Dr. Finn's Games

Dr. Finn's Games began in Seattle primarily as a custom playing card business (previously named Dr. Finn's Card Company). Interested in manufacturing a card game he had been working on, Steve Finn looked for a company to print a deck of custom playing cards for a prototype. At that time, circa 2000, there weren't many business that could make a deck or two of completely customized playing cards for a reasonable price, so Steve decided to try to make his own by doing some research into card stock at a local wholesale printing supplies retailer, discussing printing with local print shops, and talking with printers about die-cutting possibilities. After working out a business arrangement with a local print shop to print digital copies at a discounted price (because Steve would go into the print shop and use the printers himself) and after buying an old and massive Kluge letter press (to die-cut the cards), he was able to offer customized playing cards for reasonable rates. The cards were not as good as plastic coated professional cards, but they served the purpose. So, most of the time devoted to this part-time business turned out to be making custom cards for other people and little time on manufacturing games