ScrapYard Armory

Litko Aerosystems is a gaming company specializing in creating tokens for use in popular board and miniature games.  Recently, Litko added a new custom token option to their online store.  I decided to pull the trigger and conjure up some tokens for use in Classic Battletech.

There are four custom token sets available from Litko.  Three of them include 10 tokens for $6.99 while the fourth includes 20 token for $19.99.  Each set includes a limited selection of shapes to make your tokens.  I found the 20 token set to have the shapes I thought would work well so I went for that despite the higher cost.

After ordering I took note that custom products can take up to three weeks before even being shipped.  My wait was far less.  Placing my order to receiving my tokens took exactly two weeks.

The tokens come from Litko looking a little dull but the company offers some great advice for brightening them up.  I put crayon to token soon after getting my sampler in and the results are very noticeable.

I bought an assortment of tokens I thought would be appropriate for Battletech ground and aerospace combat.

• Arrows with ‘Mech/Vehicle/BA numbers for target declaration
• Pilot roll reminders (be honest, how many times have you skipped them by accident?)
• Aerospace screen markers
• Aerospace rolled tokens
• Aerospace evasive action tokens
• Tactical Operations POWER UP tokens!

I thought at first that the tokens were fairly small.  But once I got them on a mapsheet with miniatures, they did not seem so bad.  The tokens are of good quality and I think they should easily stand the test of time so long as they are not haphazardly dropped and lost during games.  (Keep an eye on your cats out there!)

For ground combat, these are not going to vastly improve your gaming experience.  However, with Strategic Operations around the corner, I can think of several great uses for aerospace games.  Deep space can be confusing with Warships and fighters fighting it out.  These tokens may be just the thing to keep your games orderly.

These tokens are a bit pricey.  I paid $26.04 for my 20 tokens including shipping.  You can save money with Custom Token Set 1 or 2, but not all shapes and not all colors are available in each set.

You can get around the shipping issue by combining your order with friends.  Rustle up some interest and make a big mixed order to get everyone what they want.

Overall, I am very pleased with my purchase and now that I know what I am getting into, I will absolutely be making future orders.

The Good

• Good quality
• Looks awesome on the mapsheet with minis
• Custom means something, your imagination is the limit

The Bad

• Shipping makes them a potentially pricey product
• Not all shapes and not all colors available in each set

The Ugly

• They Make Nukes!