Would you buy a PDF card game?

[Krug]

Just wondering... something along the lines of say, Fatal Frame the card game, which is non-official. Really pretty cards too...

 

[Wombat]

Potentially, though I'd have to see some really good reviews of it first. If I have to print it myself, I have to know that I would want it.

 

[Turjan]

No, I don't think I'd buy it. Cards should be very robust, slick, exactly the same size with no edges. They should be indistinguishable from the backside, easy to mix and withstand abuse. I prefer them professionally printed and cut.

 

[Sledge]

I've done the print your own card game thing, and I think I would avoid it like the plague. Board game is okay, but not an actual card game.

 

[Turanil]

No, I certainly wouldn't. Printing cards myself would never be the quality of real cards you can buy.

 

[wedgeski]

No. I like my card games as much for collectability as anything else, and nothing I print off myself would ever be as durable as something professionally produced.

 

[Glyfair]

I've done the print your own card game thing, and I think I would avoid it like the plague. Board game is okay, but not an actual card game.

I've playtested a card game through .pdf files. By using card sleeves and existing cards you can have a playable game.

That being said, I might print out cards to try a game. If I was going to play more than once or twice, I'd want professionally produced cards. You really can't get the proper edge treatment without a professionally produced card game.

 

[Tinner]

I doubt it.
I've done it before when playtesting games, and it's annoying.
That said, if the game was that brilliant, I might do it.

 

[Romnipotent]

Cold War Naval BAttles is now available as a free PDF card game... of course you can download the some 16mb of seperate PDF's... I combined them all into a 3.8mb file... which is currently lost...
But printing it? MAYBE if I got a good printer, gillotine, and some 160+ GSM card.