Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition - Acrylic Tokens

last updated October 25th, 2025 — created July 9th, 2018

Before the 3D printed insert, we designed these acrylic tokens and had them laser cut out of sheets of semi-transparent acrylic. They are the same shape as the faction-specific tokens, and have been laser etched with a ship decal on one side, to ensure that you can still tell when they are designated as a player's fleet tokens. They are thicker than standard race tokens for easier handling and just look really cool! These are a much more expensive option (~$20 USD per color) than our 3D printed color tokens, but are pretty awesome if you want that extra flare.


This vector file is suitable for ordering laser cut tokens.

We prefer the plain control tokens, but several fans requested an update with etched control tokens. If you're having a company make your laser cut tokens, this would probably more than double the cost, but may be worth the additional expense if you really don't like the plain control tokens.


This vector file is suitable for ordering laser cut tokens.

Color-Based Tokens

We've had some questions as to why we prefer the color-based command/control tokens over the provided faction-based tokens. The reason is because your faction's primary representation on the board is your miniatures, which are color-based. Adding faction-based tokens created confusion during several of our games, particularly for factions that are similarly colored or those whose symbols are similar.

In the example, the first picture shows use of the faction-based tokens. It's difficult to tell which player controls each planet and which players have activated systems (even if you have memorized all of the faction symbols) because several of them are so similar. Also worth noting, these pictures were taken much closer to the game board than any player is likely to be sitting. With our color-based tokens, it's much easier to tell what's going on at a glance. Having said that, we understand that ordering these laser cut tokens is very expensive. So we've got STLs to 3D print your own color-based tokens. We've also seen players use the closest colored tokens from the game, ignoring faction symbols. UPDATE: Thunder's Edge Expansion comes with color-based tokens that can be used instead of faction-based ones. :)

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Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition

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