sbgjackets

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Installation
• Examples
• Pre-made 4x6 Photo Box Jackets
• Pre-made Playing Card Box Jackets
• Pre-made Playing Card Wallets
• Differences with Boardgame Barrio’s Small Box Game Jackets
• Related links

Overview

sbgjackets is an R package to help make print-and-play small box game (SBG) jackets to use in 4x6 photo storage boxes and/or poker deck storage boxes.

Installation

You can install the development version using my R-universe universe:

install.packages(
    'sbgjackets',
    repos = c(
        'https://trevorld.r-universe.dev',
        'https://piecepackr.r-universe.dev',
        'https://cloud.r-project.org'
    )
)

or by using the remotes package:

remotes::install_github("trevorld/sbgjackets")

Examples

This package provides the following grobs to help create small box game (SBG) jackets with pnpmisc::pdf_create_jacket():

• creditsGrob() (to provide credits that go on inside of jacket)
• spineIconGrob() (to provide consistent game info icons on the spine)
• spineTextGrob() (to provide consistent title text on the spine)

library("grid")
library("pnpmisc")
library("sbgjackets")
library("xmpdf")
check_sbgjackets_dependencies()

front <- fullGrob("#D55E00")
back <- fullGrob("#009E73")
spine <- gList(fullGrob("black"),
               spineTextGrob("Example Spine"),
               spineIconGrob(2:4, 30, 1.5))

xmp <- xmp(creator = "Trevor L. Davis",
           date_created = "2025",
           spdx_id = "CC-BY-4.0",
           title = "Example Small Box Game Jacket")
credits <- c("* A list of extra credits written in *CommonMark* markdown rendered by `{{marquee}}`",
             "",
             "  + https://commonmark.org/",
             "  + https://github.com/r-lib/marquee")
inner <- creditsGrob(xmp, credits, icons = TRUE)

output <- "example_jacket.pdf"
pdf_create_jacket(
    output,
    front = front,
    back = back,
    spine = spine,
    inner = inner
) |>
    pdf_polish_jacket(xmp = xmp, instructions = TRUE)

Pre-made 4x6 Photo Box Jackets

This package also provides functions that locally create SBG jackets pdfs for a few select games (and game systems and generic components). Pre-made versions for several of these are available for download at https://trevorldavis.com/piecepackr/pages/print-and-play-pdfs.html.

Game (System/Components)	Function	License
Cubes	sbgj_cubes()	CC-BY-SA-3.0
Dice	sbgj_dice()	CC-BY-4.0
Polyhedral Dice	sbgj_polyhedral_dice()	CC-BY-ND-4.0
Double-Six Dominoes	sbgj_dominoes_double6()	CC-BY-4.0
Double-Nine Dominoes	sbgj_dominoes_double9()	CC-BY-4.0
Double-Twelve Dominoes	sbgj_dominoes_double12()	CC-BY-4.0
Dungeon Delver	sbgj_dungeon_delver()	Personal Use Only
Game Pieces	sbgj_game_pieces()	CC-BY-ND-4.0
Homeworlds	sbgj_homeworlds()	Personal Use Only
Ice Duo	sbgj_ice_duo()	Personal Use Only
Jinxx	sbgj_jinxx()	Personal Use Only
Looney Pyramids	sbgj_looney_pyramids()	Personal Use Only
Marbles	sbgj_marbles()	CC-BY-SA-3.0
Meeples	sbgj_meeples()	CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0
Martian Chess	sbgj_martian_chess()	Personal Use Only
Nestortiles	sbgj_nestortiles()	Personal Use Only
Nomids	sbgj_nomids()	Personal Use Only
Pawns	sbgj_pawns()	CC-BY-ND-4.0
Reversible Discs	sbgj_reversible_discs()	CC-BY-4.0
Shibumi	sbgj_shibumi()	Personal Use Only
Spirograph	sbgj_spirograph()	Personal Use Only
Black Stones	sbgj_black_stones()	CC-BY-4.0
Glass Stones	sbgj_glass_stones()	CC-BY-ND-4.0
White Stones	sbgj_white_stones()	CC-BY-4.0
Yinsh	sbgj_yinsh()	Personal Use Only

Pre-made Playing Card Box Jackets

This package also provides functions that locally create playing-card box jackets pdfs for a few select games (and game systems and generic components). Pre-made versions for several of these are available for download at https://trevorldavis.com/piecepackr/pages/print-and-play-pdfs.html.

Game (System/Components)	Function	License
Bridge	pcbj_bridge()	CC-BY-4.0
Canasta	pcbj_canasta()	CC-BY-4.0
Cubes	pcbj_cubes()	CC-BY-SA-3.0
Decktet	pcbj_decktet()	CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
Dice	pcbj_dice()	CC-BY-4.0
Dotaro Deck	pcbj_dotaro_deck()	CC-BY-4.0
Everdeck	pcbj_everdeck()	Personal Use Only
The Fox in the Forest	pcbj_fox_in_the_forest()	Personal Use Only
French Suits: English Pattern	pcbj_english_pattern()	CC-BY-4.0
Game Pieces	pcbj_game_pieces()	CC-BY-ND-4.0
German Suits: Bavarian Pattern	pcbj_bavarian_pattern()	CC-BY-4.0
Mahjong	pcbj_mahjong()	CC-BY-ND-4.0
Meeples	pcbj_meeples()	CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0
Pinochle	pcbj_pinochle()	CC-BY-SA-3.0
Poker	pcbj_poker()	CC-BY-4.0
Polyhedral Dice	pcbj_polyhedral_dice()	CC-BY-ND-4.0
Qwixx	pcbj_qwixx()	Personal Use Only
Spanish Suits: Castilian Pattern	pcbj_castilian_pattern()	CC-BY-4.0
Wizard	pcbj_wizard()	Personal Use Only

Pre-made Playing Card Wallets

This package also provides functions that locally create print-and-play origami card wallet pdfs for a few select games. Pre-made versions for several of these are available for download at https://trevorldavis.com/piecepackr/pages/print-and-play-pdfs.html.

Game (System/Components)	Function	License
Blorg in the Midwest	pcw_blorg_in_the_midwest()	CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Differences with Boardgame Barrio’s Small Box Game Jackets

Boardgame Barrio has created over a thousand small box game jackets for 4x6 photo storage boxes. Here are some of the high-level differences from the jackets produced by sbgjackets and Boardgame Barrio’s jackets:

Feature	Boardgame Barrio	sbgjackets
Quantity	Over 1,600 pre-made jackets	44 pre-made jackets
Size	Targets only 4x6 photo storage boxes	Targets 4x6 photo storage boxes as well as playing card boxes
Process	Made in Microsoft Publisher with a template	Made in R with pnpmisc::pdf_create_jacket()
Spine Font	Calibri (proprietary)	Carlito (libre font, metrically compatible with Calibri)
Spine Text Color	Spine text is always white	Spine text may be other colors (e.g. to match cover text color)
Spine Icons	Proprietary icons whose style and backround color can each vary between three levels (i.e. green, orange, or red)	Libre icons from game-icons.net that don’t vary in style and aren’t color-coded (but the icons are chosen to not be too dissimilar from Boardgame Barrio’s icons)
License	Always “For Personal Use Only”	Sometimes “For Personal Use Only” but sometimes available under various Creative Commons licenses when the image licenses allow
Credits		List of credits to go on inside cover

Related links

Other Small Box Game Jackets:

• Boardgame Barrio’s Small Box Game Jackets

Origami to organize a 4“x6” photo storage box:

• Origami Masu Box

  • Masu Box Photo Tutorial and Diagram
  • Masu Box Divider Photo Tutorial
  • If made with 15 cm (6“) square piece of paper will make a square box about 5.5 cm (2.2”) on each side and 3 cm (1.2") tall

• Origami Baggi Box

  • Baggi Box Photo Tutorials by Epic Origami and Origami-Instructions.com
  • If made with 10 cm (4“) square piece of paper will make a box about 2.5 cm (1”) wide and tall and 5 cm (2") long.

• (Baggi and Masu) Origami Box template generator

3D printable models to organize a 4“x6” photo storage box:

• Canadian Gamer’s Card Game Organizers (Standard Digital File License)
• endofturn’s 4x6 Photo Case Organizer (CC BY-NC 4.0)
• Gut Shot Games’s Photo Caddy Board Game Insert Collection (CC BY-NC 4.0)
• LinearRelation’s Modular 4x6 Photo Case Inserts (CC-BY 4.0)
• passif’s Photo Case Inserts
• somedave’s Ultimate Modular Photo Keeper Game Storage

Some compatible 4“x6” photo storage box brands:

• IRIS USA
• Novelinks
• Simply Tidy

Some likely compatible playing card box brands:

• Apacali
• Queekay
• Vicenpal
• Whyogeta

Various guides:

• Guide to Organizing Small Box Games

Some games that may fit within a 4“x6” photo storage box:

• https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/259450/games-that-fit-in-photo-storage-box
• https://sites.google.com/view/boardgamebarrio/jacket-catalogue

Artistic assets used by sbgjackets:

• Carlito font
• Game-icons.net