So it looks like there is a product page up for a Starfinder Alien Core Token Box coming in January, though the forum thread there does not seem to be open for comments. Was there any announcement or discussion about this box here or is this a silent announcement of sorts?
It's a bit of a bummer that they are tokens rather than stand-up pawns like Pathfinder. I know that there were SF tokens in Murder in Metal City but was hoping it was a one time thing to make that particular set cost effective, but this seems to suggest tokens will be the new standard for Starfinder.
On the other hand, I realize that they had to sunset the SF1e pawns line a few years back, so it's not too surprising that they are not reopening it for 2nd edition, and on that note I guess it is good news at least we're getting something physical here for those of us planning to play SF2 on an actual (non-virtual) tabletop.
I hope these tokens will be larger than the ones in Murder in Metal City. I would expect tokens for Medium creatures to be a full 1" diameter, but the ones in MiMC were much smaller than that, regardless of creature size. That makes them much harder to identify from across the table (especially when most of my players are middle-aged, with corrected vision). For the PCs, I ended up pulling the best approximations I could from my SF 1E pawn sets, just so my players and I could tell which pawn was whose.
Well I am disappointed...why is starfinder getting tokens when pathfinder is still producing pawns? The "Murder in Metal City" tokens were not good at all. Hard to see and way too small. They sure did not feel "deluxe" at all, they felt cheap. Disappointing :(
Agreed, and I suspect it will likely affect sales as folks like myself who have a collection of SF1e pawns will likely opt not to bother starting a new collection of tokens whereas I would have almost certainly purchased additional pawns to add to my existing collection.