Credits

Credits are Boardgame Craft's in-app currency for AI features and the Marketplace. Everything else — making games, cards, and playing — is free.

The short version

You get 1,000 Credits free when you sign up. Credits are only spent when you use AI generation features or buy items on the Marketplace. Building and playing games costs nothing.

What costs Credits

Feature	Where	Cost
AI card artwork — Fast Draft	Card Deck Editor	about 2 Credits
AI card artwork — High Detail	Card Deck Editor	about 12 Credits
3D model generation	3D Item Studio	about 40 Credits
Buying an item	Marketplace	the item's listed price

Selling your own items on the Marketplace earns you Credits — the full listed price goes to you.

Check your balance

The credit badge in the top bar shows your current balance at all times.
My Dashboard → Credits shows the full picture: your balance and your recent activity (sign-up bonus, AI usage, purchases, sales, refunds).

The Credit Center in My Dashboard showing the current balance and recent activity — The Credit Center — balance, requests, and your full activity history.

Running low?

Top-up packs — the Credit Center in My Dashboard offers credit packages you can purchase when checkout is available.
Free refill request — if your balance drops below 100 Credits, the Request credit increase button unlocks in the Credit Center. Send a request and an administrator will refill your Credits.

Credits never expire, so there's no rush to spend them. Use Fast Draft for playtest art and save High Detail for the cards you want to show off.