This is a 'tool' you make – not buy.
For the last several months I've been watching videos on how people make Sequence of Play Cards (SOP) for Board, Miniature and RPG games.
My immediate takeaway was that while I certainly saw the utility and use I didn't want the cards themselves to become a 'hobby', use color or spend an inordinate amount of time making them.
I wanted them to be practical both as an aid for me when I return to games I haven't played in years and to be able to hand new players a deck that would make learning a game easier. Additionally, a 3" x 5" deck has a much smaller footprint on the gaming table than one or more QRS Sheets.
Besides the SOP, Game Charts / Tables can be added to a card, again, eliminating reference to a QRS.
I choose an extremely simple game for my first effort: Avalon Hill's 'War At Sea'.
I used Microsoft Publisher to create the cards but any word processing program will work.
I created a template that was slightly smaller than 3" x 5", set up a text box and typed in the game turn phases / sequence.
Then, I took a picture of the Game Box, transferred it my hard drive and reduced it to the size of the card.
I cut out the cards and used a UHU glue stick to attach them to blank 3" x 5" cards.
I cut out the corresponding game box pictures.
The SOP cards were slipped into clear rigid 3" x 5" plastic sleeves followed by the Game Box picture for the reverse side.
Total time was 2.5 hours over two days.
Now that I am comfortable with the process I plan on developing more decks.
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