I print most of my components on card, and laminate share certificates and such like. Recently I've been looking for some markers.
The best ones are from SpielMaterial in Germany. They're nice round wooden disks in a variety of colours. On the web site, look under "Pawns and Other Figures" and then "Discs". I also bought some 15x10mm cylinders as possible markers for merged companies.
Northumbria Games provide a plastic alternative. They're pretty good too. The web site calls them "15x5mm counters". I also bought some "14x10mm cylinders", but these are 14mm long and 10mm diameter, rather than the other way around.
For a much cheaper option, you could try PlugItDowel. These are decorative finishes for furniture makers and the like; they're intended to cover screw holes and the like. The flat head plugs aren't perfectly cylindrical; one end is slightly smaller than the other, but they are a servicable option.
On a different note, Leisure Games are selling a box of coloured train markers for Euro Games such as Steam and Ticket To Ride. If I move Britain Under Steam beyond the tile mechanism of 18xx, these could be very useful.
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The design that began as Britain Under Steam morphed into 18GB: The Railways of Great Britain, and that game was published by Deep Thought Games in 2018. Meanwhile, I've left this blog to languish. But today I wrote up some thoughts about "The 1835 Family" and I need somewhere to post them, and I've decided to use this blog as a suitable site for this article and any other gaming articles that may or may not follow.
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- Dave Berry
- Work: I am the Enterprise Architect in the Information Systems group of the University of Edinburgh.
Play: I like board games, particularly those in the 18xx family; music, although I don't play myself; and reading, especially science fiction.
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