Don't judge a game...

winkingbishop · February 26, 2010, 06:45:59 PM

Quote from: One Horse Town;363259I'd stick with a colour that's easy to see what is written beneath, if i were you - If you need a highlighting colour, at all.

True enough, you need to be able to read it. But there are options...

And, okay, I admit it. I hate yellow.

Benoist · February 26, 2010, 06:51:27 PM

Quote from: winkingbishop;363260I hate yellow.

*looks at winkingbishop's avatar and sig*

I see... :hmm:

Jamfke · February 26, 2010, 06:58:45 PM

Here it is in Cyan:

Better? Worse?

Jamfke · February 26, 2010, 07:19:06 PM

Here it is with a few of the lines filled in. Should I go with a different font for the form, or is Arial decent enough?

Xanther · February 26, 2010, 10:22:05 PM

Quote from: Jamfke;363253No love for 4C? Oh well, I suppose a form-fillable version wouldn't help either eh?

My favorite so far, still working down the thread.

I absolutely love games where the oft used mechanics fit on the character sheet. I put them on mine even though the sheets would be much simpler if absent. It's like a rule book + sheet in one.

I also think the font layout and color scheme fit well with a superhero theme. I'm guessing 4C is a supers game IIRC. Looking at the stats it seems to have all the bases covered, in a succinct way, for a supers game. This sheet has sold me on looking into this game. Although I have a low interest in supers games at the moment.

I like the yellow.

Jamfke · February 26, 2010, 10:47:55 PM

Quote from: Xanther;363337My favorite so far, still working down the thread.

I absolutely love games where the oft used mechanics fit on the character sheet. I put them on mine even though the sheets would be much simpler if absent. It's like a rule book + sheet in one.

I also think the font layout and color scheme fit well with a superhero theme. I'm guessing 4C is a supers game IIRC. Looking at the stats it seems to have all the bases covered, in a succinct way, for a supers game. This sheet has sold me on looking into this game. Although I have a low interest in supers games at the moment.

I like the yellow.

Thanks!

4C is based on the Marvel Superheroes RPG from the 80s, therefore, it does supers adequately - enough. It's really more of a "toolkit" for folks to create their own games, and supplements, that can be used with the old Marvel game, with a little tweaking. But, I also believe that it can handle just about any genre you throw at it, with a little tweaking.

Check out the rules at the Year of Living Free Wiki, they're free. You can also find the original Marvel rules online too. Check this site out for more about that!

winkingbishop · February 27, 2010, 09:09:49 AM

Quote from: Benoist;363263*looks at winkingbishop's avatar and sig*

I see... :hmm:

I knew someone was going to bring that up. That piece is gold, not yellow. Clearly.

Yeah, I'm full of shit. And Jamfke, I do like the cyan. They're both totally functional, by the way.

Benoist · February 27, 2010, 12:09:21 PM

Quote from: winkingbishop;363383I knew someone was going to bring that up. That piece is gold, not yellow. Clearly.

Yeah, I'm full of shit. And Jamfke, I do like the cyan. They're both totally functional, by the way.

LOL Love it. Good come-back.

Pseudoephedrine · February 27, 2010, 12:35:46 PM

The cyan one is less glaring on the eyes. I'd stick with it.

Jamfke · February 27, 2010, 10:25:42 PM

Cyan for the win!

Gotta love non-scientific polls. Even if there isn't a poll!

Thanks folks.

JollyRB · February 28, 2010, 03:58:53 AM

Here's the first page of the Advanced HackMaster Character Sheet. (even though the logo still reads "HackMaster Basic"
I should point out it's only 5.5 x 8.5 inches. The full character sheet is set up as two sided 8.5 x 11 landscape and is folded in half to form a booklet.

Still being playtested/evolving but players are reporting they've been digging the fact it has a smaller foot print and the fact they can tuck cheat sheets and specialty cards (such as spell books) inside. I print them out on card stock so they're fairly rugged.

I designed it in color under the assumption most gamers have access to a color printer. But a greyscale verison/b&w version will be made available when the AHM Player Handbook comes out.

Danger · February 28, 2010, 09:43:42 AM

Say, that Hackmaster Advanced sheet is pretty!

winkingbishop · February 28, 2010, 09:48:39 AM

Quote from: Danger;363558Say, that Hackmaster Advanced sheet is pretty!

imma agree here. With that much on the sheet, you'd think it would be all too easy to just get lost in the various stats, blocks and widgets. But the creator did a great job categorizing things.

Jamfke · March 01, 2010, 02:25:02 AM

Kinda reminds me of one of those subject "cheat sheets" you stuck in your binder for school, the ones for English, Algebra, etc. To me that means that it's laid out in a logical, and easy to read manner. Nicely done!

I really like the HAZMAT type sign in the upper corner for combat stats!

JollyRB · March 03, 2010, 05:30:26 AM

Thanks. I *was* inspired by the HAZMAT symbol.

Was stuck in traffic in Chicago behind a semi/trailer and found myself staring at one for about 45 minutes while crawling home.

At some point I realized it was the solution I'd been looking for.

I'd been working on the new character sheet for a few weeks and struggling with the combat related data and how to deal with it.