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Do you use the counters?
by prune
Published on 15 September 2012 - 07:51:14
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Reply #16 | Published on 19 September 2012 - 00:44:23

Found a sample on-line:

 

A fourth red would be needed.

I have harnessed the shadows that stride from world to world to sow death and madness...

Reply #17 | Published on 19 September 2012 - 13:18:43

You can find plastic "gems" exactly like these super-cheap at craft and party supply stores.  They're the same tokens that ship with Ascension (that game uses big red and small white ones).

Reply #18 | Published on 19 September 2012 - 18:05:58

My local game store had them for .15 each so I picked up the 7 I would need and they have worked out great. 

Laying down some red a blue ice crystals, oh yea!

I have harnessed the shadows that stride from world to world to sow death and madness...

Reply #19 | Published on 21 September 2012 - 22:17:00
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Much as I like the new tokens, nostalgia will undoubtedly force me to dig out the tokens/box from the old Netrunner Data Pack.

"What I like best about you, Neal, is that you trust me."

Reply #20 | Published on 22 September 2012 - 14:13:19
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I use all the tokens but I do like the idea of filling the click card and emptying it as you go, so I might grab some beads for that

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Reply #21 | Published on 26 September 2012 - 22:08:25

I just use different colored glass beads for counters, clicks, etc.  Coming from playing MtG, I'm used to having beads and dice all over the play space.

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Reply #22 | Published on 29 September 2012 - 07:18:17

I've not punched out a single token from the card set.

 

I use coloured plastic "bits" Red and Blue for the two faction for the bits, sorry credits, and advancement tokens. Action trackers I don't use.

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Reply #23 | Published on 30 September 2012 - 08:20:59
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While some people here don’t like to use dice, I actually like them for my card and tabletop games. They’re convenient: one object contains several values at once. That makes putting them into the game or taking them out much easier than moving around several objects. Also, counters (102 in the Core set!) can be a pain to keep track off when you’re starting a game or packing up. It’s much easier to lose a couple of 102 counters than any of a small bagful of dice.

Yes, it’s easy to accidentally (or deliberately) roll a die to show the wrong value, but that’s nothing to be feared if a) you’re playing with people you trust, and/or b) pay attention and make sure everything is out in the open, in plain sight.

If I can just get enough right colored dice for my game, roughly:

1 Blue D4 – Corp Click Tracker

1 Red D4 – Runner Click Tracker

10 Green D6 – Credits

8 Black D6 – Advancement (prefer to separate Credits and Advancement)

1 Red D6 – Brain Damage

3 Yellow D6 – Bad Publicity / Tag

8 Purple D6 - Generic

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Reply #24 | Published on 01 October 2012 - 09:12:23
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For commonly handled tokens (bits, virus, advancement, etc) I'm using a few color glass markers - red for runner, blue for corp, and white for bits. I've also ordered a set of the Litko Monolith markers to use as click trackers, moving them from my tracker card to the board relative to my action as noted previously.

Reply #25 | Published on 01 October 2012 - 15:13:51

I don't mind the click track.

Person whose turn it's NOT.  No counter on the track.

Person whose turn it's on.  Put the counter on the track at your number.  3 or 4.  This works even if you have to get up from the table for a break.

 

Problem is I have a toddler in the house and if he's around things can "accidentally" get knocked around.  In those cases having beads is a good idea.  If you have a total of 4 beads it doesn't matter if things get knocked around a little you still have 4 beads.

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Reply #26 | Published on 11 October 2012 - 23:25:13
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 I like to use the 20-sided spindown counter from MTG to represent credits. It's very convenient, and all the consecutive numbers are next to each other. 

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Reply #27 | Published on 12 October 2012 - 10:58:39
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Metropolis Games said:

juggler434 said:

 

For the runner, since I play criminal, I use four of the characters from Infiltration as my team, and take one off every time I take an action.

 

 

That's pretty cool - I love the idea that you have your criminal gang with you when pulling Bank Jobs etc.

 

Yeah, that is definitely clever and cool.

 

I use all the tokens from the box set, because it's unambiguous what they are -- if things get knocked around there's no question as to "what was this again?", and it's easier to teach new players with. I even use the click tracker and card, if I take any length of time at all to decide on actions in the middle of the turn, so neither me nor my opponent forgets what click I was on.

 

(I put the click tracker on the space corresponding to what action I am ON -- it's on 1 at the start of the turn, 2 after I have spent 1 click, etc. My friend who I play the most with puts his click tracker on the space corresponding to the action he JUST COMPLETED, meaning at the start of the turn it isn't on his card, and he never places it in space 4 of the Runner track or space 3 of the Corp track as when he has completed those actions his turn is over. Which bothers the hell out of me, and he admits makes less sense, but he just cannot get used to doing it the other way.)

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Reply #28 | Published on 13 October 2012 - 23:39:47
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Yes, I do.  It keeps everyone honest.

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Reply #29 | Published on 17 October 2012 - 01:33:33
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They don't travel particularly well, but at home I'm using b&w Go stones for my credits and advancements.  What I'm finding I really like is using my set of Looney / IceHouse pyramids for turn counters and persistent credits on cards.  I make a stack of clear pyramids in descending size, with a small purple or blue one at the center.  Resembles layers of ice protecting an agenda at the core…. (http://www.looneylabs.com/looney-pyramids)

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Reply #30 | Published on 17 October 2012 - 07:02:35

 I do and I found a nice Plano container that holds all the tokens from two sets and fits nicely in the box.

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