I love the game, but the cubes are so anonymous. I made a counter sheet that gives you an era marker, the Panama Canal, Technology, Tourists, Natives, and some other markers. Print out the file on card stock or stiff photo print paper, glue it to a piece of cardboard (foam paper at an art supply store works better), and then cut it out with a paper trimmer. This makes two sets of counters so you can choose which ones you like the best to make your set. All you need is this:

1. One Era Marker
2. One Panama Canal Marker
3. 5 Natives
4. One Surplus All marker (kind of boring, I know)
5. 5 +100 Profit Markers
6. 3 Tourist Markers
7. 1 Most Cities Markers
8. 20 cities.

At least for me, this makes Manifest Destiny a more enjoyable game. I'm no fan of gray, skyblue, brown, and other colored cubes that I have to look up every time I set the game up!

Enjoy!