Current Player Tokens - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 15:37, 17 July 2015

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‎Consequences

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‎Can Be Modulated By

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‎Using the pattern

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‎Consequences

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‎Relations

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‎Relations

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‎Interface Aspects

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 ''Tokens used to show whose turn it is in a game.''
-Many games divide gameplay into turns. However, sometimes it can be difficult to keep track of whose turn it is, for example due to turns being long, breaks have been taken, or players get to perform actions in other players turns. [[Current Player Tokens]] are simply tokens used to indicate who has a turn currently which are passed on as the turn pass.
+Many games divide gameplay into turns. However, sometimes it can be difficult to keep track of whose turn it is, for example due to turns being long, breaks have been taken, or players get to perform actions in other players' turns. [[Current Player Tokens]] are simply tokens used to indicate who has a turn currently which are passed on as the turn pass.
 === Examples ===
-[[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]] includes a coin as a [[Current Player Tokens|Current Player Token]].
+[[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]] includes a coin as a [[Current Player Tokens|Current Player Token]]. [[Twilight Struggle]] has a round track which works as a [[Current Player Tokens|Current Player Token]] in that it helps keep track of whose turn it is (besides which turn it is).
 == Using the pattern ==

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 === Examples ===
-[[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]] includes a coin as a [[Current Player Tokens|[[Current Player Token]].
+[[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]] includes a coin as a [[Current Player Tokens|Current Player Token]].
 == Using the pattern ==

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-''The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.''
+''Tokens used to show whose turn it is in a game.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+Many games divide gameplay into turns. However, sometimes it can be difficult to keep track of whose turn it is, for example due to turns being long, breaks have been taken, or players get to perform actions in other players turns. [[Current Player Tokens]] are simply tokens used to indicate who has a turn currently which are passed on as the turn pass.
 === Examples ===
+[[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]] includes a coin as a [[Current Player Tokens|[[Current Player Token]].
-==== Anti-Examples ====
-optional
 == Using the pattern ==

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 == Consequences ==
-=== Can Instantiate ===
+[[Current Player Tokens]] are simply [[Bookkeeping Tokens]] used in [[Self-Facilitated Games]] that have [[Turn Taking]]. They help players keep track of whose turn it is and through that the [[Excise]] related to ending old turns and starting new ones.
-[[Bookkeeping Tokens]]
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-=== Can Modulate ===
-[[Excise]],
-[[Self-Facilitated Games]],
 [[Turn Taking]]
 == Relations ==

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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
+[[Cheat Sheets]]
 === Possible Closure Effects ===

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 == Using the pattern ==
+Designing [[Current Player Tokens]] is mainly about the physical and graphical designs of a token. Potentially, players can be reminded to pass the token on a [[Cheat Sheets|Cheat Sheet]].
-=== Diegetic Aspects ===
 === Interface Aspects ===

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 === Interface Aspects ===
-[[Current Player Tokens]] is an [[Category:Interface Patterns|Interface Pattern]].
+[[Current Player Tokens]] is an [[:Category:Interface Patterns|Interface Pattern]].
 == Consequences ==