Earlier I posted an article on making your own counters for games. Since then I’ve used them in my Dungeons & Dragons game, and tried different things, and here’s some things I’ve found:
- It’s a good idea to give the players their own color tokens, or write their names on them. If you have a whole bunch of tokens, players may start forgeting that token B is a party member and D is a goblin.
- Avoid putting too much information about the enemy on their token. Players will start trying to get an edge by guessing what HR means.
- Blank tokens are great. Put them out and pencil in information. Use a soft lead pencil, since hard lead may be hard to read.
- I have not found a good 2″ hole punch yet. The Marvy 1″ is the only one I’ve found to punch through a comic book board.
- Laminating a token is not good for wet erase. Still have to try dry erase and grease pencil.
I’ve also found I spend too much time drawing maps and wiping them off the Battlemat. I’m going to try Dungeon Tiles next, and also make my own tiles for Keep on the Shadowfell.
Tags: counter, Dungeons & Dragons, tokens