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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bigdamnnerd" data-source="post: 2984351" data-attributes="member: 11070">I actually use Adobe Illustrator for mine, since every counter remains a separate object in the file. I give each of them a 1 pt stroke, and then apply the Round Corners filter to everything, at a radius of about 6". This means that even Colossal creatures turn into circles. Don't ask me why, but I like the circles as opposed to the square--less lining them up exactly on the grid I guess. Then I print them out on cardstock (65 lb or 110 lb--146 or 200 gsm).I use my 1", 2", and 3" hole punches for Small/Medium, Large and Huge creatures, and a expandable circle cutter for Gargantuan, Colossal and bigger, and cut them out. It really helped that the local crafting store puts a 40-50% off one item coupon in their flyer every week--made the punches much cheaper to buy.I used to mount them on corrougated cardboard with doublesided foam mounting squares, but I've recently cut out a bunch of circular bases of foamcore, and am mounting them via poster putty.Even better, I've recently discovered, is wooden craft shapes. I picked up 50ish 1" wooden circles (about 1/8" thick") for about $3. (something like these: Ihttp://www.craftparts.com/mall/Geometrics1.asp, but cheaper locally). I discovered them after I decided there was no easy way to cut 1" circles out of foamcore. I'll probably slowly replace my foamcore circles w/wooden ones over the next few months--I really like the weight it adds. They're also thinner than the foam core, so they take up less room when stored.I pretty much treat the counters as disposable, putting together entire chapters of the Dungeon Adventure Paths as single Illustrator files, so I haven't really thought about long term storage of the counters themselves.</blockquote>

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