Personalized game pieces

An article of manufacture having one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions which when executed by a system causes the system to perform a method comprising:

• launching an application on a mobile device that has a camera;
• selecting a game character using the application;
• displaying, on a display of the mobile device using a camera application, an overlay for the selected game character in an image from a field of view of the camera, the overlay being an augmented reality layer;
• capturing, using the camera, an image of an individual in the field of view of the camera;
• sending the captured image to a printer communicably coupled to the mobile device;
• and
• printing, using the printer, the captured image with a border of unequal size around the image, wherein printing the capture images comprises printing the captured image upside down to cause a border area larger at a top of the image than around other portions of the image for use in handling the image when using the image as part of a game piece.

A system for generating a game piece for use in game, the system comprising:

• a printer;
• and
• a mobile device communicably couplable to the printer and having
• a display,
• a camera coupled to the display,
• one or more processors coupled to the display and the camera,
• a memory coupled to the display, the camera and the processor, the memory to store instructions for execution by the one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are operable to execute the instructions to
• launch an application stored in the memory,
• enable receipt of an input from the display indicating selection of a game character being displayed on the display using the application,
• display, on the display using a camera application, an overlay for the selected game character in an image from a field of view of the camera, where the overlay is an augmented reality layer,
• cause the camera to capture an image of a player with a camera,
• send the captured image to a printer communicably coupled to the mobile device,
• wherein the printer, in response to receiving the captured image, is operable to print the captured image with a border of unequal size around the image and upside down to cause a border area larger at a top of the image than around other portions of the image for use in handling the image when using the image as part of a game piece.