Great Christmas article, Patrick! I didn’t know what you were going to put up, and this was an excellent read and an excellent choice.

I never got into pogs, but I bet they would make great tokens for games!

@Eliza – Pennies are 3/4″ and thin, so I prefer to use the wooden tiles as they are 1″ and much thicker. But whatever works for you is what you should use.

Just a thought: With dowel rods and my band saw I could probably make whatever backing I want for really cheap (< $0.01 for raw materials), but I just don't know if I want to spend the time chopping a 3' rod into 432 tiles!

@newbiedm – Thank you for the original article! Happy holidays to you as well!

I agree that with just a little effort you can create some great custom images and tokens. As much as I like minis, tokens just work better for my style of game. I’m actually starting to build foamboard tiles and tokens for terrain as well. They rock!

I hope people learn to love the greatness of clearly labeled tokens at their table over repetitive minis.

One of the great things about tokens is the ability to create a truly custom image of your pc or npc in the DM’s case, if you are an artist or have any ability using image software.

Although I have my own photoshop system for creating my tokens by now, I will be using your number labels in my future creations. Thanks for that, and for the mentions! Merry Christmas to all the gnomes and a Happy New Year!

In fact, I think pennies may be cheaper than the tiles or washers and heavier than cardboard.

Thanks for the tip. I used to collect pogs, back in the day, and I think I still have a pog storage tube somewhere…