Token Placement - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 13:25, 9 April 2018

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Staffan Björk: /* Relations */

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‎Relations

Staffan Björk at 08:44, 3 September 2016

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Staffan Björk at 13:05, 2 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 17:48, 25 August 2011

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Staffan Björk: /* Relations */

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‎Relations

Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

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‎Consequences

Staffan Björk at 17:46, 25 August 2011

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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk at 13:32, 24 August 2011

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Token Placement]] makes the [[Tokens]] used into explicit [[Resources]] but also make the possible actions into [[Resources]], so the pattern both instantiates and modulates [[Resources]].
+[[Token Placement]] makes the [[Tokens]] used into explicit [[Resources]] but also make the possible actions into [[Resources]], so the pattern both instantiates and modulates [[Resources]]. Since the actions are limited in number, players are automatically put in [[Resource Competition]] situations by the pattern.
 The use of [[Token Placement]] in games provide [[Planning Phases]] in which players have a [[Freedom of Choice]] to place [[Tokens]] ([[Bookkeeping Tokens|Bookkeeping]] ones even if they are referred to as ''workers'' in many games) to select future actions from a [[Limited Set of Actions]]. Since players have only a few [[Tokens]] to place these are [[Limited Resources]], and since these are used to decide future actions the pattern can be seen as a form of [[Budgeted Action Points]] (the places to place the [[Tokens]] may also be [[Limited Resources]] and when this is true the pattern modulates [[Limited Resources]] as well). Given that the places are limited players may become involved in [[Competitions]] for specific actions. These [[Competition|Competitions]] are likely to create both [[Anticipation]] and [[Tension]], and force players to make [[Trade-Offs]] between the most necessary and most efficient actions. Both figuring out where to place one's own [[Bookkeeping Tokens]] and to do this taking into consideration how other players will place their [[Tokens]] require players to engage in [[Tactical Planning]].
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 [[Limited Set of Actions]],
 [[Planning Phases]],
 [[Resources]],
 [[Tactical Planning]],

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 [[Tactical Planning]],
 [[Tension]],
-[[Trade-Offs]]
+[[Trade-Offs]],
 === Can Modulate ===
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 [[Resources]],
 [[Turn-Based Games]],
-[[Turn Taking]],
+[[Turn Taking]]
-[[Varying Turn Orders]]
 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
-[[Turn Taking]],
+[[Turn Taking]]
-[[Varying Turn Orders]]
 === Possible Closure Effects ===

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 [[Token Placement]] systems require deciding what actions players can pick by placing [[Bookkeeping Tokens]] and how many such tokens players should have. Since one of the reasons for using it is that players need to compete for being able to perform actions, the pattern is primarily one for [[Multiplayer Games]]. Likewise, [[Token Placement]] does rarely combine well with [[Real-Time Games]], instead being used in [[Turn-Based Games]]. Regarding the actions, this not only means designing a [[Limited Set of Actions]] players can choose from but also considering if there should be one or several slots for each type of action. The actual amount of [[Tokens]] give to each player each round is often designed to occupy a certain percentage of the total number of actions - this means that the number is often changed depending on how many players participate but at the same time the number of actions are typically set so that players at least get to place two or three [[Tokens]] (the pattern [[Role Selection]] basically supersedes [[Token Placement]] if one can only place one token).
-[[Token Placement]] are rarely designed to be contest of reactions, so a [[Turn Taking]] sequences need to be designed for the pattern. It is however quite common to support a [[Variable Turn Order]] by allow [[Token Placement]] to placed so the change the turn order, in effect turning the [[Token Placement]] pattern back on the [[Turn Taking]] pattern - [[Agricola]], [[Caylus]], and [[Dominant Species]] all do this in various ways.
+[[Token Placement]] are rarely designed to be contest of reactions, so a [[Turn Taking]] sequences need to be designed for the pattern. It is however quite common to support a [[Varying Turn Orders]] by allow [[Token Placement]] to placed so the change the turn order, in effect turning the [[Token Placement]] pattern back on the [[Turn Taking]] pattern - [[Agricola]], [[Caylus]], and [[Dominant Species]] all do this in various ways.
 When players compete with each other over places in [[Token Placement]] this has quite similar effects as [[Bidding]] and [[Drafting]] in other games. For this reason, it may be appropriate to consider the consequences of all these patterns when consider having one of them present in a game design.
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 [[Turn-Based Games]],
 [[Turn Taking]],
-[[Variable Turn Order]]
+[[Varying Turn Orders]]
 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
-[[Variable Turn Order]],
+[[Turn Taking]],
-[[Turn Taking]]
+[[Varying Turn Orders]]
 === Possible Closure Effects ===

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 == Consequences ==
 The use of [[Token Placement]] in games provide [[Planning Phases]] in which players have a [[Freedom of Choice]] to place [[Tokens]] ([[Bookkeeping Tokens|Bookkeeping]] ones even if they are referred to as ''workers'' in many games) to select future actions from a [[Limited Set of Actions]]. Since players have only a few [[Tokens]] to place these are [[Limited Resources]], and since these are used to decide future actions the pattern can be seen as a form of [[Budgeted Action Points]] (the places to place the [[Tokens]] may also be [[Limited Resources]] and when this is true the pattern modulates [[Limited Resources]] as well). Given that the places are limited players may become involved in [[Competitions]] for specific actions. These [[Competition|Competitions]] are likely to create both [[Anticipation]] and [[Tension]], and force players to make [[Trade-Offs]] between the most necessary and most efficient actions. Both figuring out where to place one's own [[Bookkeeping Tokens]] and to do this taking into consideration how other players will place their [[Tokens]] require players to engage in [[Tactical Planning]].
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 [[Limited Set of Actions]],
 [[Planning Phases]],
 [[Tactical Planning]],
 [[Tension]],
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 [[Multiplayer Games]],
 [[Limited Resources]],
 [[Turn-Based Games]],
 [[Turn Taking]],

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 == Consequences ==
-The use of [[Token Placement]] in games provide [[Planning Phases]] in which players have a [[Freedom of Choice]] to place [[Tokens]] ([[Bookkeeping Tokens|Bookkeeping]] ones even if they are referred to as ''workers'' in many games) to select future actions from a [[Limited Set of Actions]]. Since players have only a few [[Tokens]] to place these are [[Limited Resources]], and since these are used to decide future actions the pattern can be seen as a form of [[Budgeted Action Points]]. Given that the places are limited players may become involved in [[Competitions]] for specific actions. These [[Competition|Competitions]] are likely to create both [[Anticipation]] and [[Tension]], and force players to make [[Trade-Offs]] between the most necessary and most efficient actions. Both figuring out where to place one's own [[Bookkeeping Tokens]] and to do this taking into consideration how other players will place their [[Tokens]] require players to engage in [[Tactical Planning]].
+The use of [[Token Placement]] in games provide [[Planning Phases]] in which players have a [[Freedom of Choice]] to place [[Tokens]] ([[Bookkeeping Tokens|Bookkeeping]] ones even if they are referred to as ''workers'' in many games) to select future actions from a [[Limited Set of Actions]]. Since players have only a few [[Tokens]] to place these are [[Limited Resources]], and since these are used to decide future actions the pattern can be seen as a form of [[Budgeted Action Points]] (the places to place the [[Tokens]] may also be [[Limited Resources]] and when this is true the pattern modulates [[Limited Resources]] as well). Given that the places are limited players may become involved in [[Competitions]] for specific actions. These [[Competition|Competitions]] are likely to create both [[Anticipation]] and [[Tension]], and force players to make [[Trade-Offs]] between the most necessary and most efficient actions. Both figuring out where to place one's own [[Bookkeeping Tokens]] and to do this taking into consideration how other players will place their [[Tokens]] require players to engage in [[Tactical Planning]].
 [[Token Placement]] is a loose form of [[Action Programming]] since only the action to be performed is decided in advance - as long as there are several ways of performing the actions players have some [[Freedom of Choice]] during the execution these.

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 [[Action Programming]],
 [[Anticipation]],
-[[Competition]],
+[[Competitions]],
 [[Freedom of Choice]],
 [[Limited Resources]],

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	[[Token Placement]] are rarely designed to be contest of reactions, so a [[Turn Taking]] sequences need to be designed for the pattern. It is however quite common to support a [[Variable Turn Order]] by allow [[Token Placement]] to placed so the change the turn order, in effect turning the [[Token Placement]] pattern back on the [[Turn Taking]] pattern - [[Agricola]], [[Caylus]], and [[Dominant Species]] all do this in various ways.		[[Token Placement]] are rarely designed to be contest of reactions, so a [[Turn Taking]] sequences need to be designed for the pattern. It is however quite common to support a [[Variable Turn Order]] by allow [[Token Placement]] to placed so the change the turn order, in effect turning the [[Token Placement]] pattern back on the [[Turn Taking]] pattern - [[Agricola]], [[Caylus]], and [[Dominant Species]] all do this in various ways.
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		+	When players compete with each other over places in [[Token Placement]] this has quite similar effects as [[Drafting]] in other games. For this reason, it may be appropriate to consider the consequences of both when consider either of the two patterns.

	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==