Board Games
Board Games manufacturers for top-quality projects
With over 40 years of experience, Imago Group is your trusted partner as board games manufacturers.
Our expertise spans the entire production process—from manufacturing to safety compliance, product development, and shipping and delivery.
We’ve successfully produced thousands of games, including card games, puzzles, and board games that cater to various markets like children’s education, family entertainment, and niche gaming.
Your vision – our expertise
Our global network of suppliers allows us to offer an extensive range of production capabilities, including component sourcing, specialty finishes, , punching and diecutting and creative packaging, all while maintaining competitive pricing and unparalleled quality.
A Game for Every Occasion
At Imago Group, our production capabilities are meticulously crafted to meet the unique demands of each type of board game. We focus on every component to ensure your game is perfectly tailored to its audience:
Family Games:
We specialise in making durable board games, elegant card decks, and easy-to-handle pieces designed for family play. We can also source items like timers, spinners, and tokens that add an extra layer of fun to family game nights.
Party Games:
Party Games can include oversized cards, customisable tokens, dice, and fun game pieces. Let us help you create eye-catching components that make party games the centrepiece of any gathering.
Educational Games:
For educational games, robust materials are required such as laminated boards, interactive flashcards, and other elements like spinners or sliders. These components are designed to be both durable and educational, turning learning into an enjoyable activity.
Escape Games:
Our production expertise includes manufacturing intricate components like detailed map boards, secret envelopes, hidden compartments, and puzzle pieces. To improve the immersive experience, escape games often include sophisticated printing techniques to directly embed clues and hidden messages onto the game components.
Role Play Games:
For RPGs, we have experience in producing detailed game boards, customisable character sheets, custom dice, modular board pieces, and elaborate rulebooks. We are here to guide you, ensuring that every element of your board games builds up an immersive storytelling experience.
Custom Creations:
Got an original idea for a game? Producing unique board game concepts is our specialty at Imago Group. We give you an infinite number of options when it comes to materials, parts, and packaging, so you can design a game that is exactly as unique as you have always imagined. We offer the know-how and resources to make your idea a reality, whether you need unique tokens, specialized finishes, or bespoke packaging.
Kickstarter & Crowdfunding Expertise
Are you planning on crowdfunding your next board game project and trying to navigate all the complexities of a Kickstarter campaign? Imago Group has experience managing Kickstarter and other crowdfunding projects. We offer guidance on production timelines, cost management, and fulfilment strategies to ensure your campaign is a success from start to finish.
We handle the details; you enjoy the final product
As premium board games manufacturers, Imago Group knows that the production process involves many decisions. We can take care of everything from the type of box to the materials used for game pieces. Should your box have a hinged lid or be a sleek tin? How should your game board fold? What’s the best way to keep components secure during transport?
At Imago Group, we simplify this process. We start by understanding your vision and then guide you through each decision, offering quotes and top-notch solutions to fit your needs.
Choosing Imago Group as Board Game manufacturers
We understand that every detail matters in board game production. As experienced board games manufacturers, our commitment to quality ensures that each component, from game boards to cards, meets the highest standards of excellence.
Imago Group empowers game creators with customisation options. Whether it’s unique game boards, custom cards, or bespoke tokens or game pieces, your vision becomes reality.
We take pride in our socially responsible approach. Imago Group offers eco-friendly materials and production methods to minimize environmental impact.
In the industry of board games manufacturers, Imago Group excels at understanding and implementing the safety standards required for toys and games intended for global markets. We prioritise safety throughout the design and production process and offer expert advice on navigating the legal requirements to ensure your product is safe and compliant for market introduction.
With our international network of sales and production offices and worldwide suppliers, Imago Group caters to a worldwide client base.
Printing Techniques
Imago Group knows all the printing techniques essential to ensure your board game leaves a lasting impression. Here are some key printing methods we use:
- Offset Printing: Ideal for high-quality images and text, offset printing offers vibrant and accurate colour reproduction.
- Digital Printing: Ideal for short print runs and customised components, digital printing provides flexibility and precision.
- UV Coating: For added durability and a professional finish, we apply UV coating to game components.
Components Quality
The components of a board game are crucial for its success. As leading board games manufacturers, we focus on using the finest materials for:
- Game Boards: Thick and durable game boards with precise printing.
- Cards: High-quality card stock with smooth finishes.
- Tokens and Meeples: Durable and precisely crafted components, off the shelf or bespoke.
- Packaging: Attractive, sturdy boxes that protect the game during shipping and during its lifetime
Printing & Finishing Techniques
There are many different types and sizes of board games, and part of their appeal is the inventive way that different printing and finishing methods are used. Imago Group offers access to all the processes required to produce the most impressive board games :
- Embossing and Debossing
- Custom Die-Cut Components
- Foiling, UV Spot Coating, structured lamination and coatings
- Gilt edging
- Colour Management
Quality, creativity, and expertise are the main criteria to produce a board game that will stand out in this competitive market. Imago Group has produced innumerable popular board games, and our skilled staff is aware of all the components needed to make exceptional board games that captivate players worldwide.
If you’re looking to produce a board game that stands out, contact us at Imago Group today. Our expert team is ready to help you bring your board game concept to life with quality and attention to detail.
Imago Group is your trusted partner for board game conception and production. As experienced board games manufacturers, we are dedicated to turning your vision into a reality. Contact us and let’s make it happen.
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It means a lot to me that you value this relationship… you and Imago showed that you’re a lifelong business partner.
Brian Thomas, Founder & President
Therapy Games
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Alan Windram, Director
Little Door Books
Thank you so much for being so amazing and making this work for our client. It means the world having someone like you having our back.
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Wordaful
Using Imago has transformed how we do business. With Imago we saved at least 3-6 months of coordination time and I wouldn’t ever go back to ordering from printing companies directly! First class service and amazing support.
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Towards Faith
Whenever there has been an issue Imago step up to the plate, communicate clearly and come up with a solution. Their customer relations are second to none. I know we are in the best of hands.
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Dayworks Design
Start your project
At Imago, we’re dedicated to ensuring your book printing project is handled with care and attention from start to finish.
Get in touch with us today and we will get back to you as soon as possible to discuss your project in more detail.
Compliance and Safety
Some of our clients have their own safety processes in place but, if required, we are more than happy to help you ensure your game or puzzle product is safe for its intended audience and complies with the relevant legislation.
We have our own safety consultants on hand and our teams are trained regularly on issues surrounding product safety and can step in to help assess and mitigate risk in this very complex area.
We are also able to arrange testing on your behalf, if required, via accredited laboratories.
Global Suppliers & In-House Teams
Our dedicated, knowledgeable in-house production teams work with an extensive network of trusted and accredited tabletop game manufacturers and global suppliers to give you access to the best children’s book printing, binding and finishing facilities.
Our sophisticated systems, processes, experience, and creative flair means that we can offer the most comprehensive, bespoke tabletop game products anywhere in the industry.
Office Locations
For improved efficiency, quality, and communication both with clients and suppliers, we operate fully staffed offices in the United Kingdom, China and South East Asia, Germany, France, Australia, Brazil, and the USA, all of whom speak the native language. Our specialists in printing children’s books are located across the globe to ensure your project is handled with the utmost care and attention with transparent progress updates throughout.
At Imago we firmly believe in the power of collaboration and having people ‘on the ground’ as close to the production of your book as possible. We never leave your project unattended and often have direct in-person Imago personnel on-site at the production facility, or at the very least constant contact with those involved from quotation to production and final delivery.
