Boardgame design resources

Tuism

Saw this, thought someone might find it interesting.

Useful for finding specific commonly used standard sizes that are not the standard Magic Card size :)

farsicon

Does the standard size "k" refer to Magic The Gathering, or is MTG something else? Trying to figure out what is a good size (most widely used)?

Tuism

Most widely used = MTG size, a google for "standard playing card size" or "magic card size" will tell you is 2.5 x 3.5 inches, or 63mm x 83mm (ish).

Tuism

Another resource: http://game-icons.net/
2046 free game icons and counting for you to use :)

quintond

Tuism said:

Most widely used = MTG size, a google for "standard playing card size" or "magic card size" will tell you is 2.5 x 3.5 inches, or 63mm x 83mm (ish).

Also known as a Poker Deck ... https://thegamecrafter.com/publish/product/PokerDeck

quintond

Not sure if this will be useful to anyone: http://www.nypl.org/research/collections/digital-collections/public-domain

Did you know that more than 180,000 of the items in our Digital Collections are in the public domain?
That means everyone has the freedom to enjoy and reuse these materials in almost limitless ways. The Library now makes it possible to download such items in the highest resolution available directly from the Digital Collections website.

No permission required. No restrictions on use.

Below you'll find tools, projects, and explorations designed to inspire your own creations—go forth and reuse!

Tuism

Public Royalty-free resources are great for getting some art, Todd Sanders uses them to GREAT effect, but it takes a lot of discipline searching and archiving for your own collection - finding things on-demand is almost impossible since the libraries are so vast and difficult to search for anything specific. The best way to go about it is to look to them to inspire stuff, as Todd does.

Royalty-free libraries I've collected:

Library of Congress:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/

British Library:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary

Digital Comic Museum:
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/

Viintage:
http://viintage.com/genre/free-vintage-public-domain-images/

And BONUS:

Deepart.io - amazing engine that turns anything into a reference-style art. It's nuts.
http://deepart.io/latest/