So any of you ever had plastic peices made for you game?

If you're having the pieces made in the US, use Rolco. I can't recommend them highly enough. They're at http://www.rolcogames.com/

- Patrick Matthews
Live Oak Games
www.liveoakgames.com

My first game (Ice Lake) needed plastic pieces - ice skates to be specific. Being new to the business, I searched and searched for something. Finally a friend of mine said "what are you doing? Just call Judy at Rolco and get on with it already."

I called Judy, she showed me their "silhouette pawn" style of game piece, and I was off and running. During the process of designing the piece, they even gave me pointers as to what they needed in order to create the mold for me.

Sorry, I don't remember the tooling or per-piece costs.

However, and here comes the great part, since then they've been available for whatever questions I have.

I haven't published another game that requires plastic pieces since that first one. However, over the years, I have had at least half a dozen prototypes in various stages of testing and development. Whenever any questions came up regarding piece feasability, approximate unit cost, or anything like that, I just call Rolco, and they work with me to get good answers quickly.

In short, they're the kind of company that you want to be doing business with. They give you a good price, meet their deadlines, and are available for any questions that may come up.

My next game (hopefully) will go into manufacturing in a couple months. When that happens, one of my requirements to the US manufacturers who bid on the job will be that they use Rolco.

How's that for an endorsement?

Well, rolco@rolcoinc.com seems to be working for me. Good luck!