haven't played Witcher III yet but I want this! Have no money, though.

 

[LiK]

You forgot the cost.
They are fools for not selling these.

would've been a better CE item than the messed up statue

 

[Jinjo]

Thanks for posting this OP, these look amazing. Is the 300 card collection a single copy of each card or did you get also get multiples of the non-unique cards? And did you print out faction specific versions of all the neutral heroes/cards?

 

[Miracle]

would've been a better CE item than the messed up statue

I do like the look of the statue but I agree that I would much rather have the cards. I love Gwent and I wished we got all cards from the game in the CE.

God damn. I need this. CDProjekt really struck gold with Gwent. They should seriously capitalize on the idea. A mobile app game instead that damn Witcher MOBA, physical cards they can sell. All of that.

So much this. Gwent mobile app like Hearthstone would print money.

Of course to make this game work competitively, I'm sure there would have to be some rule changes like a limit of how many of those hero cards you can put in a deck (2 or 3?). But I think it can work. I'm not sure if it would be as big as Hearthstone but I know for sure I would play it!

 

[New002]

Very nice. Great work by that print shop. I have done a lot of printing in my life and I can see a shop messing that up very easily.

 

[valkyre]

this looks absolutely amazing thanks a lot, tempted to do this.

But like someone else said, technically, dont you need 2 sets of these 300 cards?

Also, which file did you download to get these results? I see a lot of different uploads there.

 

[Philippo]

Welp, now i know where my first salary ever's money are going.

 

[ChubbleDucks]

Very nice work.

Have you got a template for the back of the cards?

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Holy shit, they look AMAZING!
Very professional finish.
As someone with the PC collectors edition (at least Namco Bandai changed my statue for a better one, even if not perfect), Im really jealous!

How much did they cost?

 

[Veritigo_X]

I need this. Playing against actual people could be a lot of fun.