Greetings!
I have a FT game in the upcoming GZG-ECC that includes
a fair number of ships. I now have all of them in SSD format (using Visio) and
am getting ready to print print them out. Now I have this question:
What is the best way to organize them for printing?
My game is designed for 4-12 people (2-6 per side).
The Human side has UNSC, ESU, FSE or PAU, NAC and NSL task forces. The Kra'Vak
side is divided into clans (players), but I wanted to leave the division of
ships up to the players at game time.
Last year I ran a Human vs pre-FB2 Sa'Vasku force. I
Had 2-3 ships per page, but only divided the pages
by Human/SV. This meant that sometimes players were
marking off on the same sheets or tearing sheets into halves.
My first thought for this year was to print the ships onto index cards by ship
type (Vandenburg, Nanuchka, etc.) and distribute the stack of each Nation to a
player. Each of the ships are numbered, both on the miniature and SSD, so the
cards could be organized into numerical order. This would also facilitate
trimming the forces down if I get fewer players than expected. This also
allows the KV to split their forces easier.
However, someone on the list mentioned an aversion to flipping through SSD
pages. I could print as many as 6 SSDs on one 8.5x11 sheet, but I fear this
would
lead to sheet-sharing.
So, again, my question to the list (and specifically
GZG-ECC going FT players is:
What is the best way to organize them for printing? Multiple Cards? Fewer
Pages? Something else?
> At 12:59 PM 1/8/01 -0500, you wrote:
For the game I ran on Friday, I had all of the ships printed out on individual
cards. As I assigned them to each player, I taped the cards for each one to a
single sheet. Worked well enough; would have been even better if I'd picked
out the forces before sitting down at the table. If I'd made the cards a bit
smaller, it would have been ideal.
That being said, for the upcoming Big Game I'm going to be printing them out
as four or six ships on a single sheet. Quicker, easier, and less of a
headache for me. The players seem happy enough to get the ships assigned to
them.
> ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -----
You could also put them in those transparent plastic bags (sorry, don't know
the exact english term) used for documents, collectible cards, fotos etc. and
write on those with erasable pen. There are various types
with sub-divisions where you can put 4, 6, or more cards in. Look for a
way to make your SSD fit one of those formats.
Greetings
> "Bell, Brian K (Contractor)" wrote:
> <snippage>
I have all of my SSDs printed onto cards roughly 85mm x 55mm. These are large
enough for all but the biggest ships (the two giant ESU ships are a problem
because it isn't physically possible to get the damage tracks on that size of
card). I then laminate these in small plastic pockets (designed for business
cards, hence the choice of size for the SSDs) which cost around 5p (7c) each.
Since these cards are individual it's easy to organise them into fleets. If
anyone finds shuffling the
individual cards to be a pain, they can be stuck to A4 / legal sized
paper or card at nine to a sheet using Blu-Tak (or whatever the
equivalent is in the US).
Because the cards are reusable (mark damage with a chinagraph pencil or
non-permanent OHP pen) I decided it was worthwhile making a decent job
of them, so I've printed them out in colour with national flag markings on the
sheet etc for easy fleet identification.
If you find your eyesight going with the larger ships, I've now found laminate
pockets designed for 5"x3" or 6"x4" photographs that could be put to use for
ships with cluttered SSDs.
> "Bell, Brian K (Contractor)" wrote:
[...]
> So, again, my question to the list (and specifically
Well, everyone has their own system which works. Me, I
have generally printed each SSD (in larger-than-in-the-book
scale) along with a 'movement orders' block table beneath the SSD on a single
sheet of paper. It's not the most efficient use of paper, but given the
resources I have to work with, it spins off quickly enough.
Karl, I've been speaking English for 34 years and I myself can't think of a
better name than platstic bags either. Excepts that bag sounds extra floppy
so perhaps I would use sleve? Don't worry -- we all understood you.
And I still don't know what to call those damn things.
Umm....Sheet protectors...works great with grease pencils... (The heavier
sheet protector, the better.)
Donald Hosford
> Peter Mancini wrote:
> Karl, I've been speaking English for 34 years and I myself can't think
And I
> still don't know what to call those damn things.