Marker / Token

Analog Form components

State indicators, ownership markers, counters – small elements that represent information physically.

Design question – How do you make game states physically tangible and distinguishable?

Reference example – Pandemic: markers for outbreaks and infection rate show the state of the world. Gloomhaven: condition tokens for poisoned, stunned or muddled. Football: the captain’s armband as a role marker, yellow and red cards as state markers.