Last updated: November 11, 2026. How to design and order your own engraved game tokens in the LITKO Design Studio.
The LITKO Design Studio lets you design your own tabletop game tokens and have them laser-engraved in acrylic. Pick a shape, size and color, add your own words and icons, and make every token in the pack different if you like. These are tokens and markers for board games, wargames and RPGs, not poker chips.
This guide walks through your first pack, start to finish. It takes about five minutes.
1. Choose the token
The left panel sets up the token itself:
- Shape: 38 shapes, from circles, squares and hexagons to shields, banners, stars, gears, arrows and blast markers.
- Size: any whole millimeter from 12 to 60 mm, measured across the widest point. Quick picks are 13, 16, 19, 25, 32, 40, 50 and 60 mm. Not sure how big that is? Beside a penny shows your token next to a coin.
- Material: 28 colors of 1/8 in cast acrylic in four finishes: opaque, fluorescent, translucent and transparent. Each color shows how well it takes engraving.
- Quantity: how many tokens you want.
Want a starting point? Show me another drops in a random starter design you can change.
2. Add text and icons
- + Text adds a line of lettering. Choose from 41 fonts, from clean sans-serifs to medieval and sci-fi faces.
- + Icon opens a searchable library of more than 1,800 game icons: swords, skulls, shields, flames, dice and more.
- Drag, resize and rotate anything on the token. A selected item also gets Duplicate and Center buttons. The panel on the right lists everything on the token; click an item to change it.
Keep an eye on the message under the canvas. “Your art fits the safe area” means nothing is too close to the edge to engrave cleanly.
3. Make a whole set
Every token in a pack can be different. The tray under the canvas lists your designs:
- + Copy this duplicates the current design so you can change one detail.
- + Add a different token starts a new design in the same pack. It can even be a different shape, size or color.
- Fill from a list is the fast way to make a numbered or named set. Choose Numbers (for example, from 1 to 10), or paste a list with one entry per line, such as your players’ names. Add text Before or After each entry (“Objective 1”, “Objective 2”…), set how many tokens of each you want, and tick Shrink lettering to fit so long names still fit.
A pack holds up to 64 different designs.
Change the words or color on every design at once
- Replace words (in the tray, next to Fill from a list) changes the same words on every design in the pack. Type what to Find and what to Replace with. The studio previews every change first, then Replace all does them in one go. It only changes whole words with matching capitals, so replacing “AB” won’t touch “ALPHA”.
- Change color sits beside each color’s name in the tray. Pick a new color and every design in that color changes with it; shapes and sizes stay as they are.
Either one can be reversed with a single Undo. If new words are too long for a token, its design is marked Doesn’t fit so you can fix it. The studio never shrinks it for you.
Starting from a pack in the design library? Choose Make a copy, then use Replace words to put your own initials or names in place of the sample ones, and Change color to pick your color.
4. Check the price
The price updates as you design. Packs start at $19.99 per color, and that minimum already covers a handful of tokens. The studio tells you how many more you can add “at no extra cost”. After that the price per token drops as you add more.
The figure on screen is marked Preview · not a quote; your final price is set at checkout.
5. Save and share
- Save keeps your design in this browser, under My tokens. Log in with your LITKO account to reach your designs on other devices too.
- Share makes a link and a QR code. Choose whether people can only view your design or can make their own copy. That's handy for a club or a game group ordering matching sets.
- From the share window you can also send a design to the LITKO design library. Our team reviews every design before it’s listed.
6. Approve your proof and order
Click Add to cart. Before we make anything, our cutting software draws a proof: a picture of your tokens exactly as they’ll be cut. Next to it is a Check your words list of every text and icon, plus the quantity, total and a pack code. You can name the pack so it’s easy to spot in your cart.
Read it carefully. When it’s right, tick the box and click Approve and add to cart, then check out on litko.net as usual. Not quite right? Keep editing takes you back. We make what the proof shows, and only after you approve it.
Your tokens ship together in one bag per color. They aren’t sorted by design.
Tips for crisp engraving
We laser-engrave your text and icons into the top of each token. The engraving is a frosted mark in the token’s own color, with no ink or paint. A few things make it read well across the table:
| Tip | Why |
|---|---|
| Lettering at least 2.5 mm tall | That’s the smallest the studio allows. Bigger is easier to read from across a table. |
| Icons at least 6 mm | Small icons lose their detail. The studio won’t let an icon go smaller. |
| Pick a color rated well for engraving | The frosted engraving is hard to see on a few light colors, such as white, ivory, yellow and gold. The material picker marks those with a crossed circle. |
| Fewer, bigger words | “STUNNED” beats “Stunned until end of turn” on a 19 mm token. Let the icon carry the meaning. |
| Check the real size | The canvas is enlarged so it’s easy to work on. Use Beside a penny to see the true size. |
Questions
Can I upload my own logo or artwork?
Not in the studio yet. Today a design is made from text and the studio’s icon library, and a personal mark works well as initials plus an icon. Game stores with a LITKO wholesale account can have their own SVG art engraved; contact us to set that up. We can only engrave art you own or have written permission to use, so we can’t put another company’s logo or characters on tokens without their authorization.
Is it printed or painted?
Neither. Your design is laser-engraved into the acrylic as a frosted mark in the token’s own color.
What’s the smallest order?
Packs start at $19.99 per color. That covers several tokens, and the studio shows how many more fit at no extra cost.
Can I mix shapes, sizes and colors in one order?
Yes. Each design in a pack can have its own shape, size and color. Each color is priced and bagged separately.
Who made the icons?
Most icons come from the game-icons.net community (CC BY 3.0). We also carry icons from Intrinsical’s D&D 5e set by David Kor Kian Wei and from ColorSym by Chris Eastridge and Luis Francisco (both CC BY-SA 4.0). Every icon credits its artist and license; select an icon in the studio to see it.
How long does it take?
Our usual turnaround for custom orders is 7–10 days.