I put this check in tool together for a MH one shot I’m planning on running. I think it might be useful for players to communicate where they are feeling before it get’s disruptive. You just need to get a few colored meeples (or some other small colored object). Feel free to use it and let me know if anything should be changed.
I think that’s a fantastic idea. Just two considerations.
1) It’s not great for color-blind people, such as myself. I’d get confused about which meeple was which without some other kind of visual coding.
2) People might be uncomfortable doing this publicly. I’d make this a private thing that people fill out and hand back.
The color blind point is a great point. I’m not sure what a simple solution would be. Perhaps each piece has unique color and shape? I’m not sure if there enough distinct and easily accessible options out there. I mean I found a sampler that more than covers each color on meeple source which tells me anybody who wants this could get off the ground with about a $12-$13 investment.
As far as the public vs private thing, that is always a tough thing when coming up with tools like this. Most tools I’ve seen (lines and veils, x-card) are public but rely on a verbal agreement before action takes place. Private tools are tricky because they require the MC’s attention to get pulled away so they can address the concern, which is generally alerting the players there is an issue anyhow. That doesn’t mean it’s bad, just that it’s difficult. Closest I’ve seen to this working is everybody having a laptop open with a messaging service, not something I’d want (especially at a con). I guess ideally I’d like both a public and a private system but I don’t know what the private would look like.
Oh, I misunderstood. This is a tracker that will change during the game as things come up. Gotcha.
A way to get around the color issue is separate tracks for each category. That would make the sheet bigger though.
You could also put stickers or just tape something to them. Or write on them if you don’t care about marking them
Phillip Wessels I think that could work with discs instead of meeples. I don’t think i have a place to print stickers, but shouldn’t be too big of an obstacle.
Updated color blind friendly version. Sticker printing needed.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/st9uX39-NQ2Rov6dk47CU3fIblOwLweoROsCRXPhWn2r4QlhL-cZGrN0N6l7Qcvl8xQ3V_vDJ7AcLu8OJeBWdBXpi-C9xwJoE0U=s0
Not only do the stickers help with colorblindness, but they also help to remind me what the colors stand for. A problem I had with the original was “wait, how am I going to keep 6 different colors straight?”