Board-Game Money-Maker - create/print your own money for your favorite (board) game. This script also adds a "unique" serial number as well!
I made this script to create Money for the Harry Potter Monopoly(R) Board-Game found on the internet.
This is a preview of the first and second (front and back) page. You can specify the range of the serial number (and/or location, font(*) and size) between 0 and 2^31-1. Then each bill gets a random(**) number assigned and it will come out zero-padded.
(*) Using the Emerald package
(**) Tried it with >10'000 numbers and no duplicates found.
- Use different layouts for the front and the back side
- print only one value (i.e. only 100s bills)
- define how many pages you need of each bill
- define how many columns your bills should appear in (best results, if all rows/columns are completly filled)
- define range for serial number
- set font and font-size of your s/n
- accurately place the s/n on the front and on the back side
- set size of bill and paper to print them on
- if your duplex has accuracy problems, adjust for that
- set input folder for high-res images
- Create your on bills (I took those bills from this dead link here: http://www.gunook.com/das-monopol-des-zauberers-harry-potter-monopoly/).
- clone and run the python script with or without parameters (see below).
- Print
yourMoney.pdfduplex over the short edge. - Cut 'em out and enjoy your money.
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Python (3.10); older versions might work too
- asyncio.windows_events
- pathlib
- codecs
- subprocess
- shutil
- argparse
- collections
- random
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LaTeX installation (LuaTeX from MiKTeX or TeX Live)
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LaTeX required packages:
- geometry
- fontenc
- emerald
- tikz, with positioning
- forloop
- fmtcount
- lcg
- pdfpages
- To print the default settings:
python make_money.py - To print 5 pages of 500s and 2 pages of 10s, you can use this command:
python make_money.py -nop 5 2 -bv 500 10 - To print serial numbers between 50'000 and 900'000, duplex offset x = 1 mm and the recommended number of pages of each bill, use this:
python make_money.py -sn 50000 900000 -dupoff 1 0 -rec - To print a different (default front: money; default back: money-b) image on the back:
python make_money.py -frontback - Now you set everything up and are ready for the high-res print:
python make_money.py -folder highres
c:\dev\makeMoney>python make_money.py
usage: make_money.py [-h] [-d] [-pc] [-ps str] [-bpp int] [-col int] [-width float] [-height float] [-dupoff X Y] [-s]
[-sb] [-sns int] [-sn START END] [-snoff X Y] [-fsize float] [-font FONTNAME] [-snh] [-folder str]
[-frontback] [-front str] [-back str] [-snboffset X Y] [-nop [NOP ...]] [-bv [BV ...]] [-rec]
** Board Game Money-Maker ** Make your own custom money for your favorite board game or your kids. Use the different
options to customize your money-set. Use the images stored in the "./bills" sub-directory.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-d For debugging or testing only! Use the dummy image in the subdirectory, rather than the real ones.
Fontsize is 3 times default, label is centered to page. (Default: False)
-pc For printer calibration only. Will print serial number as with -d on example-image-a and example-image-b
background (from graphicx package). -nop and -bv are overridden. (Default: False)
Page and bill settings:
-ps str Printed paper size (page for printing is set to landscape). Type "-ps ?" for a list of options. Default:
a4paper
-bpp int Number of bills per page. Note: make sure that all your bills fit on one page. Default: 6
-col int Number of columns of bills per page (1-100). Note: make sure that all your bills fit on one page.
Default: 2
-width float Width of bill in [mm]. Image will be stretched if value doesn't match actual width. Default: 130 mm
-height float Height of bill in [mm]. Image will be stretched if value doesn't match actual height. Default: 60 mm
-dupoff X Y X Y offset, in mm, for duplex printing. This setting helps with missaligned duplex printer. Default:
('0', '0') mm
Serial Number Settings:
-s Turn serial numbers off. (Default: False)
-sb Turn serial numbers on the back side off. (Default: False)
-sns int Define seed for randomness of serial numbers. Default: a random (right now: 1779710160 - will change with
next run) number will be used.
-sn START END Start and end value of serial number. Minimum = 1, Maximum = 2'147'483'647, default: (1, 2147483647).
-snoff X Y X Y offset, in mm and starting from the center, of serial number label (default: ('-44', '-0.2') mm)
-fsize float Font size in mm. Default: 3.2 mm
-font FONTNAME Font for serial number label. Using the "Emerald" package. Type "-font ?" for a list of options. Warning:
Font names are case sensitive! Default: standard
-snh Print serial number as HEX number. (Default: False)
Use these options to use a different image for the front and back side:
-folder str Input folder with bills. Use this if you have a folder with hires images. Default: bills -> bills/money-1
etc.
-frontback If set, you need to specify "-front" and "-back" as well. (Default: False)
-front str Front image prefix. Default: money -> money-1, money-5 etc.
-back str Back image prefix. Default: money-b -> money-b-1, money-b-5 etc.
-snboffset X Y X Y offset, in mm and starting from the center, of serial number label for the BACK side (default:
('-44', '-0.2') mm)
Number of Pages of bills of each value:
Maximum of 1000 pages per bill. Recommended values: 20, 4, 8, 4, 4, 16 and 8 pages. Example: "-nop 5 7 -bv 10 20" will
create a document of 12 pages. 5 pages of 10s and 7 pages of 20s.
-nop [NOP ...] Abount of pages of all the bills. Default: (20, 6, 8, 6, 6, 16, 8)
-bv [BV ...] List of Bill Values. Changes also required in "-nop" and make sure your bill-image exists in the sub-
directory. Default: (1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500)
-rec Use recommended number of pages of each bill value (see above). This will override both of the above
settings. (Default: False)
NOTE: Best results are with complete rows and columns (i.e.: 81 bpp = 9x9, 6 bpp = 2x3, etc.). If a row is incomplete, it
can happen that the serial numbers won't match anymore!