I find that I often forget to manage the timer(s) during my games, as I get wrapped up in other GM tasks. As such, I decided I needed something bigger – more front-and-center – to remind me to decrement the timer. And I wanted this to be visible and obvious to the players, too, to remind them that Things Will Happen!
I’ve also found that a simple die on the table showing the Target Number is insufficient. The target cards shared here previously were really close to what I wanted, but ended up being more clutter on my table during the game.
I created this draft set of dials to try to present timer and targets in a very visible, and easy to manage, way:
Player side:
GM side:
This is very much a work in progress! I’ve taught myself a fair bit about Affinity Photo on my iPad. I’m still struggling with the construction, as I’m not sure how best to secure the dials to the board. I’ve got some more things to try, but the simple thumbtack in these photos is enough to get started.
Here’s a PDF if you want to make these for yourself!
I’d love to assistance on making the player-facing side of this more interesting. I tried to arrange some of the official ICRPG art into a collage, but it just didn’t look appealing enough!
Game on!