Carson City: Meeple Source Upgrade Kit & Kickstarter Review

Meeple Source Offers Upgrades for Popular Board Games

Board game enthusiasts have a new option for enhancing their gaming experience, thanks to upgrade kits offered by Meeple Source. The company is currently running a Kickstarter campaign for a 2024 series of upgrade kits, and also provides upgrades for specific titles like Carson City.

Meeple Source specializes in creating custom game components, including character meeples, full game upgrade kits, and various shaped resource bits. According to the company’s website, they cater to a wide range of customization needs for board game players.

Currently, some items are experiencing stock issues. The Meeple Source website indicates that certain products are out of stock, with an option for customers to add their email address to receive a notification when the items become available again. This suggests continued demand for their products.

Specifically for the game Carson City, Meeple Source offers a “Big Box” upgrade kit. A discussion on BoardGameGeek from November 16, 2023, reveals that the company responded to customer requests to offer a replacement for the game’s gun tokens. One user expressed a preference for the three-gun token, noting its clarity in representing a value of three.

The Kickstarter campaign, launched for the 2024 series, includes painted wooden upgrades for several popular games, including Wyrmspan, Wingspan, Ark Nova, Obsession, Colt Express, Expeditions, Woodcraft, Dinosaur Island, and Honey Buzz. A YouTube video promoting the Kickstarter campaign was posted, but the date of the video is not specified beyond the copyright notice of © 2026 Google LLC.

Meeple Source’s offerings extend beyond individual game upgrades. They produce a variety of custom bits for games, including character meeples, mini meeples, mega meeples, and animeeples, catering to diverse aesthetic preferences within the board gaming community.