What do you call those things that you play board games with?

Question

like the ur player chip or sumthing....like in snakes and ladders there are different colours of them same with cranium or clue or monopoly! in monopoly they're shaped as random things... i'm not sure what they're called....

they're are the thing u represent yourself with in a board game..

i feel so dumb for not knowing what they're called.... =/

Answer 1

They're called game pieces.

Answer 2

Hum, the things I play board games with are called...friends. (sorry I couldn't help myself). What you are asking about are usually called "pieces" or "markers". They are used to represent a players position in the game. They can be as simple as a stone or piece of plastic, or they can be as elaborate as a small sculpture.

Answer 3

they are called tokens

Answer 4

Tokens, pawns, markers, men, pieces are  some of the more frequently used terms.