PnP Wiz-War - Part 2: Tokens

Last time I finished the boards and other foam core pieces. This left me able to build magical dungeons to play in like this:

5 Player Board Setup

Unfortunately, I have no pieces to move around the game board. So that is the next step in the construction.I have to build the absolutely massive number of tokens present in Wiz-War.

For the tokens I was looking for about 2mm thick cardboard. They needed to be stiff and actually have some size to them so they are easy to pick up. What I ended up with is 1mm matte board. You know the stuff that is used to edge paintings. It is definitely a nice rigid material for tokens. The downside is 1mm is a bit thin to pick up. Also matte board is HARD to cut. I went out and bought the special Zirconium coated Exacto blades to speed up the process and tear the label paper less. Definitely a worthwhile upgrade if you are using matte board. Other options are illustration board (matte board with a different coating) or chip board. Sadly I couldn't find those in the hobby shops I visited.

I think that I screwed up my first batch. And being the smart cookie that I am used the treasures as the first batch. Essentially I pasted them close to the edge. Then cut out the outline. This left me with no registry marks for accurate cutting. Overall the pieces look OK, but are a bit irregular. Which is not good for things that are used all the time.

Treasures and walls

With the next batch I tried something different. Instead of cutting out all the pieces I pasted of one side of the labels to the matte board.

The rest of the tokens for the Base game & 2 released expansions.

Then I scored between all the tokens. This allowed me to use the registry marks for more regular tokens. It is important not to cut all the way through yet. Then I cut out the outline of each row of tokens. This let me affix the back side label to the row and provided good guiding marks. Once the back side was on, I flipped the labels and used the scores to separate the tokens. This worked MUCH better and resulted in very regular tokens.

For the large block of walls I didn't do them double sided. So I just cut the inside lines first. Then did the outer edge so everything pops out in one nice bunch.

Sticks & Stones will break your bones

Creatures & Environmental Effects

Wizards, Treasures & Home Bases

Unfortunately, I am not done with tokens. There are still the community expansion tokens. Plus I think I will re-do the treasures because the are a key game piece.