Here's the single-page Four Against Darkness game board I whipped up. It's got the recommended 20x28 grid, 4 character sheets, and an empty "table" for logging your encounters, etc. Let me know what you think about it, any changes you would make, or if any of it isn't self-explanatory (the "poison bottle" line on the character sheet was intended for status / ailments like "turned to stone" or "dead"). Here's the link:
https://wispsoftime.com/content/4ad-game-board/
(edit: updated link)
Here's my current game in progress. Things are going swimmingly compared to the last one!
ReplyDeleteWesley Camp, I forgot to tag you in the post, but this is the sheet you asked about in the other thread!
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Spencer Salyer ty for this share. I love it but will admit I add a grid of 30 by 40 for a bit bigger map. So i can have a quick nap and a longer play map.
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ReplyDeleteI see what you did there! Yeah, I was curious if folks used larger grids or not, but I went with what the rules recommend.
ReplyDeleteI could probably make some variants with larger grids, but this will shrink the grid squares down, obviously. I can decrease the page margin of. 5", but then risk printing issues for some people, or perhaps rearrange things differently. In any case, let me know what you think!
Spencer Salyer it is really up to how people use it. So I would suggest two variants for options. May I suggest an encounter counter to capture the number of minions fought. Also I use a color die for each char and wrote it on the name field. But over all this is a great bit of work by you. 👍👍👍👍
ReplyDeleteI started to add column headers in the upper right for Vermin, Minions, Boss, Weird, but decided to leave it all blank so it could be used in such a way or for notes or numbered/room by room encounters. How would you envision a minion counter? A box for tally marks, a series of 10 bubbles to fill (like a CRPG experience bar)?
ReplyDeleteSpencer Salyer I made the later of 10 bubbles to fill
ReplyDeleteSpencer Salyer here is my first start with your sheet
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30x42 actually fit better (same aspect ratio), xp bubbles added unobtrusively on the bottom/middle of the table.
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That looks amazing! I need to play this game.
ReplyDeleteWesley Camp , that looks great! Let me know if you think of any further improvements.
ReplyDeleteRich Glover, I found the rulebook a bit poorly laid out (or at least I didn't follow the logic of it, if it's there), but once I played through, with quite a bit of page turning, it's become more intuitive. And fun, of course. :-) Worth the $8, and I look forward to trying out the expansion and adventure modules.
ReplyDeleteSpencer Salyer hello. Can I cross post this play sheet to my 4AD collection on G+ ? I would love to share you work for others.
ReplyDeleteHow does this look printed to a standard 8.5"X11" piece of paper?
ReplyDeleteHey Todd, it's laid out as 8.5x11 letter size paper with a half inch margin. I posted a picture earlier in this thread of the 20x28 grid. Here's one of the 30x42 grid.
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Wesley Camp I tagged you in a separate post with a link to my blog, if you wouldn't mind sharing that one to your 4AD collection, I would be grateful! (Thankful? on Thanksgiving?!)
ReplyDeleteDammit Spencer Salyer, that my last excuse for not getting 4AD. FINE! I guess I'll pick it up...
ReplyDeleteSorry, Todd. You've made me buy Scarlet Heroes, so we're even (good thing it was on sale)!
ReplyDeleteSpencer Salyer That's a powerful argument. All right, I purchased it. Now I need to wait till next week so I can print everything out at work :D
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