I've designed a new abstract strategy game that uses 33 stackable pieces for each player.
Gathering pieces for the prototype wasn't a problem but now I need to produce several playtest copies and I'd like them to be fairly nice.
So far the best price I've found on decent checkers is 25¢ each at greathallgames.com.
Surely there's a way to buy several hundred stackable discs at once without spending a ton.
Thanks in advance!
Matt
Check the dollar stores if you're just looking to make a prototype. $1.00 for a full set is a lot cheaper. You may also look at Wal-Mart. They normally have cheap-o sets of checkers for $4-$5.00.
$30 for 500 poker chips (plus dice and cards and fancy-schmancy case):
http://www.discountpokershop.com/slightly-imperfect-500-dice-royal-flush...
5 cents per chip - many colors:
http://www.pokergamingproducts.com/casino-dice-composite-poker-chips-10-...
4 cents per chip - three colors:
http://www.pokergamingproducts.com/7.2-gram-composite-suited-poker-chips...
8 cents per interlocking chip - many colors:
http://www.pokerchips.com/chips/plastic%20chips/plasticchips.html
Best of luck,
Jonathan
(Edit: Corrected a typo.)
Try Benny's Woodworks - about 10 cents each in bulk.
http://www.bennyswoodworks.com/gamepieces.html
SJ
Plastics for Games out of the UK has a couple of stackable pieces. http://www.p4g.co.uk
Their minimum order is $100 + cost of shipping. Cost of pieces is $30/1000 or $80/1000 for the counters I saw that might fit your needs.
http://www.eaieducation.com/530841.html
500 3/4" stackable plastic chips for $9.50. They have a lot of other chips and tokens, too. Take a peek.
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Your help is definitely going to save me a lot of money! Thank you guys so much.
I never thought of checking with educational supply companies. There's one a few miles form my office so I'm going to poe around there on Monday.
I found checkers at caseyswood.com for a reasonable price too. For my needs I can get decent, painted checkers for about 10¢ each.
Please keep the links coming! I definitely have some good options now but I'd love to find checkers like these...
http://www.greathallgames.com/aacc/atokbags/tchkLgMAR.jpg
...at a good price. Not necessarily for the playtest copies but for my own prototyping needs.
Thanks again.