Having hosted remote games via Zoom for several years now, I decided to take up a different tack on how to display status dice for my frequent Basic Impetvs games.
Up until now, 16mm status dice (VBU and Impetvs Bonus) have been placed on the raised cleat at the left rear of each stand. These dice are big, a bit unwieldy, and occasionally topple down from the cleat during play. The benefit of these larger dice is that players can easily see these dice from the overhead webcams when participating in remote games.
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| 16mm Status Dice |
In the last game with five players (see Zallaqah 1086), I switched out the 16mm status dice for smaller, 12mm dice. These 12mm dice still occasionally toppled down from the cleat during play but not as often as with the 16mm dice. As an encouraging bonus, not one player commented about the change in dice. Now, they either did not notice the swap or could not see the pips to begin with and refrained from commenting. The Rejects are a very polite group, so the answer certainly could be the latter! |
| 12mm Status Dice |
Hearing no open rebellion, I decided to take this to the next level by fixing the smaller dice onto the cleat. Looking for dice trays or frames, I discovered that Warbases make a dual frame for 12mm dice. The frames were exactly what I was looking to find! I placed an order and the order arrived quickly. This was my first order from Warbases. Service and product were excellent.  |
| Comparison 1: Old vs New |
Since the Zallaqah battle is up for a replay on Friday, I set to work affixing these dice frames to the stands needed for the Zallaqah battle. Cutting out the frames and sticking each to a base did not take too long for the 50 stands needed for the upcoming game. |
| Comparison 2: Old vs New |
To my eye, this improves the look of the stand and adds a bit of tidiness and stability to the status dice. My only problem now is that I have at least three very large collections that require similar treatment. Hopefully, I bought enough frames to re-engineer all of the bases and bring all of the Basic Impetvs collections up to current specifications. I think I did but much work lies ahead.
That look very smart and tidy, Jon, nicely done!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Keith!
DeleteNice solution, looks great. Can't go wrong with Warbases, great firm to deal with.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Ordering was easy and delivery fast.
DeleteA neat solution. In the remote games you host you provide warning when units are fragile. Until then I generally do not worry about the dice numbers.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that should have recently asked me about dice frames when I rebased my Ancients.
ReplyDeleteLooks a big improvement Jon. Will find out if there’s any issue from a player’s point of view tomorrow!
Chris
12mm (or 10mm, I can’t remember what I bought) is a good half-way house. I was finding my micro dice too small, not so much to see the pips, but rather just in handling with my sausage fingers, while the very big dice distract from the beauty of the base.
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