Tokens

They are nice for sure, just too small for me and too easy to get lost.

And of course last night I went looking for the RRT tokens and couldn't find them. Ugh! I kept them in the bag to check them out. See how fast they disappear?

I keep my tokens in a Plano fishing tackle tray. Its big enough to carry cards, dice, tokens and anything else I might need.

Been using pennies and nickels for damage and ammo markers for 8 years now. They work great on an outdoor table- the wind cant blow them away and they are really quite small. As for my CP tokens so far i just use my 90+ SW 30th anniversary coins. Yeah i have like a lot of SW. Good Hunting Everyone!

I've been toying with the idea on how to create a stencil of the RDF and Zentraedi symbol so that I can spray paint or do a quick brush swipe of paint on the chips to label them. Either way, I've got enough to start with, but the custom options are fun.

Yeah I think a die of some type is what I will end up using as well. I like the counters, and the idea of the counters, but you get so few in the box. Maybe if they start selling the separately at some point.

Yeah thats a good idea.

I got a lot of different colors so I have options like activation, damage, squads even in addition to command points. Keep the ideas coming!

An update on the above token use. I've played a bit more and found some other useful tips, especially when you've got a bunch of bonuses that are applying, like crossfire or close formation.

When you declare your attacks, put a D6 beside the target mech. Use the same color dice for the same type of attacks. Set the number on the D6 to the number you need to roll to hit. I've got 3 Valkyries together and I'm shooting at 6 Battlepods total. This is going to be a lot of fire and will be hard to keep track of what I need and the results I'm going to get. So I'll use white dice for missiles, and we'll say red dice for guns. I spend 3 command points (reducing the number on my command point die by 3) so each of the Valkyries can shoot both missiles and guns. I'm shooting a total of 12 missiles and 3 guns at 6 Battlepods. So (we'll say they're spaced so that I can allocate the missiles evenly) each Battlepod gets 2 missiles, and 3 of them get a gun.

So I'm gunnery 2, and I'm getting a +1 formation bonus, shooting at guys with Def 6. I need 3s to hit. So I set 2 white dice by each Battlepod, putting the number on each die at a 3. This way I can allocate my attacks and still remember what I need to hit. We'll say Fred, the pilot of one of the Battlepods, is not that smart and somehow he ended up facing the wrong direction. I only need a 2 to hit Fred. So I put the numbers on Fred's dice at 2s. I allocate the red "gun" dice the same way. I use different color dice because the weapons do different damage, and because the possibility of anti missile, and because of future dodge target numbers.

So once I've allocated all my attacks, I can get up and use the bathroom, get a drink, watch a movie, and then come back, and I can still see what I need to hit and I don't have to do any math. So I go from pod to pod, rolling dice and getting results. Roll the dice in like sets. In other words, if one of your shooters has a different gunnery, or has an additional bonus (he happens to be in their rear arc and everyone else is in front) then do him seperately, because it's gonna matter. If I miss, I set the die aside and don't worry about it anymore. If I hit, I put the die back beside the target.

I'm shooting at a guy and the dice say I need a 3 to hit.  He's Def 6, so that basically means a total of 3 is being added to my roll.  I rolled a 4 and a 2 (for the missiles), and a 5 (for the gun).  The 2 misses, so I set it aside. The 4 and the 5 hit, so I put them back beside the target. NOW... when I do that, it's time for some quick math. I calculate my total to-hit. I add 3 to my rolls of 4 and 5, giving me totals of 7 and 8. Now my D6s don't go all the way up to 7s and 8s. So when I set the dice back down beside the Battlepod, I calculate what the pod will need if he chooses to dodge. He's got a Piloting of 2. So that means if he chooses to dodge, he's going to need a 5 and a 6. So I set the dice back down as a 5 and a 6. That way my opponent can easily tell what he needs to roll to dodge which attacks.

This has worked very smoothly when we've used it in play. You don't have to keep a lot of different numbers in your head at once and you don't have to write anything down. You do need lots of D6s though. Just remember that the dice represent the number you need to roll, the math has already been done. It's not even that necessary to remember how you got the bonuses, because after you get done allocating attacks on 6 different Battlepods, you're gonna forget why that one attack on the second Battlepod needs a 4. You just say "I need a 4, he's got Def 6, I guess I got a total of +2 somehow".