We’re proud to announce that we have been working behind the scenes on producing our own Token Set for Netrunner! Our talented in-house graphic designer Kelli and the team have been working hard on bringing these to fruition over the summer. Whether you’re a hardened veteran or brand new to Netrunner, these cardstock tokens will have a place with your decks.
The set contains enough tokens for you and an opponent to play and represent not only your credits but all key statuses and effects within the game. Most tokens are reversible with the opposite side enabling you to represent a different state or effect.
Any third party tokens will of course continue to be legal at all Organized Play events.
Product Dimensions
This set of 118 tokens comes on three 6×8″ (~15×20cm) punchboard sheets. The tokens are made of 2.5mm thickness matte-linen chipboard. It contains the following components:
- 50 × 1 Credit/Advancement Tokens
- 10 × 5 Credit Tokens
- 10 × Click/Spent Click Tracker Tokens
- 15 × Virus Tokens
- 17 × Generic Counters (Purple one side, Green on the reverse – for use as power counters or reminder tokens)
- 9 × Tag/Core Damage Tokens
- 7 × Bad Publicity/Spent Bad Publicity Tokens
The Token Sets will come as three 6×8″ (~15×20cm) sheets, shrink wrapped into a pack as shown below:
Cost and Shipping
The Token Set will be priced at $15USD and will be sent lettermail where possible to keep costs low. If ordered with other products then please note they may ship separately due to the form factor.
As with all our products there will be no shipping charge.
General availability
The first broad public release will be on the NSG Store when our stock arrives in January 2025. We will have an announcement closer to full release with the exact date.
EU customers: as you are aware, we are currently working to bring the store back online in the New Year. While we are not able to commit to a timeline on that, the tokens will be in stock and available for purchase as soon as the store reopens.
For the UK, these will be available to purchase via Netrunnercards.co.uk
Early Prototype Preview at PAX West
If you happened to make it out to PAX West this year (30 August, 2024) you may have noticed that we had some of these tokens at the NSG booth. Our primary goal of producing tokens is to make it easier for new players to get into Netrunner. Since we did not have the final product available yet, we used the proofs as prototypes to teach new players how to play. The positive feedback we received on the clarity and usability of these tokens validated our objective of making them intuitive for new players and familiar to veterans. However, please note that the prototype tokens used at PAX West were much thinner, 1.5mm thick, than the final product at 2.5mm.
Design
Kelli and Jon have started working on these back in September 2023. They have gone through many iterations, explored new iconography, and thoroughly playtested them to create a tournament-ready and beginner-friendly set of tokens. Kelli will be posting a Design Diary outlining the journey, analyzing the process, and detailing every design decision and her research-driven approach. If you’re curious to learn about graphic design, process design, and/or game component design, be on the lookout for her post soon!
