Broken Ground Design Thread

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"I prefer a simple counter for every scenario: black hat on one side, white hat on the other side."--footsteps
Eh, give me more eye candy! There are a few scenario turn counter combos not available for the obscure battles; German vs Yugoslavian; Italian vs Yugoslavian leap to mind.
 

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Black & White is so Seventies (SPI) and boring...
I don't know.

I believe that some of the new colored counters of TPPs are too colorful and that the lines especially of the vehicles are hard to discern bytimes. On top of that, camo patterns (even of a single TPP) vary and might not fit to the given situation. Desert camo in a winter scenario? Winter camo in summery woodland? Hm...

I am not saying that BG counters are not well done. The opposite is the case and BG even closes gaps in counters on offer due to being OoP etc. BG was the first to take a systematic approach for offering counters. Order by nationality and not by HASL / particular product. This is BG's main innnovation that deserves full credit.

Yet, personally, I still prefer the "classic" AH/MMP black & white counter style above all others for the abovementioned reasons.

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For the turn record counter I perfer it to show the "ASL" country 'style' nationality flag. It just makes for quicker and in my opinion a better read on the game table who's turn it is, like a gentle reminder. You don't have to think about it if you see the US star and your playing the Japanese to know it's 'his' turn. With a B/W Attacker/Defender counter that is really rather boring and makes you think who's turn is it since generally speaking both players are essentially attacking and defending (Que in that line from that old 70's movie about the hypothetical Sgt. Steiner, the General calls the Colonel and the Colonel say's "I am attacking, no I am defending, no they are attacking, we are counter attacking in his mixed up, panicked English German accent). ?

I am just saying...
 

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I suppose I could do a half-sheet of all the possible combinations of Attacker/Defender. :eek:

On second thought.......
Hi Alan,

There is already an extensive line of multinational turn counters from BFP. I enjoy the countersets from you that provide something that isn't out there like your berserkers and Partisans. I know that you are working on getting out your PTO line, but after that I would love to see you produce sets for Republican and Nationalist Spanish for SCW scenarios. The only ones out there are pretty poor CH ones from Guerra Civil. Have you considered those?
 

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Hi Alan,

There is already an extensive line of multinational turn counters from BFP. I enjoy the countersets from you that provide something that isn't out there like your berserkers and Partisans. I know that you are working on getting out your PTO line, but after that I would love to see you produce sets for Republican and Nationalist Spanish for SCW scenarios. The only ones out there are pretty poor CH ones from Guerra Civil. Have you considered those?
Have you been peaking in my diary?
 

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BFP produced turn counters? I know I read that somewhere before.
 

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Hey Alan,

What are the round looking counters?
These are from an old Russian front game. I saved the counters because they stand out and do not take up too much space. Really good for VLs and location control.
 

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I hope to be bringing these (in playtest form) with me to the ASL Chengdu Tourney along with my BG Japanese and GMD counters. Can't think of a better ASL venue for these to make their debut.
 
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Been working up the vehicle notes for the extras in Alan's set. I should have started with the countries that have the least...
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