All ALeP products can be printed through MakePlayingCards.com (Hong Kong), MBPrint.pl (Poland), or by yourself (print and play). These two companies were found to print cards with a similar quality as FFG’s cards. However, there are some important things to consider when going with a third party printer, mostly when it comes to card backs and sleeves. These issues are summarized below.
Print and Play
- Letter and A4 PDFs (300 dpi RGB) (recommended for home printing)
- Letter and A4 PDFs (800 dpi RGB)
- PNG Image Archives (800 dpi RGB)
- JPG Image Archives (800 dpi CMYK) (the same as for MBPrint, see below)
Other Downloads
- View Cards Online (lower quality, not suitable for printing)
- OCTGN Image Packs
- Rules PDFs
- Set Icons
MakePlayingCards
- Recommended for US residents
- ALeP card backs
- Takes some work to fit in “perfect-fit” sleeves
IMPORTANT: We strongly recommend you use PayPal instead of a credit card with this site. There are enough reports of lost credit card info after ordering from MPC to be concerning. When you pay with PayPal, your card info is not exposed to the vendor so it is more secure.
We also have a printing manual and all of the card images available if you would like to customize your MPC order.
MBPrint
- Recommended for EU/UK residents
- Official-looking card backs
Please note that you don\’t need to download PDF files. You can just send the URL to the file you want to print to MBPrint (open the PDFs link above, click on the desired file, and copy its URL).
Below is a comparison table of various printing options.
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MakePlayingCards |
MBPrint |
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Card stock |
S30 |
S33 |
300 g |
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Price (Deluxe Expansion, 198 cards) |
$38.60 ($34 if 6+ copies) + $1.00 for white tuck box |
$45.80 ($40.40 if 6+ copies) + $1.10 for white tuck box |
€29 (€24 if 10+ copies) (for UK customers: the minimum order must exceed £135) |
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Shipping cost to US (Deluxe Expansion, 198 cards) |
$14.99 (Registered) |
up to €34 |
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Shipping cost to UK/EU (Deluxe Expansion, 198 cards) |
up to $22.64 (Registered), up to $15.99 (Regular) |
up to €16 |
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Price (Adventure Pack, 72 cards) |
$17 ($14.7 if 6+ copies) + $0.40 for white tuck box
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$20.6 ($17.9 if 6+ copies) + $0.40 for white tuck box
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€19 (€16 if 10+ copies) (for UK customers: the minimum order must exceed £135)
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Shipping cost to US (Adventure Pack, 72 cards) |
$8.99 (Registered) |
up to €34 |
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Shipping cost to UK/EU (Adventure Pack, 72 cards) |
up to $16.64 (Registered), up to $9.99 (Regular) |
up to €16 |
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Self-service |
Yes |
No (communication via email or Facebook) |
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Official FFG card backs |
No |
Yes |
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Printing quality |
Very good |
Best |
Very good |
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Card thickness |
Close to FFG |
~10% thicker than FFG |
Close to FFG |
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Printing defects |
Very rare |
Rare |
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Other Printers
- DriveThruCards: This was going to be a low-cost option for printing cards with official-looking card backs and decent quality. However, after printing our test batch, DTC has cracked down and decided to no longer print ALeP cards, regardless of the card backs. So if you try to print ALeP cards with DTC, don’t be surprised to see your order get declined.
- ArtsCow: This is another low-cost option, and one that will print official-looking backs. However, we found their print quality and consistency to be quite poor, and have decided to not officially support this option.
