THE FANTASY TRIP - *KickStarter Campaign* Schedule

Skarg · 03-27-2018, 04:05 PM

I've always preferred TFT flat counters to miniatures or cardboard heroes.

They're very functional for TFT/GURPS where the facing matters and (at least in the battles we've often had in our games) there tend to be piles of dead and grappling bodies and other objects in the same hexes, which a 3D standing counter doesn't handle very well.

Importantly, flat counters are also much much easier to create, especially with modern computers and printers. And that makes having the pieces for lots of situations much easier and cheaper, and lets GMs make fun custom counters and stuff relatively easily instead of shopping for an painting miniatures, etc.

The Melee dropped weapon counters I like but they are tiny and fiddly. The Cardboard Heroes style flat weapon counters were larger and so easier to handle.

What I think would be ideal would be counters with backs that also show a body silhouette with the same ID as the front. Especially cool (though this could just be a fan project) would be if a two-sided PDF could be made without IDs but with a variety of body silhouettes on the backs, in a format that works to take to a copy shop... though I don't know if that's actually yet something that will reliably work.

03-27-2018, 04:05 PM	#23
Skarg Join Date: May 2015	*Re: THE FANTASY TRIP - KickStarter Campaign* Schedule** I've always preferred TFT flat counters to miniatures or cardboard heroes. They're very functional for TFT/GURPS where the facing matters and (at least in the battles we've often had in our games) there tend to be piles of dead and grappling bodies and other objects in the same hexes, which a 3D standing counter doesn't handle very well. Importantly, flat counters are also much much easier to create, especially with modern computers and printers. And that makes having the pieces for lots of situations much easier and cheaper, and lets GMs make fun custom counters and stuff relatively easily instead of shopping for an painting miniatures, etc. The Melee dropped weapon counters I like but they are tiny and fiddly. The Cardboard Heroes style flat weapon counters were larger and so easier to handle. What I think would be ideal would be counters with backs that also show a body silhouette with the same ID as the front. Especially cool (though this could just be a fan project) would be if a two-sided PDF could be made without IDs but with a variety of body silhouettes on the backs, in a format that works to take to a copy shop... though I don't know if that's actually yet something that will reliably work.