Horses & Other Pack Animals

[madhopper50]

Do Players prefer side views or overhead views of horses & pack animals? Do you prefer 1"x2" rectangle counters or 2 hex counters for these animals? Just trying to determine the consensus on this.

[Shostak]

I like side views generally, but they don’t really work well with things like horses and camels due to their height.

[Skarg]

I like top views for multi-hex creatures.

[phiwum]

Top views especially for animals that can have riders. It would look weird having a counter on either the front half or back half of a horse profile.

Mind, it'll still look weird since the rider isn't top-down, but I reckon we'll have to live with that. I've been playing TFT on Roll20 with an unholy mix of the top-down figures that roll20 provides and some TFT square or triangular counters. Evidently, I can live with ridiculous solutions to play this game.

[hcobb]

1" x 2" counters for two-hex creatures please with full 2-hex filling counters for terrain such as fire or shadow hexes.

[Shostak]

Yes, 1”x2” is best.

[tomc]

Originally Posted by hcobb

1" x 2" counters for two-hex creatures please with full 2-hex filling counters for terrain such as fire or shadow hexes.

It's a bit of a cheat, but you can get a 1" hexagonal punch at the craft store and make all the 1 hex terrain counters you could ever want. They'll do card stock, but not chipboard.

[David L Pulver]

Originally Posted by madhopper50

Do Players prefer side views or overhead views of horses & pack animals? Do you prefer 1"x2" rectangle counters or 2 hex counters for these animals? Just trying to determine the consensus on this.

A side view is prettier but a top view is more useful in TFT for practical purposes like facing especially when you need to stack a rider counter atop it, etc. and to match up with the other TFT counters.

[DeadParrot]

For in person tabletop: 3d minis are best, then near proper sized top down printed counters and lastly, whatever you can find. Flat stand-up figs can almost vanish if you happen to be edge on from your seat.

For VTT like Roll20, I like the top down views for both characters, NPCs and dungeon stuff. Works better for me for facing and stuff.

One easy way to make your own in person counters is to save those chip board type sheets that are often added to shipments. Glue printouts of horses, wagons etc to the sheets and cut after the glue dries.

[madhopper50]

I've printed some 1"x2" and 2"x2" counters on my old ink jet printer. Waiting for them to dry before spraying Krylon Matte Finish on them. Wagons & Carts may not be to scale, but they will be better than nothing.