Step 1
REQUEST A QUOTE
Getting a quote for your game from Grand is free and easy!
Just send us an e-mail, give us some basic information about your game, and provide us with a list of your game’s components.As part of the quotation process, you’ll also have the opportunity to request an optional consultation with a Grand Project Manager. They’ll answer your questions, ask a few of their own, and help you refine your specifications for pricing.
Grand Project Managers handle much more than pricing, too. They can answer questions about every aspect of your game and the manufacturing process. Whether it’s about finding the right component materials or ideas for stretch goals, your Project Manager can help. They’ll stay with your project from beginning to end, so you can be confident they know your game almost as well as you!
DESIGN VERIFICATION
The foundation of manufacturing a great game rests on properly prepared design files. Our Design Verification process ensures that your files are ready for production. A dedicated Grand prepares specialist will review your print files to ensure they meet our design guidelines and your artistic needs. You can even begin Design Verification before signing a contract to get your project going as quickly as possible. The files of your games can be sent to your Grand Project Manager via WeTransfer, Dropbox or Google Drive. Then our experienced experts review all of the files and provides digital Eproofs for you to check again. If your game includes miniatures, our plastic engineers will offer suggestions on how to tweak the poses and deepen the details to save costs while maintaining the high quality of the miniatures. Then we will have a safe design for the sampling process!
Step 2
DESIGN VERIFICATION
Step 3
PROTOTYPING
PROTOTYPING
Now that your files and designs are approved, it’s time to make a Pre-Production Copy, or PPC. The PPC is a single, near-final quality prototype version of your game’s printed components (box, rules, cards, punchboards, game boards, etc.). We know you’re eager to see it – we are, too! – so we’ll air-ship your PPC to you at no extra cost. We’ll also provide free samples of the plastic, wood, metal, dice, and other non-printed components of your PPC so you have a complete version of your game to evaluate. Go ahead and play a game, we’ll wait! Then you and your personal Project Manager will review your PPC in a step-by-step video call to identify any changes needed before full-scale mass production. Now you’re ready to start mass production!
MASS PRODUCTION
Once you approve your PPC and component samples, we begin mass production. Now our incredible factory teams will go into action: printing your cards, boards and boxes; engraving your dice; crafting your wood tokens; making your miniatures; and so much more! When mass production is nearly complete, we’ll air-ship you the Mass Production Copy, or MPC. This is the first full, final, and complete mass production version of your game. Shrinkwrap and all! It is also your last checkpoint before we begin assembling the rest of your games. You and your Project Manager will review the MPC on a video call to ensure that your game is ready for final assembly.
Step 4
MASS PRODUCTION
Step 5
ASSEMBLY
ASSEMBLY
Once you approve the MPC Samples, we assemble your games. Our dedicated quality control team inspects your components to check that everything is complete and correct as your game is assembled into the box. And we mean correct! All of Grand’s games come with a 99.5% defect-free quality promise. We even include spare components at no extra charge so that you have extras on hand to provide as replacement parts for your backers and customers. Speaking of backers and customers, let’s get those games shipped!
SHIPPING
Once your games are printed and assembled, they have to go somewhere! First, we’ll create customized cartons and carton markings to package and protect your finished games. Next, we palletize and shrink-wrap (or floor load) your game cartons at no extra charge. If you’ve made your own shipping arrangements or have a shipping agent who will arrange to pick up your games, you are welcome to do so with no additional fees. But if you need some shipping assistance, our door-to-door shipping services (not included in the manufacturing price) will make sure your games get from our factory in China to your choice of location(s). We work with a network of experienced global shipping partners and we can ship games by ocean, air, or land, depending on your budget and timing needs. No matter where they are going or how they get there, we’ll ensure that your games arrive safely and on time.
Step 6
SHIPPING
Step 7
AFTER-SALES SERVICE