So, you want to make a card game?

CardGameForge.com is the place where you can make your own card games - collectible card games (CCGs), trading card games (TCGs) or even traditional card games. Many people with great ideas for card games lack the resources or expertise to share their games with the rest of the world. That's where we come in.

Every game on CardGameForge.com can have its own:

  • Card Database
  • PDF Card Printing [screenshot]
  • Auto-Generated Card Images [sample]
  • Development Blog
  • Printable Rules
  • Discussion Board
  • Much More

When you share your game on CardGameForge.com, others can try your game by printing their own decks. After playing your game they can come back and offer valuable feedback and suggestions to improve your game.

Start Here

Added 1/26/2009, 7:53 PM, by tdishman
This blog will cover some of the ideas I had for using CardGameForge.com. Background This site was designed entirely from the ground-up. As such, it is probably lacking in some of the features you would find from more robust individual components. The m...

Card Games on Kickstarter

Added 3/23/2013, 3:57 PM, by tdishman
There are a whole slew of CCG's (and other tabletop games) being developed over at Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/discover/categories/tabletop%20games I wonder if any of them are, or have considered, using CGF for their dev teams?

Added A List Of Card Printers

Added 12/27/2010, 10:48 AM, by tdishman
I just added a new link to the "Resources" section of the left-nav. This new link is for card printing services. This is not a complete list, only the services that I have had contact with. If you know of others that should be added to the lis...

Merry Christmas!

Added 12/23/2010, 2:08 PM, by tdishman
Let me know if anyone gets any good card games for Christmas.

Card Count In Games List

Added 3/22/2010, 2:41 PM, by tdishman
I just added a nifty little feature to the list of games. When you're viewing the list of games (click on "All Games" in the menu) you can now see the card counts for each game, which gives you and idea about how developed a game is. There are...

CardGameForge.com Alive Until 2012!

Added 1/18/2010, 2:40 PM, by tdishman
Just wanted to post an FYI that I have renewed the domain & hosting for CGF until atleast January of 2012. So, in case anyone was worried this site will be around for the foreseeable future. I would have gone longer than 2012, but I want to make sure...

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