I know that process because we did the same thing at our table – cutting up wooden dowels, using standard washers, buying hole punches and making tokens. In the end we probably spent hundreds of hours and hundreds of dollars trying to come up with something elegant and useful.

Eventually we had to invent(US Patent)something and bring it to market – magnetically stackable, dry erasable, multi-colored markers. You can see them at http://www.aleatools.com

So, if everyone in your group avoided driving around and looking for alternatives and spending money on things that sort-of-work, you could all pitch in $5 and get a decent starter set for less than the cost of one of those books we all use. Maybe one GM pack and 10 pack – 34 markers – that would handle the basics.

Another way to look at it – for less than what you pay for pizza for the night you could get exactly what you need to handle status and conditions. No compromises, no fuss, no muss…

We have had literally thousands of folks try this product with huge success, most of them returning to fill out their sets and compliment us on the perfect solution.

Give ‘em a try.

Based on an idea I found in another blog, I used a circle cutter and some 2mm foam sheets to make some markers. I found that a single circle wasn’t noticable enough, so I ended up gluing two circles together to get some 4mm thick markers.

Total cost was $20 for the circle cutter and $5 for 12 large pieces of foam sheet in different colors. Also note, the blog suggested foam board.

Another friend bought a gross of brown wooden tokens and has spray-painted and lacquered them. He’s using them for another game (Confrontation or AT-34 I think), but the idea is easily adopted for DnD.

Am guessing this idea is a little more expensive, but will also hold up better under constant play.

Good idea, but not very attractive on the game board.

Trask, The Last Tyromancer

Thanks for sharing!