Cardboard Counters for minis?

[rgard]

I mix some in with my minis, particularly as PC/NPC mounts.

Never used counters but I like the mount idea!

 

[Gundark]

For those of you who use battlemaps, does anyone use cardboard counters or tokens instead of minis? Does any company make such a product?

I recall the cardboard counters from the 3.0 "fast play" set. I'm thinking something along those lines.

I use counters and use them all the time. I make my own. It's very easy to do if you have a printer. The WoTC website has their art galleries http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/arch/ag . I copy those images, and then paste them on the windows paint application. Select what I want, then paste that on to a word doc then format the image to the appropriate size, print out on cardstock and done.

 

[Emirikol]

I prefer Steve Jackson's Cardboard Heroes. You get plenty of orcs, giants, dragons, fighters, rogues, wizards, oriental, slimes, bats, lizardmen, ratmen, etc.

I've also downloaded cartoon pictures of things like camels and whatnot from GOOGLE and printed out enough to make caravans etc. It's also a good way to do horses. Print them, cut a square hole in the top big enough to drop a mini into and you have SOMETHING THAT FINALLY WORKS AS A MOUNT FOR A MINI!

Other things that are great to have are:
AC D&D stuff" Revenge of Rusak (wilderness counters) etc.

DOORS are a must. You need at least 4 double doors and 6 single doors. These are great for dungeons where the PC's haven't gone into a room yet.

I hear Feiry Dragon games has good ones..but I"ve not tried them out yet.

On the same subject, we keep the following stuff around:
Handfull of pebbles (try to use ones that are sort of flat in case PC's climb up)
Larger flat rocks (make good cliffs)
Modelling clay (both the colored and the "clay colored kind)
Tin cans for towers
Cardboard tower walls
Cardboard houses (really cheap ones in the old GREYHAWK falcon series modules)
CASTLES product had a bunch of castle segments that were excellent (until my frakin wife threw them out)
Onion bag netting (for nets, webs, etc)
TORCHES (just twist up some cotton and paint it red/orange and use a small bit of tape wrpped around the base painted brown for a stem that you can set over a sword)
Cotton colored a little red (for flames and walls of fire)
Dominoes for walls of ruins, etc.

Clear plastic firm packing casing..for players who have miniatures that won't stand up (that's after filing them down doesn't work)

small sticks (for logs)


Authentic stuff from your backyard works and looks much better than a plain drawing on a plain battlemat (yawn).

I like to use cardboard for the enemies over plastic/pewter for all the obvious reasons..but I'll take the good stuff when I can get it

jh

 

[ChristianW]

Hey everyone,

Using Paint Shop Pro, I have made my own counters using artwork I cobbled from the web. I printed them out on cardstock and they worked pretty well.

 

[Emirikol]

Hey everyone,Using Paint Shop Pro, I have made my own counters using artwork I cobbled from the web. I printed them out on cardstock and they worked pretty well.

Paint shop pro is the BOMB! I love that program. I've been messing with the animation shop pro to make some Age of worms cheezy movies too.

jh

 

[Owen K.C. Stephens]

There are a number of pdf companies that make sheets of counters you can print out. I found the ones from IDA to be great and stand up well next to minis when you cut them out, fold them into a triangle showing the front and back of the figure then tape the base.

I'm glad you like them! Anyone else interested can get the fantasy set (258 figures for $12) at http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2198&.

There are modern/superhero and sci-fi sets as well.

A sample showing some B&W figures from the fantasy set is available free at:
http://www.idadventures.com/old_site/downloads/Fantasy Figs one page teaser.pdf

 

[Klaus]

I prefer Steve Jackson's Cardboard Heroes. You get plenty of orcs, giants, dragons, fighters, rogues, wizards, oriental, slimes, bats, lizardmen, ratmen, etc.

I've also downloaded cartoon pictures of things like camels and whatnot from GOOGLE and printed out enough to make caravans etc. It's also a good way to do horses. Print them, cut a square hole in the top big enough to drop a mini into and you have SOMETHING THAT FINALLY WORKS AS A MOUNT FOR A MINI!

Other things that are great to have are:
AC D&D stuff" Revenge of Rusak (wilderness counters) etc.

DOORS are a must. You need at least 4 double doors and 6 single doors. These are great for dungeons where the PC's haven't gone into a room yet.

I hear Feiry Dragon games has good ones..but I"ve not tried them out yet.

On the same subject, we keep the following stuff around:
Handfull of pebbles (try to use ones that are sort of flat in case PC's climb up)
Larger flat rocks (make good cliffs)
Modelling clay (both the colored and the "clay colored kind)
Tin cans for towers
Cardboard tower walls
Cardboard houses (really cheap ones in the old GREYHAWK falcon series modules)
CASTLES product had a bunch of castle segments that were excellent (until my frakin wife threw them out)
Onion bag netting (for nets, webs, etc)
TORCHES (just twist up some cotton and paint it red/orange and use a small bit of tape wrpped around the base painted brown for a stem that you can set over a sword)
Cotton colored a little red (for flames and walls of fire)
Dominoes for walls of ruins, etc.

Clear plastic firm packing casing..for players who have miniatures that won't stand up (that's after filing them down doesn't work)

small sticks (for logs)


Authentic stuff from your backyard works and looks much better than a plain drawing on a plain battlemat (yawn).

I like to use cardboard for the enemies over plastic/pewter for all the obvious reasons..but I'll take the good stuff when I can get it

jh

Emirikol,

You can sample the Fiery Dragon counters by either raiding the FDp Counter gallery at my website (link in sig) or by going to DriveThruRPG.com and downloading the free Counter Sample, which features a small thematic collection centered around the Storm King, an evil Cloud Giant (complete with his advanced fiendish wyvern mount, frost giant lieutenants, polar bugbear troops and half-white dragon/half-polar bear "watchdogs"). In addition to the creatures, the Sampler comes with a dwarf mountaineer, a half-orc raider, a halfling sherpa (mountain guide) and a frost druid, along with some human caravan members and caravan yaks.

 

[diaglo]

i'm a minis geek.

but i gotta say. for bang for your buck. nothing compares to counters.

many of the ones mentioned in this thread are very good. also the photo shop downloads from the web.

i can't recommend them enough.

but if you want 3D... go lead, mang.

diaglo "smelts his own" Ooi

 

[Ranes]

The look on the players' faces when I put down the colossal spider that i'd resized and printed was worth the price of admission alone.

Absolutely. My players have had only good things to say about Claudio's illos.

I don't bother with cardstock; I just print 'em on good quality white paper, not the really flimsy stuff, and it works just fine.

That's true and I've done that when I've been pushed for time. But printing them on cardstock and laminating them not only does wonders for the durability, it brings out the colours even more. It also makes them a lot easier to pick up when the time comes to pack everything away.

 

[Festivus]

Never used counters but I like the mount idea!

I have my mount cards available if you want them

http://www.zackfamily.com/pdf/

I just print these and then tack them down to cardboard. Makes it easy for getting stats.

Also, didn't someone sell a punch for medium creatuers... I think it's the company that makes the magnetic status counters. They also had mounts on Poker chips, which was clever I thought.