Counter (board wargames)  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search An example of a counter with a large
amount of information, from the wargame Black Sea-Black Death by
Last Stand Games. An example of a sticker for a block boardgame
counter from the wargame Dunkerque by Last Stand Games.
Boardgame counters are usually small cardboard squares moved
around on the map of a wargame to represent armies, military
units or individual military personnel. The first modern mass-
market wargame, based on cardboard counters and hex-board maps,
was Tactics, invented by Charles S. Roberts in 1952. Traditional
wargames typically have hundreds of counters (The Russian
Campaign, 225;GI: Anvil of Victory, 856; Terrible Swift Sword,
>2,000). Squad Leader had counters of different sizes: 520
½-inch counters and 192 ⅝-inch, with the different sizes used
for different purposes.  Boardgame counters are often closely
related to military map marking symbols, such as those seen in
the NATO standard APP-6a, and