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Survival Board Game Industry Standards

PrintNinja recommends keeping the following guidelines in line when you design a survival game.

Survival board games usually depend on a team to work together in order to make it out of a life-threatening situation or for one person to survive longer than the rest of the players. These games often have many resources used to give you health, clues for survival, or recipes to craft instruments. Mixtape Massacre is a horror survival game that encompasses a lot of the common pieces these games contain and we’ve diced it to pieces below.

If you’re interested in reading more about custom game printing, be sure to check out our custom board game hub and our custom card game hub. These parts of our site contain all the information you need to know about creating a board game or a card game – beyond just the standards listed here, these hubs also contain detailed information on all the types of materials and packaging types we offer for your game. We’ve also analyzed board and card games to figure out what makes them work – and how you can apply these principals to your custom game. Check it out!

For a video breakdown of survival board game industry standards, check out our visual guide below! Otherwise, read on!

Board Game Industry Standards Two-Piece Box

Survival Board Game Specs

Two-Piece Box

  • 20 inches x 20 inches
  • 1.5mm high density paperboard
  • Matte lamination
  • Full CMYK
  • Organizing Insert:
    • 20pt coated 1-sided gloss cardstock
    • 3 compartments
    • White

Board Game Industry Standards Large Game Board

Game Board

  • 12 inches x 12 inches
  • 1.5mm high density paperboard
  • 1/4-fold
  • Matte Lamination
  • Full CMYK on front and black gameboard backing

Board Game Industry Standards Playing Cards

Playing Cards

  • 40 cards 5 inches x 3 inches
  • 30 cards 3.5 inches x 2 inches
  • 10 cards 4 inches x 6 inches
  • 280 gsm Blue Core
  • Gloss Varnish
  • Full CMYK on front and page
  • Packaging: Shrinkwrap and plastic bag

Board Game Industry Standards Characters Card Stands

Characters

  • 10 custom shaped characters, 2 inches tall
  • 1.5mm high density greyboard
  • Matte Varnish
  • Full CMYK on front and back
  • 10 red plastic card stands
  • Packaging: plastic bag

Board Game Industry Standards Knife Token

Knife and Pegs

  • 6 knives, 10 inches x 2 inches
  • Custom cut into butcher knifes
  • 1.5 mm high density greyboard
  • Full CMYK on front
  • Matte varnish
  • 6 hole drills
  • 6 inch slit along blade to hold cards
  • 24 red plastic pegs
  • Packaging: plastic bag

Design a Survival Game, Board Game Industry Standards Tokens

Tokens

  • 60 square punch-out tokens, 1 inch diameter
  • 10 hexagon punch-out tokens, 1 inch diameter
  • 1.5mm high density greyboard
  • Matte Varnish
  • Full CMYK on front and back
  • Packaging: plastic bag

Board Game Industry Dice

Dice

  • 4 d6 dice
  • Three black, one red
  • .55 inches
  • Custom engraved black dice
  • White pips on red dice

Design a Survival Game, Board Game Industry Standards Rule Book Instructions

Rule Booklet

  • 8.5 inches x 11 inches
  • Saddle-stitched binding
  • 85lb text paper for cover and interior pages
  • 8 pages
  • Gloss varnish
  • Full CMYK

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