HOW TO MAKE

YOUR OWN
DEAD OF WINTER
GAME BOARD
in 13 relatively easy steps, by RabiBlackDog

www.be.net/rabidblackdog
 You will need

Materials:

a) Printed board pieces.

Note: Print on A3 without fitting

b) 3mm thick cardboard. You need enough to make six 28x28

cm squares.

c) Nice paper for finish (it can be of any colour, although

neutrals like white, gray or black look the best). You need
enough to make six 30x30 cm squares.
d) Spray adhesive

Note: make sure you are using it on a

properly secured surface. If you never
used this kind of adhesive, try it with
something else beforehand, so you will be
sure what you’re doing later.

e) Piece of a textile, preferably synthetic. Enough to make

five 28x3 cm stripes. It can be of any colour, as it will be
barely visible.

Note: before proceeding further, make

sure that the cloth of your choice won’t
colour the printed pieces of your board.
Make a test by spraying both sides of a
little piece of it it with adhesive, putting it
between two pieces of copy paper and
squeezing hard. When the qlue dries and
there is no colouring on either piece of
copy paper, you’re good to go.
Tools:

a) Sharp knife

Note: Make sure you’re cutting on

properly secured surface.

b) Metal ruler (at least 30 cm)

c) Some kind of roller (e.g. wallpaper roller, dough roller)

Golden Rules:
- read the whole manual before doing anything

- always check everything 3 times

before cutting and gluing

-don’t cut or roll on the same surface that

you were spraying adhesive
 1.
Cut out your board pieces. Be as precise as possible (a).

a)

Number the pieces on the other side as below. Use pencil

and press very gently (b).

1 3 5
b)

2 4 6
 2.
Cut out the same amount of pieces from the cardboard.
Number them on both sides pressing gently,

1 3 5

2 4 6
Note: Very important! ideally, these
pieces would be 28x28 cm, but
depending on the printer and its
margins, it could be slightly smaller.
For example, mine were 2mm small-
er. To avoid any future complications,
measure your printed pieces and cut
the cardboard pieces of exactly the
same size. In the future, if this manual
mentions “28 cm” again, use your
measured size if it’s different.
 3.
Cut out two copies of each shown piece from your finish
paper:
1 cm

0,5 cm 1,5 cm
1 cm

a) 28 cm

0,5 cm

28 cm
1,5 cm

1 cm

1,5 cm 0,5 cm
1 cm

28 cm
b)

0,5 cm

28 cm
1,5 cm
 0,5 cm 1,5 cm

28 cm
c)

28 cm

Number the pieces pressing the pencil gently on the side

that won’t be visible (it only matters if you use some kind of
coated paper) as shown below (d):

1 3 5
d)

2 4 6
 4.
Cut out 5 pieces of cloth as below. This will be the joints of
your board.

3 cm

28 cm

5.
Spray a cloth stripe with adhesive (a). Wait few seconds till
the glue gets sticky (refer to instructions on the can) (b)

a) b)

Align the cardboard pieces 1 & 2 so the edges touch (c), put
the glued cloth as shown, be as precise as possible (d) and
roll the joint with the might of Thor (e).

1 1 1
c) d) e)

2 2 2
 Repeat the process with other pieces to get the result below
(f):

1 3 5
f)

2 4 6
6.
Flip the board to the other side (a). Align the pieces so all
edges touch (b).

1 3 5 5 3 1
a) b)

2 4 6 6 4 2
 7.
Spray a cloth stripe with adhesive (a). Wait few seconds till
the glue gets sticky (refer to instructions on the can) (b)

a) b)

Put the glued cloth as shown, be as precise as possible (c),

roll the joint with the strength of Conan the Barbarian (d).

5 3 1 5 3 1
c) d)

6 4 2 6 4 2

Repeat the process with the pieces 4 & 6 to get the result
below (e):

5 3 1
e)

6 4 2
 8.
Spray the joints with adhesive. Let it dry.

5 3 1

6 4 2

9.
Take the finish paper piece number 1 and spray the num-
bered side with adhesive. Make sure that the edges are
covered with adhesive (a) wait few seconds till the glue gets
sticky (b).

1
a) b)
 Put it glued side down on the appropriate board piece,
make sure that the innermost edges fit perfectly with the
cardboard below (c)

5 3 1
c)

6 4 2

Stroke it with hand from the center to the edges to make

sure that no air bubbles remain between glued surfaces (d),
then roll it paying additional attention to edges and joint
using the manly muscle power of Kodiak Colby (e).

3 1 3 1
d) e)

4 2 4 2
 Proceed with other pieces always making sure that the
innermost edges fit perfectly to get the result below (f):

5 3 1
f)

6 4 2

Roll the joints again, but not as hard as you can. Roll them as
hard, as The Hulk could (g).

5 3 1
g)

6 4 2
 10.
Flip the board. Spray the joints with adhesive and let it dry,

1 3 5

2 4 6
11.

5 3
Spray the edge of the board piece with adhesive trying to
cover both the edge of finish paper and cardboard (a). Wait
few seconds till the glue gets sticky (b).

2 4
a) b)
 Bend the edge of finish paper over the cardboard, make

5 5
sure it is as tight as possible (c), roll with a force to be reck-
oned with (d)

2 2
c) d)

Repeat the same steps with other edge of the board piece.
Don’t worry if the corners of bent finish paper overlap a
little.

a)
2 4 b)

c)
2 d)
4 2 4
 Repeat the whole process with other board pieces to get the
result below (e):

1 3 5
e)

2 4 6

12.
Take the printed board piece number 1 and spray the
unprinted, numbered side with adhesive. Make sure that the
edges are covered with adhesive (a) wait few seconds till the
glue gets sticky (b).

1
a) b)
 Put it glued side down on the appropriate board piece,
make sure that the innermost edges fit perfectly (c)

1 3 5
c)

2 4 6
Stroke it with hand from the center to the eight winds, like
the true servant of Chaos, to make sure that no air bubbles
remain between glued surfaces (d). Roll it afterwards using
the Force. Avoid the temptations of the Dark Side (e).

1 3 1 3
d) e)

2 4 2 4
 Repeat the process with other pieces making sure that all
the inner edges fit perfectly to get this (c):

1 3 5
c)

2 4 6

13.
Oh, wait, you’re done!