Plastic Gems 12mm - Yellow

Plastic Gems 12mm - Yellow — yellow gems for keeping track of resources

Games in which something is mined, made and spent stand or fall on how fast the state of the stores can be found out. Plastic gems solve that by the value not being written down but lying in front of a player: what is on the table is what can be spent. Yellow is moreover traditionally tied at gaming tables to valuable raw materials, so its meaning is remembered even by players who are seeing your home alteration of the rules for the first time. The size of 12 mm is given directly in the name.

What it is suited to

• Keeping track of raw materials and resources that are gained and spent during a game.
• Marking points, rewards or fulfilled objectives on a gaming surface.
• Telling two different currencies apart when each is a different color.
• Filling out your own scenarios with a component that the box does not contain.
• A replacement for paper tokens, which are easily swept off a table.

A state of the game that is seen from every place

A store laid in front of a player works as public information: nobody has to ask how much anyone has left, and disputes about the course of a game practically vanish. A uniform size of the gems moreover tempts one to stack them into piles of equal height, which is the fastest way of counting there is at a table. After the game everything is gathered into one compartment.

Who it is for

For players of economic and building board games, for tabletop scenarios with the management of resources and for anybody who fills out components or builds their own game sets.