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Neat idea! However one issue with everyone using a digital tracker is that you can't then easily see what other player resource stockpiles and production levels
by neuah 2y ago
Neat idea! However one issue with everyone using a digital tracker is that you can't then easily see what other player resource stockpiles and production levels are. Perhaps at the very top of the screen you could have a compact summary view that people can leave their screen at when not making adjustments, allowing other players to see the stats at a glance.
- fifilura 2y agoThat is actually a good pet project. Find the most suitable hardware for a boardgame setting. Screen technology/form factor. Maybe there is even a market for hybrid kind of games? (Right, I guess monopoly with the calculator flopped. But never give up!)
- sakerbos 2y agoI'd be very interested in exploring this idea! Do you know of any board games that it could work for? This also just gave me an idea to justify my board game budget to my wife as a R&D business expense so thank you ;)
- sakerbos 2y agoThank you! Yes this had actually become a problem for us but it weirdly ended up adding an interesting new dynamic to the game. So much so that we'd actively try and hide our resources from each other and had to try to keep track of each other's resources in our heads (the irony in adding a digital calculator only to increase cognitive load is very real). But yeah, I can imagine not everyone would want to play like this and a compact summary could solve that issue. I shall see what I can do :)