{"id":737,"date":"2014-06-01T01:07:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T01:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/?p=737"},"modified":"2017-02-23T09:44:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T17:44:46","slug":"more-tokens-in-combat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/more-tokens-in-combat\/","title":{"rendered":"More Tokens in Combat"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently ran a couple of GURPS games at Gamex 2014<\/a>, and stumbled upon a great\u00a0method for pairing colored tokens and dice to speed up large combats. The encounter called for the four PCs to fight against eight NPC creatures (saber-tooth tigers). As mentioned in a previous post<\/a>, I picked up some fantastic glass tokens a while back, so I set aside eight red ones labeled 1-8.<\/p>\n

I also, around the same time, picked up a Farkle Party set, specifically to bring to conventions so each player could borrow their own color-coded d6s and dice cup:<\/p>\n

\"Farkle<\/a><\/p>\n

The night before running the game for the second time, I was doing a bit of prep and it suddenly occurred to me that the colors of the Farkle dice I had matched the four colors of my glass tokens. So, I replaced the eight red tokens (1-8) with a blue\u00a01, green 2, red 3, black 4, blue 5, green 6, red 7, and black 8.<\/p>\n

\"Dice-Counters\"<\/a><\/p>\n

During game time, as the encounter unfolded, I placed the multicolored tokens on the battle map. Then when it was time to roll for them to attack, I was able to roll 12d6 twice instead of 3d6 eight times. That is, I rolled all the dice at once, matched each 3d6\u00a0by color, and that gave\u00a0the attack results of four different NPCs (1-4) instead of just one. A second roll of 12d6 gave the other four (5-8).<\/p>\n

Over the course of a 10-turn combat, the savings in time was tremendous. The entire encounter was resolved in about 30 minutes, and a few of the players mentioned\u00a0how quickly the combat went, even with everyone choosing multiple different attack and defense options each turn. It was great!<\/p>\n

Other encounters were generally smaller (4-6 enemies), but those seemed quicker as well. I know for sure we got through more story than we would have otherwise.<\/p>\n

Yes, this is super obvious to me, now. But it really was super helpful.<\/p>\n

I’m always looking for ways to streamline, speed up mechanics, and have fewer dice rolls!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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