Made for Play: Board Games & Modern Industry

Jettingen Germany is home to Ludo Fact, one of the world's largest manufacturers of board and card games.

This documentary shows how a board game makes the leap from an idea to your table.
You'll see every aspect of the manufacturing process: the technology and machines, the many detailed steps, and the hundreds of people that are involved in the production of a single game.

Mostly, we hope the film gives you a greater appreciation of the time, effort and investment that goes into every quality board game that makes it to the marketplace and your home. The business of fun requires a lot of hard work!

DVDs of Made for Play are now available! To order or for more information about the film, follow the link listed below:

[christopherphillips]

Very good film, I use it in my Advanced Marketing class and my students get to design their own games and we play the games on the last day of the unit. This film was very informative about the manufacturing and logistics process of creating game. Thank You!

[X_Leonhart]

This really makes me value the hard work that is required to create board games. Amazing documentary.

[ClarkPotter]

The engineers behind these (any) factory machines are the unsung heroes. They deserve 6-figures in my book.

Board games bring me so much joy that I'm thankful for everyone involved with the process.

All for the cost of one dinner out, I get hours and hours of thoughty connection with friends.

[Physiology-E-Paathshala]

So many people's efforts come together to enable someone else's few minutes of joy!

[upandawaygames]

Such a professional production. Very impressed.

[ilSilvano]

This was spectacular! Thank you for making this video, and thanks to every single man or woman working in Ludo Fact for bringing the fun on our tables!

[kioarthurdane]

This video is amazing. As I get myself into a hobby of Desktop Publishing and print-and-play games and design, I realize after watching how much I take for granted in the large-scale production of even the smallest of game print runs.

[vindagagames]

Amazing! I learned so much from this documentary. It’s so awesome to see the hard work and production that goes into these games. This was a delightful window into the world of board game manufacturing. Thank you!

[Derek-leer]

I enjoyed watching this so much, thank you for taking the time to make this documentary.

[bweber]

This is a fantastic documentary! I have not been able to find one so thorough yet digestible as this. Thanks to you and LudoFact for the inside look!

[Keindzjim]

I would like a documentary on the story BEFORE the producing and printing (i.e. Develoment, ideas, testplaying, making the rules etc.)

[MajMalfunction]

Great job. After watching the assembly line, I am amazed more games don't get opened to missing components. That looks to be an insanely tough job.

[joemacleod-iredale]

Incredibly useful insight into the manufacture of games, from someone about to embark on a PhD that incorporates elements of board game design and making.

[StephenConway]

Thanks to you all.

There's a tremendous effort behind each box and we hope the film does a good job highlighting all the fine work that goes into every game.

[JeremeyByrne]

Awesome work guys. I really enjoyed the in depth look into the making of boardgames. I have to go donate now. Content this good should be rewarded. Thanks for providing it for free.

[StephenConway]

Wooden/plastic pieces are important to some games, sure, but the color printing and the cardboard for boxes and tokens are very important to the process for every game Ludo Fact makes. If you watch the entire documentary, I think we show how these parts are essential to every game.

[gamiclea]

Awesome job Stephen and Dave!! Very entertaining and informative...really enjoyed seeing a "How it's Made" approach to my favorite hobby.

[cutcc]

Wow the color kitchen and other methods of cataloguing custom tools, shapes, and print runs are awesome =)

[StephenConway]

Thanks so much to everyone. We're so excited to be able to share the film with you all and are so glad to know you enjoy it.

[luidavinci]

Such a great insight to the industry for inventors like myself. Thank you for sharing this video!