We’re not looking at a board game today, instead we’re looking at a board game accessory, something for holding the tokens and other pieces that you use in your games.

Pros

• Amazing Look
• Functional design

Cons

• Some options seem less functional
• Price

The Page

This is a nicely done page, they do a good job of showing off that their product is going to be useful for a lot of board games and board gamers. This system would especially be useful if you have a smaller playing area so a game with a lot of tokens and a bigger foot print, something like Sword and Sorcery or Gloomhaven without an insert, would allow you to fee up more space on the table by storing stuff in neater compartments.

Add in the art plates, that really would allow you to create a look and feel for your game room. I really think they did a great job with the art and while I think we’ve seen some sillier looking accessories at times, this is something people would see on your table and it’d be a cool accessory as well as functional.

The one thing that I don’t like is the pledge level section. I feel like I have a general idea of everything that I’d get in the pledge, but it would be nice to see it laid out more graphically. Right now I’m looking at that list knowing that I could find out what they mean by a “body kit” but that should be laid out graphically so that the buyer can easily see.

Back or Brick

I mention in my cons, and pros and cons are pretty limited for this, but it seems like a nice functional system, but I mentioned that the price as a con. Now, let me say, I think that this price is spot on for what it should be. They had some amazing artists do work on it, they have a clearly well thought through product and design for it, but it is a tabletop accessory. If I want to upgrade my games, and I think that might be something I start to do in 2021, I want to not have it cost as much or more than most games. Comparing this to most others, it looks better, but I’m not sure, while it does seem to be very functional, that it is that much more functional than some cheaper options, or just me going to Target or Wal-Mart, or somewhere like that, and getting some little bowls. I’m also wondering how much I’d actually use it. Is this something that I’d set-up while streaming a game, and then since I’m leaving the game up, I’d just leave stuff in it, and I wouldn’t use it for other games, if so, are there better storage options that would pack back into a box for me? So for me, this is a brick. I really like it in concept and I think it’d look amazing on my table, I just wonder if it’s an accessory that I would use as much for board gaming as I hope.

How about for you, is this a back or a brick? Do you have a storage solution for tokens besides ziplock bags or for keeping them organized on the table?

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