Tools
The small tools designers use every day, for pre-production, playtesting, prototyping, and designing.
Articles in this category · 17 articles
- Carton MarksGenerate a shipping carton label (SKU, contents, origin, destination, weights and size) as a PDF for your manufacturer.
- Coin FlipperFlip a virtual coin and keep a running count of heads and tails during a playtest.
- Color Blindness SimulatorPreview up to 10 images under four kinds of color blindness and pick a palette that works for everyone.
- Component Spec SheetBuild a manufacturer-ready spec sheet for wooden, plastic and other non-paper components, save it, and attach it to a game.
- Dice RollerRoll standard dice, type an expression like 2d6+3, or build custom dice with number, text and icon faces that stay saved.
- Dieline TemplatesGenerate cut, fold and bleed lines for cards, boxes, boards, punchboards and paper parts as a PDF you can design over.
- Digital MockupsDrop your artwork into ready-made mockup scenes and download a high-resolution PNG for sell sheets and social posts.
- Invoice & PO GeneratorCreate invoices and purchase orders, save them for later, and attach them to your games.
- P&P Cards LayoutArrange card fronts and backs on print-and-play sheets, with borders, crosshairs and duplex or gutterfold layouts, then download or save to a game.
- Rounded CornersRound the corners of card images by a radius in millimetres and download them as transparent PNGs, one file or a zip.
- Score PadKeep scores for any number of players and scoring categories on a sheet that is saved to your account.
- Size Scale ReferenceShow how big your box or component really is by placing its picture next to a person or a pair of hands, then download the image.
- Starting PlayerPick who goes first with a random, silly condition such as "the player with the most pockets".
- TimerRun a countdown with presets and a sound at zero, or a chronometer that logs a labelled lap every time you pause.
- The Tools hubFind, pin and open Boardssey's small tools from the Tools page, the dashboard and the command palette.
- TTS Deck EditorPack your card images into deck sheets for Tabletop Simulator and load them as a custom deck.
- Variables DistributionTurn a list of values into every combination, cross several lists, or balance groups by weight, then export cards as CSV, PNG or a print-and-play PDF.