Author Topic: Tokens - now with posters on 'urban' backgrounds to blend in better (Read 6574 times)

Bellboy · « **on:** February 14, 2009, 03:31:18 PM »

Acrylic didn't work. So I've dome some custom tokens, printed out on a colour printer and pasted to 3mm foamboard.

Some examples here - and the tokens in use for a CoZo game.

Note that I've produced some specific items such as Alien Control (for a specific scenario where an alien had mind control over people who came within a certain distance) and Radioactive (nuclear power plant leakage causes havoc - and zombie infestation).

The skull rock is actually a cunningly disguised satellite uplink that the Grymn are defending against the automatons.

Bellboy · « **Reply #1 on:** February 14, 2009, 03:40:22 PM »

Mid-battle. Automaton down but one Grymn pinned and the other about to run away. The uplink is as good as won.

Harby under alien control! A radioactive predator kills one Grymn, forcing the other to Panic. Run away!

Pil · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2009, 02:01:29 PM »

Nice looking counter, but why do you have bothan opportunity fire counter and an overwatch counter? Aren't they the same thing?

Argonor · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2009, 06:18:20 PM »

Nice idea - my only objection is, they do not blend in well with a gaming table. They certainly do the job, though!

I'm always in two minds about counters - on one hand I want to be able to tell the exact status of the models, on the other hand I want a nice looking gaming table. A balance is hard to find

Bellboy · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2009, 07:23:18 PM »

Quote from: Pil on February 15, 2009, 02:01:29 PM

Nice looking counter, but why do you have bothan opportunity fire counter and an overwatch counter? Aren't they the same thing?

Yes - they are both the same. Just trying different types!

The Rock · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2009, 02:51:38 PM »

nice idea

Argonor · « **Reply #6 on:** February 17, 2009, 08:41:23 AM »

I just got an idea:

How about making counters that way, but 'pimp them up' to look like pieces of slate/concrete/whatever with the symbol(s) shoving as a piece of a poster or something? They'd 'blend in' better without loosing the 'instant reckognition' effect.

Pil · « **Reply #7 on:** February 17, 2009, 09:49:27 AM »

Quote from: Argonor on February 17, 2009, 08:41:23 AM

I just got an idea:

How about making counters that way, but 'pimp them up' to look like pieces of slate/concrete/whatever with the symbol(s) shoving as a piece of a poster or something? They'd 'blend in' better without loosing the 'instant reckognition' effect.

That's a great idea! Some inspiration:

(Run Forrest, run!)

Bellboy · « **Reply #8 on:** February 17, 2009, 10:52:34 AM »

I like that idea.

A couple of samples (Russian propaganda posters on a concrete background)

Some modern ones - Alien and Batman

And one for the Pulpers

Rezolution, CoZo etc.

Of Course, it doesn't have to be concrete in the background...

Argonor · « **Reply #9 on:** February 17, 2009, 10:56:44 AM »

Those are very nice! The edges can then be painted or flocked/painted to match the facing and/or the table

Glad that I could make a useful input!

Bellboy · « **Reply #10 on:** February 17, 2009, 11:37:38 AM »

Bellboy · « **Reply #11 on:** February 17, 2009, 12:33:02 PM »

Sheet ready for cutting.

Strips of tokens

In action...Alien forces one cop to panic (with apt image) while the other does a Forrest

Cops again - one is on 'Keep Down' while the other is on Overwatch (denoted by the Stakeout poster)

Some variations on Panic and Rout - the Batman Panic, the Joker Rout and the trusty Forrest.

Pil · « **Reply #12 on:** February 17, 2009, 01:07:58 PM »

Lovely, I will surely use this idea and make some counters of my own

Argonor · « **Reply #13 on:** February 17, 2009, 01:24:37 PM »

Darn, you work fast

I think those tokens look much better on the table - the kind of stuff I could be tempted to use

I would at least use a coloured marker on the edges, though, to cover the white.

The Rock · « **Reply #14 on:** February 17, 2009, 02:39:06 PM »

I like the idea of posters

Excellent for my urban games

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