Marking, bloodied etc.

[Bayuer]

Ok I was using many options but I don't have anything that fits my game. Maybe someone have made a some tokens etc for does conditions that are placed beneth figures? Or some better way of marking etc.

 

[ebertran]

I use tokens, but I make two sides, one side normal, the other side "bloodied."
Marks, I assign colors to the different PC's... Ranger green, Warlock red, Paladin white, and I have a tub I got at Office Max of colored magnets for $5.00 that does the trick.
For conditions, I posted some tokens earlier today down in this same forum...

 

[Meek]

I have these little filmy handkerchiefs in five different colors that I put over minis for marking of player-specific effects. It's stupid, but it's what I do!

 

[Variss]

My group uses these magnetic markers from Alea Tools.

Alea Tools, Home of Magnetically Stackable Markers!

They are stackable and fairly cheap. They also make a metallic self-adhesive material for placing on the bottom of your figures so they attract the stack of markers.

Likewise, Gale Force Nine makes magnetic bases to replace the plastic ones that come with so many figures these days. These work well with the Alea magnetic markers.

The Gale Force Nine Store

GF9 also have tons of laser etched markers for other games that could be co-opted into Bloodied, like the blood droplet "Massive Wound" markers which should bring attention to the Bloodied friend or foe quite nicely.

The Gale Force Nine Store

Litko Aero also makes a line of laser-etched plastic markers for 4E. They also have some 3D markers for other types of table top games.

4E Tokens: Litko Aerosystems, Inc.

Hope that helps.

 

[disarray2]

I use the tokens that have already been posted and some that I have made myself. I've already posted the condition marks I made to this post apparently since it won't allow me to do so again. We use tiny labels we stick on the mini's heads sometimes as well.

 

[darjr]

who makes the battlemat designed for magnets to stick to it?

I've seen pipe cleaners used to good affect. Bend them into a circle and place them over the mini's. At first they were supposed to drop down and surround the base, but eventually people would just hang them on the mini's.

Pipe cleaners come in a dizzying array of colors to boot.

 

[Wraith Form]

We use tiny hair ties--very small-diameter elastic circlets--that we got at Target (if you have one nearby). They're considerably smaller than normal hair ties--they'd fit snugly around a pinky finger. Since they're elastic they stretch around weird-shaped or large minis. When we hang them on the minis, they look like little leis. This spawns endless, "He got lei'd" jokes.

The bad thing is that these only come in three colors, so marking (and warlock curse effects, etc) is tricky--luckily they have a good number of blood red ones. We have to remember which mark is associated with which attacker. I'm toying with the idea of using permanant markers to individualize the hair ties so we can distinguish one "yellow mark lei" (for example) from another.

 

[MadLordOfMilk]

who makes the battlemat designed for magnets to stick to it?

This is the only one I know of: Dungeon Life Magna-Map Combat Grid battle map for Bendy Dungeon Walls & D&D

 

[Turtlejay]

We tried our first game with pipe cleaners today, and. . .I guess it wasn't spectacular. We were fighting a green dragon and the sheer amount of status effects on him and us became pretty distracting. Our current plan is to give the little rings to the players (who promptly put them on their fingers) but leave the marks on the enemies. That way we can tell which is marked, bloodied, etc.

I guess we will see how that works in larger fights, but so far I would call it less than ideal.

Jay

 

[House_Of_Dexter]

We use the Plastic Rings that come off the top of 16oz. Soda bottles...You can find them in all different colors...obvious ones Red-Coke, Green-Sprite, Brown-Root Beer, Clear-Water, Blue-Pepsi...the group goes out of its way to find weird drinks and colors...

 

[Riley]

Litko Aero also makes a line of laser-etched plastic markers for 4E. They also have some 3D markers for other types of table top games.

4E Tokens: Litko Aerosystems, Inc.

Hope that helps.

I use Litko's 4e markers. Additionally their "Red Mini Skulls" markers are great for "bloodied," and I use their small targeting markers for "marked."

I'd link to them, but I can't seem to access their website at the moment.

Their official names, from my invoice, are:

Mini Skulls (Set of 15) Blood Red $4.99
Targeting Reticules (Mini, set of 10) $4.99

Very cool stuff.

 

[juggler434]

We use poker chips in our group. Red for bloodied, Green for hunter's quarry, blue for fighters mark, and white for our warlock's curse. You can see them really well, but they are a little bigger than the squares on the mat, so when things get crowded it gets a little confusing.

 

[Nytmare]

We have colored counters for each player's marks (or mark analogues), and red glass beads to track bloodied(ness?), but I find that a color coded army of counters to track all the various conditions leads to it's own form of bookeeping that I'd rather not deal with. I find that the time spent digging through a stack of counters to find the right one takes longer than most conditions are even around.

To track conditions, I have a space on my initiative/combat tracker where I just type it in, and it highlights the person and reminds me.

 

[snotling]

I just picked up some 1" wooden circles from the local hobby store and painted them whatever colors I want. they fit under the minis and they work pretty good.

 

[Steve Jung]

We use poker chips in our group. Red for bloodied, Green for hunter's quarry, blue for fighters mark, and white for our warlock's curse. You can see them really well, but they are a little bigger than the squares on the mat, so when things get crowded it gets a little confusing.

1-inch diameter poker chips exist.

 

[Syrsuro]

1-inch diameter poker chips exist.

Well - 1 1/4 inch chips definately exist and are often called 1" chips. Unfortunately, the are too large to fit in a square.

I haven't yet found true 1" chips by themselves.

That said, I have used chips from a game called "Sequence" which has true 1" chips in three colors (red, blue and green).

I tend to use:

1) Alea markers (provided by one of my players) for marks, etc. Note: These have an annoying tendency to push each other around or jump together due to magnetism. Especially when used with unmagnetised miniatures.

2) The above mentioned Sequence chips (red) or Alea markers (red) for bloodied.

3) Flat glass marbles in a variety of colors for save ends and other short duration effects (any craft store will have a half-dozen or more colors).

I'm still looking for the ideal system.

The next component I want to add is a number or letter designator to make it easier to keep track of which critter is which. I'm thinking some form of marker attached to the top of the base with Handitak at present.

I also need some 2" square markers for large creatures, especially red for bloodied.

(Aside: I also cut some squares of plexiglass in various sizes to use to mark zones and other persistant area effects. This allows the terrain to be seen through them while still allowing their extent to be readily visible.)

Carl

 

[ebertran]

I use my own condition markers...
My homemade condition tokens « Newbie DM

I keep track of who is who by using tokens, it's easier for me and leads to faster game play.

 

[Syrsuro]

I use my own condition markers...
My homemade condition tokens « Newbie DM

I keep track of who is who by using tokens, it's easier for me and leads to faster game play.

Tokens are a quick and fast approach - the problem (such as it is) arises when stacking them. What I like about the Alea tools is the ability to look at a stack and see red, green, and blue: "Ah, that one is bloodied, the ranger's quarry and marked by the fighter." Or perhaps even red, green, blue, white and yellow - although once a creature goes beyond triple stacked, death seems to quickly follow in our group.

I'm afraid Stacks of paper tokens to not give that same quick analysis of the situation.

The other approach I have not yet tried, but suspect would work well, would be checkers of a design with interlocking teeth designed for stacking when being kinged. These ought to stack well (forming a stable stack is a key criteria, imho) and should be able to be found in the right size. Every now and then I head over to the EBAY game parts listing to look for some.

Carl

 

[Rel]

I plan to use the vast array of counters from my Descent boardgame. It has counters that are easily identifiable for lots of conditions like bloodies, poisoned, marked ect. Here's a pic (though they are kind of near the back of the table in this pic...

Descent: Journeys in the Dark Image | BoardGameGeek

 

[Neubert]

I went to my local DIY-store and got 5 of those paper paint samples for the colors white, red, black, blue, green and yellow/orange. I cut them out in roughly 1 inch squares and they now represent marking, curses and so on (and bloodied of course). A great (and free!) way of making markers/tokens - just remember to ask in the store if it is alright you take a bunch of the samples.
Only problem is that you can’t really stack a lot of them and still easily see each one (like with colored 1″ poker chips).