What play aids are people using?
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GalagaGalaxian
Mongoose
Just Open Office's spreadsheet program. Nothing fancy for me I'm afraid. Still, whipped this up yesterday, though I'm not sure just how useful it might be.
doublenot7
Mongoose
I borrowed the preview of the Mongoose sheets and made some blank sheets for now, I pasted the action tokens to poker chips, and use the firing arc/turning wheel from another Big Fun Game that is space based.
McKinstry said:
I looked at Litko's markers. Wow, nice but expensive. Especially when you want 75 markers to indicate how many ships have attacked a given target with drones. (8 sets @ $6.99).
Anyone make similar markers, maybe out of a less expensive material or something? I looked around on Google, and didn't find any small volume custom makers.
GamerDude
Cosmic Mongoose
Glass counting beads, poker chips (or the colored bingo chips) etc. I purchased the Litko marker set for Savage Worlds... they were not as advertised. They provide sites selling them with a picture of the laser etched words colored in w/white crayon - but you're allowed to think they come filled in. Then their customer service manager claimed "I looked at that site, its a picture they took themselves not our responsibility"... turns out the Litko page for the tokens has all this info on coloring them in etc.. and that same picture. When I called them on lying, false information and I was going to start posting this on forums - well they shipped me a free set precolored in, and with the crappiest white crayon ever (I used Crayola - they used something that was more grey).billclo said:
I have a company, http://www.dapperdevil.com - met them at OrcCon in LA in Feb. Great stuff I don't remember if they do custom. They DO fill the etching with white paint... not crayon but *paint*. They have a huge selection.
Stumonster
Mongoose
I like the missile counter . . not custom and could be a "drone". A little on the pricey side though . . basically $6.90 for 10.
http://dapperdevil.com/product/missile-rocket
Hey guys! Just joined, so I wasn't aware of the aids made by other players, some of which are pretty darned awesome! I've already completed my own reference cards, based on the MGP ones (though definitely not as fancy looking), with two to a sheet. Each card is about half a page, and you can cut them into individuals if you want. I've got most of the Federation fleet done, and all the contents of the Klingon fleet box done. There's also a quick reference sheet for special actions at the end. Here's an example card:
More details and stuff can be found at my blog. Enjoy!
More details and stuff can be found at my blog. Enjoy!
Greg Smith
Mongoose
That's a pretty cool looking card.
Look not only is it a great looking card thank you so much for doing this for the community!
Not only have you made a great tool you have made way more easy to get new players in to the game. Its people like you doing cool stuff like this that will grow this game.
Cheers mate! 8)
Not only have you made a great tool you have made way more easy to get new players in to the game. Its people like you doing cool stuff like this that will grow this game.
Cheers mate! 8)
GamerDude
Cosmic Mongoose
I was just working on a spreadsheet that would allow you to just input the code for the ship and it would do a table lookup to fill everything in.
Yours are more elegant and amazing. Excellent job.
Can I make one suggestion... possibly put the ship type in a box, maybe with a light colored background to better represent that faction? I use white letters on medium-dark green for Klingon, and a Med blue w/white for Feds.
Yours are more elegant and amazing. Excellent job.
Can I make one suggestion... possibly put the ship type in a box, maybe with a light colored background to better represent that faction? I use white letters on medium-dark green for Klingon, and a Med blue w/white for Feds.
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