| Pershon |
I commented on these on my Beastiary 1 review, but it is worth mentioning here. If you use the pawns and want to easily decipher multiple creatures I want to tell you about something that makes life infinitely easier.
http://www.aleatools.com/
The above link will take you to a maker of an accessory that is so helpful you would think they made it for the pawns.
A brief description. You glue the included "conversion piece" to the bottom of your bases which enables you to use the magnetic markers. The markers are strong enough that you can pick the pawn up, move it, at more magnets, and have no disruption in the game. Further more, you can buy stickers that they make that fit perfectly. These stickers can be numbers, 1-10, or even conditions, ie sickened. If my PCs are fighting 8 goblins I can literally say, number 6 attacks and they know which one it is quickly and there is no confusion.
Also, since there are 2" versions of the markers I use them for my large and huge pawns. They fit perfectly on the large, but the huge are a bit too big. FYI the 1" fit perfectly on the medium bases. If my PCs are fighting something with 100+ hit points I also use yellow, orange and red markers. This is to indicate when the creature has 75%, 50% and 25% hp left. Truly though there are a magnitude of options. I also use blue ones to indicate if someone is flying or underwater.
I picked these up at Gencon last year. I had just bought the pawns, the guy said use these stickers and the white bases to keep track of which creature is which. I told him to shut up and take my money.
I had seen alea tools many years prior but never knew what I would do with them if I bought them. Now I can't live without them.
Pawns + Alea Tools Markers = Match Made in Heaven