u/CaptainBlueBeard1

I’m really happy to share that we’ve found the lead artist/illustrator for the game!

Miguel Valenzuela u/CarRaccoon is an awesome artist, who has already started working on the Tokelau, and attached you can see an early example of one of the character (crew) cards. https://www.instagram.com/mythicalcatraccoon/

This is still an early test, but I’m really excited about the direction. The style, personality, and overall mood feel like they could fit the world of the game really well, and it’s exciting to finally see more of Tokelau’s characters come to life visually.

I’d love to hear your feedback. How does the card design feel overall? Does the character art fit the Polynesian early settlers theme?

Tokelau is an upcoming 2–6 player fast-paced strategy board game about exploration, settlement, and trade across Polynesia.

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Hi Reddit,

I wanted to share my experience from CanGames 2026 this weekend in Ottawa. https://cangames.ca/

Tokelau recently made its way to CanGames, an RPG-heavy gaming convention, and honestly, I was a little nervous going in. We had very few players signed up ahead of time, so I wasn’t sure if the game would even hit the table.

But right before the session started, a group of people decided at random to give Tokelau a try.

Huge relief — and honestly, huge gratitude.

Tokelau is a 2–6 player fast-paced strategy board game about exploration, settlement, and trade across Polynesia.

More playtests are coming soon in Ottawa, and I’m excited to keep improving the game based on community feedback.

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Hi Reddit,

I’ve gotten a lot of helpful feedback from several communities — shoutout to r/BoardgameDesign.

So a lot of work was done on improving the style, coloring, and overall readability of my game tokens.

I'm now working on the Goods cards. These are cards players can collect throughout the game, and the backgrounds use different patterns to help represent different types of goods.

I attached a quick render of the 3 different spinoffs of the same design. Curious whether the text is readable at a glance, whether the background patterns help or feel distracting, how the overall card layout feels, and whether the icons, text, and infographic elements look properly sized. Which one do you like the best?

Tokelau is a 2–6 player fast-paced strategy board game about exploration, settlement, and trade across Polynesia.

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and in r/wagglebeegames

Hey everyone,

I’m working on updated resource token art for my upcoming game Tokelau and could really use some feedback.

I put together this self-made render for testing purposes only, and I want to see how readable the tokens are at a glance.

These tokens each represent a different resource in the game, and I’m curious how recognizable they actually are without any labels.

What resource do you think each token represents? I’d love to see your guesses in the comments.

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