Miniature Monday - More Than a Token Effort

As much as we enjoy showing off miniatures, that's not all a wargame is about, especially one with as many components as Trinity: Battleground. Today, we wanted to talk a little bit about the tokens and other cardboard pieces that were included in the original box set, and how we are including them in our resurrection of the game.

The Trinity: Battleground box was an old-school starter set, containing everything needed to play the game, including miniatures, dice, a nifty dice bag (which we unfortunately can't include in our digital re-release for obvious reasons), terrain, and all the tokens a pair of players could need. In the case of a complex game like this one, that meant a lot of tokens. Unlock some other games, which had players photocopy a sheet of tokens and cut them out, the Trinity: Battleground box set came with multiple sheets of full-colour, punch-out cardboard tokens. Punch-out rulers and circular templates were even included for good measure! In order to fit as many components as possible and make room for larger items like terrain, the tokens were arranged onto sheets that fit the box but were significantly larger than standard sheets of paper.

This created a slight issue for us as we worked to prepare the game for re-release. We wanted to use an unpunched copy of the game to get as close to the original feel as possible, while also maintaining the best possible image quality. Unfortunately, the size of the sheets meant that a standard scanner wouldn't work. Fortunately, we found a solution in a photo-based scanning system used for scanning books without removing their binding. Using these images, we then worked to split each page into smaller sections that could fit onto a standard, letter-sized piece of paper for easier home printing. Once that was done, we scaled each element to make sure it stayed true to their original sizes. We added new cut and fold lines over the old ones that had been obscured by the scanning process, and then arranged each sheet to allow for easy double-sided printing. A few larger pieces had to be cut into sections to make them fit, but we will also include the original scanned images, in case some players have access to a much larger printer.

With the component files resized and ready for printing, players will be able to make as many copies of the tokens and terrain they want, ensuring they have enough for even the largest of battles.