 Editor in Chief Bill   | 20 Mar 2018 9:20 p.m. PST |
In your miniature wargaming, do you make use of tiddly winks? |
| Cacique Caribe | 20 Mar 2018 9:34 p.m. PST |
I've hired tiddly winks many times before, but not for miniature gaming. Dan |
| Grelber | 20 Mar 2018 9:48 p.m. PST |
I bought a few figures second hand that were mounted on tiddly winks. Grelber |
 miniMo  | 20 Mar 2018 10:05 p.m. PST |
Yes, I have some big bags in assorted clear colours for all-purpose markers. |
| Bashytubits | 20 Mar 2018 10:27 p.m. PST |
Nope, but I have thought of using them as markers in games. |
| JimSelzer | 20 Mar 2018 11:09 p.m. PST |
I use them for bases for RPG figures |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 20 Mar 2018 11:20 p.m. PST |
Tiddly winks are for dilettantes. Real wargamers use poker chips. |
| bobspruster | 21 Mar 2018 2:34 a.m. PST |
I've used them for markers and as bases for micro scale trees. |
| John Armatys | 21 Mar 2018 2:47 a.m. PST |
I also use them for markers. |
| ZULUPAUL | 21 Mar 2018 2:58 a.m. PST |
I use bingo chips for 15mm individual bases but no tiddle winks. |
 x42brown | 21 Mar 2018 3:45 a.m. PST |
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| Gunfreak | 21 Mar 2018 3:46 a.m. PST |
Tiddly winks are for dilettantes. Real wargamers use poker chips. Real wargamers use gold krugerrand and Spanish silver dollars. |
| advocate | 21 Mar 2018 3:53 a.m. PST |
Yes. Green 1/Yellow 2/Red 3 for hit markers; when playing En Garde there was a large variety of colours for various states. I prefer them to be as small as possible though – 8mm or so. Poker chips are FAR too big. |
| Andy Skinner | 21 Mar 2018 4:08 a.m. PST |
I've marked jump-off points for Chain of Command with them. andy |
| FusilierDan | 21 Mar 2018 4:25 a.m. PST |
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| robert piepenbrink | 21 Mar 2018 5:33 a.m. PST |
Markers and bases. Oh. And you can mark me down as a "yes" for the next ten or fifteen variants on "do you use cheap mass-produced products in your wargaming?" |
 etotheipi  | 21 Mar 2018 5:53 a.m. PST |
Markers, counters (as opposed to marking figure or terrain state on the board, counters (like VP, time, etc.) are off the board), bases for figures and terrain, and terrain bits (porthole and manhole covers, transparent ones for windows or computer screens, etc.). Also, played a game where we played tiddlywink shots at a target (as opposed to a pot) with direction and ring lines to determine accuracy of artillery fire. Quarters also works for this (bouncing coins or other similar objects at a target), so does shuffleboard (sliding a disc at a marked target). Tiddlywinks are not good for quarters action, but they do work for shuffleboard on a piece of paper. |
 Bobgnar | 21 Mar 2018 11:44 a.m. PST |
I recall an article years ago in one of the British print glossy magazines about rules for a game among primitive peoples. It was very physical. Figures moved a hand span and shooting was done with tidily winks. |
 Herkybird | 25 Mar 2018 1:47 a.m. PST |
I only use them to identify identical planes from each other in Wings of Glory WW1. |
