Tokens - Yellow Stones

Tokens - Yellow Stones

Yellow gaming tokens in the shape of stones from Green Stuff World. They are general-purpose markers for board and tabletop games that replace slips of paper as well as crumbling tokens from the original box. The color version and the shape follow from the name; further details about the package are given by the manufacturer.

Order at the table starts with the tokens

A game in progress falls apart the moment nobody knows what each marker means and where it comes from. It therefore pays to keep one kind of token for one value, to have a compartment of its own for it and to hand it out from a common stock rather than from the handfuls of individual players. Yellow is practical in an arrangement like that, because it is light and you can recognize it in a compartment even under weaker light above the table. It also photographs well, which you will appreciate when you save a game in progress for next time.

Where it is useful

• gold, coins and trade values
• light and energy effects
• a reserve stock in a common bank
• telling values apart alongside the red and blue versions
• game systems of your own and rule prototypes

Who it suits

For players who take pride in a clear table, and for owners of games with a large number of small markers. The number of pieces, the size and the material are given by the manufacturer on the packaging. It proves worthwhile to get two or three colors from the range at once and divide among them the values counted most often in a game.