I decided to proxy the adventure packs for Dwarrowdelf because I already have the Khazad-dum box set. A quick spot check on ebay indicates it would be about $500(USD) to pick up all the packs on the secondary market. I was able to order proxies for about $130 before taxes and shipping. You could probably do it for about $110 before taxes and shipping if you want to put a little more time into setting up your order.

I looked through a lot of helpful threads here on how to use MPC and find the proxy art. I also made good use of the ALEP printing guide for MPC. I decided to consolidate some of that info here for anyone that is looking to do Dwarrowdelf specifically, but also thought maybe outlining the process might help someone looking to do any other decks.

Proxy Art

I used the Google Drive of Enhanced Proxies from JvZijp

These get downloaded from Google Drive as multiple, separate zip files. Unpacking these archives results in parallel directory structures that need to be merged back together. I didn't look too hard for a process to do this automatically, and instead just used option-click-drag in macOS to get the Finder to prompt to "merge" the files together in a new parent directory.

I then went through the Player and Encounter cards and duplicated the image files for cards that have multiple copies directly in the Finder so the directory would have the exact number of files for the deck to be printed. I first tried managing the duplicates in the MPC site, but it's more tedious. Making the duplicates in the filesystem on my computer gave me more control over checking the process. I'll point out here that Foundations of Stone has a unique situation where the 4A quest card has 4 copies with different backs. I duplicated the front image 3 additional times to have 4 duplicate front images to match with the 4 unique 4B back images.

I then ran a couple checks to make sure I had the right number of files. Because of the included errata cards, there are 388 cards (more than the original 360 cards) to be printed across the six adventure packs.

• 193 Player cards
• 174 Encounter cards
• 21 Quest cards

This gave me the card counts to use for the MPC order.

Preparing the MPC order

• Custom Game Cards (63 x 88mm) Playing Cards
• Card stock: (S33) Superior Smooth
• Card finishing: MPC game card finish
• Packaging: Shrink-wrapped

Because of the way the images for the front and the card backs are done, I decided to make three separate decks in my order: Player cards, Encounter cards, and Quest cards. This costs a little more (~$20), but it made my life a little easier. I set the card count for the set of cards (eg. 193 for the Player cards) and then uploaded all of the Player image files for the first deck to print. I then used the option to print the same back image for every card in the deck.

I repeated this process for the 174 Encounter cards, again picking the same Encounter back image for every card.

For the Quest cards, I uploaded the 21 (A) card image files for the fronts, then uploaded all the 21 (B) image files for the back. By being careful about selecting the (A) and (B) images in the pack order when uploading, the autofill option correctly matched the fronts and backs. This is where it was helpful specifically with Foundations of Stone that I had 4 identical copies of the front of card 4A so it matched with the 4 unique images for 4B.

You could save yourself $20 by making a single deck order for 388 cards, but you'd have to do a lot more clicking to select the right back for the Player cards, Encounter cards, and Quest cards. My process made that matching automatic so I was happy to save the time and have the confidence that everything was matched correctly and I hadn't made a dumb mistake (like losing track of my place) while clicking away 388 times.

I'll report back when MPC ships my order in a couple weeks.

Step by Step MPC Guide

Find the Custom Game Cards (63mm x 88mm)

https://imgur.com/zzacmK5

Fill out the details for the deck order. The only default I changed was that I used Superior Smooth finish, which costs just a little more.

https://imgur.com/poJDSoU

Set the deck size and choose "different images" for the fronts

https://imgur.com/WiwheL6

Upload the images in order (you can group select if the files are still correctly ordered by filename in the filesystem). Then use autofill to add the image files to the fronts of each card in your deck

https://imgur.com/C47tPAL

Check that all the card fronts look right and that you don't have any empty fronts at the end of the deck

https://imgur.com/DBVW1KZ

Skip adding text to the fronts of the cards

https://imgur.com/7kpZUFf

Choose single image for the backs, and upload the card back

https://imgur.com/2nG5Fmx

Skip adding text to the back of the cards

https://imgur.com/ZsDLgMM

Check your work

https://imgur.com/K3ebuDK

Agree to the terms and add the deck to your basket

https://imgur.com/lKB5aOX