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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mister Doug" data-source="post: 4429428" data-attributes="member: 66623">Some cheaper alternatives:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some companies (such as Fiery Dragon), sell <a href="http://fierydragon.com/index.php?view=category&id=20%3Acounter-collections&option=com_content&Itemid=41" target="_blank">cardboard counters</a> that you can use. You can also by electronic versions to print out on cardstock on your own. There are even people who have posted their designs online.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Steve Jackson Games still makes their <a href="http://www.sjgames.com/heroes/" target="_blank">Cardboard Heroes</a> line of standies. Some people have posted their own designs online.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I bought a bag of 20 plastic pawns (kind of like the pieces for Sorry) at a Lakeshore Learning store for like 6 bucks. I keep them in my dice box to use in a snap.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I bought a bag of 20 wooden disks with a diameter of 1 inch at my local Michaeal's craft store for a couple of bucks. I keep them in my dice box to use in a snap.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You can also use <a href="http://www.thewarstore.com/glassmarkerstones.html" target="_blank">glass marker stones</a>. I keep some with my dice box to use in a snap.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I know some people who have used wooden cubes or cylinders. If you have access to wood scraps, this can even be free.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You can get some inexpensive <a href="http://www.michtoy.com/MTSCnewSite/newplastic_folder/Caesar_Miniatures/caesar_miniatures.html" target="_blank">25mm plastic toy soldiers</a> from European and Asian toy lines, including  ancients and a few fantasy series.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you already have kids and Lego around, I knew some people who played a Star Wars campaign using Legos for the battle map and the characters.</li> </ul>All of these are useful at different levels of abstraction, and in different settings... though it's hard to match the look of well-painted minis and nice terrain, but many of these are more flexible and portable than minis. As well as generally being cheaper.</blockquote>

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