9/10/2023 0 Comments Brass birmingham turn order![]() I-PAC Ultimate I/O control board mounting kit from Ultimarc link.I-PAC Ultimate I/O control board from Ultimarc link.12x GoldLeaf RGB Illuminated Pushbuttons from Ultimarc link. ![]() The system is over engineered and more than I intended to build, but in the end it's a super helpful addition to our game nights. The system even goes as far as to show the instructions for upkeep phases which we've found super handy to have. So, in the end I wrote custom game scripts for each of the games we play. I initially just tried giving all players a "end turn" and a "pass turn" button, but this became confusing to use. Some games like Who goes There do not have have a set turn order, but it's still important to track who has and has not yet gone, and games like Nemesis or Terraforming Mars allow players to "pass" when they are out of actions/money leaving the rest of the players to continue passing turns to the left. This basic solution seemed to work at first, but through some prototyping, testing, and some good old fashioned over thinking, I realized it needs to be more complicated than that, at least if you want to play anything more complicated than a game of Uno or Catan. When the active player presses their button, it will stop flashing and the player to their left's button will begin to flash. ![]() A players button will flash when it's their turn.Every player has a button in front of them.So, I started ordering parts, building, and programming to create a real world equivalent of this handy TTS feature. Now that the world has (hopefully) returned to normal(ish) and we've returned to playing games in person I realized just how much I missed this feature of TTS. This meant that no matter how distracted any player became we always had this info at hand. One thing I came to appreciate with TTS, is the notification that alerts you when it's your turn and the first/current player indicators in the top right corner of the screen. Over the past 2 years of COVID lockdowns and uncertainty, my friends and I started playing our board games online via Table Top Simulator. ![]() We might forget whose turn it is, what upkeep actions have been completed, or who has the first player token. Someone starts telling an enthralling story about one thing or another, and by the time they're done we've lost track of the state of the game. As we play games and catch up with each other the inevitable happens. I love board games, and I love using them as an excuse to get together with friends I don't see enough. "Ok, so whose turn is it then? And who's the first player anyway?" "You can't go, we haven't reset the board for the round yet!" "Oh, I thought we were on a new round so I already went!" "Well, I've already moved my guy so it can't be me" ![]()
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