Add icons to rules?

[trevorld]

• Words are more explicit (so may be better) and used in many rule sets (e.g. Cheapass Games) so we may not want to add icons...

• Examples of icons:

  • Nestorgames seems to use: three people icon (number of people), two gears (complexity level), clock (time to play)
  • Looney Pyramids seems to use: person icon (number of people), four-pointed star (complexity level), clock (time to play)---older rules often just use words
  • Other Looney games seems to use: two hands or (empty) table (number of people), small person/big person (age), clock (time to play)
  • Green Box of Games seems to use: three people icon (number of people), person with question mark (complexity), clock (time to play)
  • Decktet uses: two people at a table (number of people)
  • Mint Control uses: two people at a table (number of people), stopwatch (time to play), small/big person (age)

• Which icons to use and how to generate?

  • LaTeX package
  • Internally stored images
  • Generate images using R

[trevorld]

Steffen Spiele uses: man/woman (number of people), birthday cake (age), stopwatch (time to play)

[trevorld]

Necromancer Games (i.e. Heresy of Rot in Kobold and Friends HB) has a table of a few options (i.e. "Party Size" for number of players) and "Difficulty to Run" and highlights the options relevant for the campaign.