Technique for cleaning up the game table...
Feb 26, 2022 22:16:11 GMT
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Post by sgtslag on Feb 26, 2022 22:16:11 GMT
Here is a proposal for cleaning up the typical BS game table of Unit Roster cards, but it will also allow you to keep track of mixed figures, as to which Unit they belong to, even if you mix same figures from different Units, on the tabletop. I bought a tub of colored plastic Perler Beads. I bought a large, mixed tub, sorting them by color, for many an hour… Buy the single color batches, and save yourself loads of time! Here is a photo of the same BS game, without the Unit Roster cards everywhere.
You can see that in this game, players still dumped their Unit Roster Cards on the tabletop, in spite of most of the figures having colored tubes on their bases… There is a training/learning process involved.
Anyway, I glued some cut-off wooden sticks to the figure bases, which would allow the tubes to be changed to allow for figures to be reconfigured into different Units… Complete waste of time! For me. I began E6000 gluing the tubes directly onto the figure bases, and I realized that I will never bother changing up Units -- too much hassle, too much work, too little need for doing it. I also realized that Leaders will also be permanently assigned, as it simplifies Unit making, as well as speeding up building armies. Worth my while, in a massive way!
Unit of Gnomes, without any tubes.
Unit of Dwarf Spearmen, with purple tubes, front, rear, side view.
Comparison of unmarked Gnome next to marked Dwarf.
Hill Giants, Leader with Blue and White tubes, grunt with blue tube only.
Human Troops with colored Unit Flags, and matching color tubes, used on ever figure in that Unit.
I marked Leader figures using a white bead on the bottom, with an appropriate colored bead on top. One of the issues I encountered is that the wooden dowels (toothpicks) break off of the bases, too easily. Since I am not interested in changing Unit sizes and configurations, I am happy to just glue the beads directly onto the figure bases, directly. For the Leader figures, I glue a White bead onto the figure base, with the colored bead glued to the top of the White bead.
I tend to make Units around 10-20 figures each, leaning more towards 10 figures, because of Morale rules. I would rather see a Unit of 10 figures route, as opposed to a Unit of 50 figures routing. So for my Goblin Army, of 200+ figures, this means that I will likely have 20 Units within that Army. An Orc army of 50 figures will typically have 5 Units for the controlling player to move and fight with.
Each Unit will have a different color tube on their figure bases, allowing me to place them side-by-side, on the battlefield, but still able to tell which figure belongs to which Unit, eliminating confusion which I've encountered in the past. Cheers!
You can see that in this game, players still dumped their Unit Roster Cards on the tabletop, in spite of most of the figures having colored tubes on their bases… There is a training/learning process involved.
Anyway, I glued some cut-off wooden sticks to the figure bases, which would allow the tubes to be changed to allow for figures to be reconfigured into different Units… Complete waste of time! For me. I began E6000 gluing the tubes directly onto the figure bases, and I realized that I will never bother changing up Units -- too much hassle, too much work, too little need for doing it. I also realized that Leaders will also be permanently assigned, as it simplifies Unit making, as well as speeding up building armies. Worth my while, in a massive way!
Unit of Gnomes, without any tubes.
Unit of Dwarf Spearmen, with purple tubes, front, rear, side view.
Comparison of unmarked Gnome next to marked Dwarf.
Hill Giants, Leader with Blue and White tubes, grunt with blue tube only.
Human Troops with colored Unit Flags, and matching color tubes, used on ever figure in that Unit.
I marked Leader figures using a white bead on the bottom, with an appropriate colored bead on top. One of the issues I encountered is that the wooden dowels (toothpicks) break off of the bases, too easily. Since I am not interested in changing Unit sizes and configurations, I am happy to just glue the beads directly onto the figure bases, directly. For the Leader figures, I glue a White bead onto the figure base, with the colored bead glued to the top of the White bead.
I tend to make Units around 10-20 figures each, leaning more towards 10 figures, because of Morale rules. I would rather see a Unit of 10 figures route, as opposed to a Unit of 50 figures routing. So for my Goblin Army, of 200+ figures, this means that I will likely have 20 Units within that Army. An Orc army of 50 figures will typically have 5 Units for the controlling player to move and fight with.
Each Unit will have a different color tube on their figure bases, allowing me to place them side-by-side, on the battlefield, but still able to tell which figure belongs to which Unit, eliminating confusion which I've encountered in the past. Cheers!