RPG Essentials: Acrylic Creature Tokens for TTRPGs raise thousands

Where are you with virtual tabletops versus meat space and battle maps? Coping with a growing miniatures collection alongside the dice?

Artist and gamer Darryl Jones’ Kickstarter for a cheaper alternative to plastic minis and more robust than paper has shot through $150,000 on Kickstarter. Jones is offering Acrylic Creature Tokens.

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The minis here are top-down illustrations on durable plastic so you can see through to the battle map below. You can pack them flat and put them away.

At launch, the Kickstarter promised a range of critters;

• 10 types of Dragons, each in 4 sizes
• Hordes of Goblins, Orcs, Kobolds, Gnolls, & Lizardfolk
• Undead skeletons of all kinds, plus zombies, ghouls, & vampires
• Dinosaurs & prehistoric beasts
• Giant sea monsters
• Subterranean terrors
• Common animals, mounts, reptiles, & insects
• NPCs, villagers, warriors, casters, & heroes from tons of different heritages
• Elementals, Fey, & Fiends
• Legendary Giants

There are different sizes;

• Medium Tokens – 1″ square
• Large – 2″ square
• Huge – 3″ square
• Gargantuan – 4″ square
• Super Gargantuan – 5″ square

Super Gargantuan? Well, the Tarrasque has been unlocked.

A pledge of $26 is enough to unlock a physical thank you, and that’s 2 sets of acrylic tokens of your choice. Shipping is added later, but the campaign is taking on “Anywhere in the world” logistics.

After this, economies of scale kick in, and the tiers look like this;

• $58 for 5 physical sets as a thank you
• $68 for all the digital tokens
• $98 for 8 physical sets and a storage binder (though the listing says 10 sets)
• $98 for 10 physical sets and a storage binder (which resolves the typo in the offer for 8)
• $168 for each physical token

However, you may want more than just one token for common creatures, and so the tiers climb higher.

• $188 for 20 physical sets and two binders
• $288 to design your own token, one of each token, 2 free binders and 7 sharp-edge dice
• $298 for 2 of each physical token
• $358 for 40 sets of physical tokens, four binders and the dice
• $444 for 3 of every physical token, dice and six binders

At the time of writing, nearly two dozen backers have gone for that top level.

Darryl Jones estimated delivery for November 2023, but things may take a little longer with this success.