Prototype Parts

I have everything done other than pieces. Rulebook is done with nice graphics, board is perfect for prototype with lamination. Dice work good. Playtesting is about over. I just have one huge problem. I NEED MINIATURES. I'm using folded paper right now. It's functional, but I'm scared it will take away too much flavor of the game upon being shown to anyone. The mini's needed are used in only one outdated game, and I would have to locate and buy several copies (10 to be exact) to get all I need. Don't have the money or the time to do this. I AM STUCK!!! Not sure what to do.

I can't help with mini's unfortunately... I went to Wal-Mart to look for anything that could be used as minis for something like, oh, I don't know, Samurai Swordsmen and Archers. I was hoping they might have something like those bags of green army men. I founf that they did have such bags- with different themes. army stuff, construction worker stuff, and far stuff. Mostly the pieces were too large to really be of use to me.

For All For One I have bought some Reaper miniatures, which might be a little too large, but will look a lot better than the wooden pawns I'm using now. Problem with that is the minis are like $3-$4 each.

Anyway, while I was in Wal-Mart, near the plastic discs that Oracle mentioned a while ago, I found a gold mine of prototyping stuff. There was a whole line of "Learning Playground" stuff. I got a Coins and Currency Money Tray with paper bills ($1, $5, $10, $20, $50) and plastic coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter, 50 cent, $1). In the toy and game section (next to the army men) there was a similar thing but in a plastic cash drawer. It had fewer denominations of money, but the drawer itself could be very useful in some retail themed game (and of course the money in any game). Each of these things was in the neighborhood of $4.

Finally, Learning Playground also had a "Learn your States" thing with an 8.5x11 glossy map of the US with no text at all. It came with stickers with state names and stuff. I bought one to use as the board for my Campaign game idea- this might give me the impetus to actually MAKE a proto of that game (I was wondering how to go about making the board).

- Seth

There are 10 types of people, those who can count in binary and those who can't.

There's a shirt with that on it...
I've been wanting it for a long time :) Would make the users around my workplace go nuts trying to figure it out.