We’re pleased to announce that the Reformed BARGE Chip Committee (BCC2.0) is making sets for BARGE 2025, as well as make-up sets for 2020, 2021, and 2023.
Orders are now open at this link. Ordering will be open through June 1. At that time, we will place the order with our vendor, and expect to have chips ready in time for BARGE 2025.
Note that each set has some limited-release special chips that are not part of the sample set. As is tradition, all of the sets have a special purple chip with the previous main event winner’s picture. These chips are not available as part of the sample set.
2025 Chips
10 chips in sample set
Tim’s chips are nuts. There are 10 chips in this sample set.
2023 Chips
8 chips in sample set
Jesse’s chips feature a variety of ducks ready for a variety of holidays. There are 8 chips in this sample set.
2021 Chips
8 chips in sample set
Russ’ 2020 win came with an asterisk, and so do his chips. There are 8 chips in this sample set.
2020 Chips
8 chips in sample set
Scott’s chips feature his signature hand and a desert sunset. There are 8 chips in this sample set.
Order Form
Note that:
- All sales final once ordering is closed. We are using money from orders to buy chips. We can’t give your money back once we send it to the vendor.
- All chips must be pre-ordered and pre-paid. While we plan to deliver them at BARGE, we can’t sell them there.
If you need to cancel or change an order, please let us know while orders are still open.
FAQ
Why the markup?
Chip sample set sales pay for the trophy sets for the main event winner, plus special purple chips for many other BARGErs.
Why do the 2025 chips cost more?
10-chip set.
Are the purple chips part of the chipsets?
No, by tradition, they’re given out as prizes, and a few are given to the winner on the chip. (Many of the sets have a “violet” chip. The purple chips have the main event winner on them.)
Why do the 2023 and 2025 chips have denominations?
Jesse and Tim wanted denominations. Tim uses poker chips for board games, and has found some board game players can’t handle un-denominated chips. (See also Tim’s trip report.)
What about 2022 and 2024 sets?
Maybe next year.
What about the BCC Fund?
The BCC had a nest egg from many years of sales of BARGE chips, which the Board and the Organizers have kept safe, and we have been given access to. We are using this to fund this batch of chips. We intend to break even.
What about bulk sales?
If you want to buy enough chips make a “bulk” set for you to, say, play poker with, we are happy to do so!
We ask that you first buy a sample set for the corresponding year, and you buy a minimum of 20 chips in any color that you want to order in bulk.
Start by submitting an order for the corresponding sample set, and email Tim with the details of your bulk order.
Pricing will be dependent on sales of sample sets.
What chips are available from previous years?
The BCC had a stockpile of back years for sale. We plan to have an inventory of these soon and will make them available again.
However, do not count on 2020, 2021, 2023, or 2025 being available in the future. Old chips do not sell well, so we will not be ordering many extra sets, if any. Get them now while you can.
Who is doing this?
This page is on barge.org as a courtesy to the Reformed BARGE Chip Committee (BCC2.0), an ad-hoc and ill-defined group which is making chips. This is not an “official” activity of BARGE, Inc., or the Organizers.
Members of BCC2.0 may include Doug Grismore, Bruce Kramer, Kevin Un, Patrick Milligan, Scott Harker, and Tim Showalter.
Whose fault is this?
If anything goes wrong, blame Tim.