Hello,
I was recently on big Tabletop Event for game I play. Blood Bowl. And in one topic we went in area that I am curious to solve. We do not have any application of tracking and streaming tabletop game and miniature movement as it is in chess but in fact it can be tracked as chess. Atleast I hope so.
I found this: Track tabletop game figures (what sensors to use?) in forum but that do not satisfy my problem unfortunately.
The problem:
You have 15x26 squares playboard with area for KO, Injured and Reserves box on side. It is 2-person game. Maximum number of players in roster should be 16 on each side, I saw top of 24 but that was an exception. For now 16 is normal state. So 32 players on each side.
Each figurine you use can have states it is in:
KO goes to box outside of play field, same as injured or put in to reserves, but on play table it can be standing, prone, stunned. In special occasions on some types of figurines it can be even stupid, but that can be overcame by something else.
People are normally playing it that when you finish move with particular figurine, you turn it 180degrees to face opposite directions of players you did not touch yet. Some people leave it like that when passing turns, some are turning it back to face opponent for example when their turn finish.
Prone state is normally done by putting figurine on its side. If stunned you put it on its side and turn it face down.
The Idea:
I would like to track number of figurine on each side by some identificator (number, string or something) to distinguish them and their current state which can be Prone, Stunned or Standing.
There is 22 figurines on Board when match start, some of them in next square of another one and so on...
I was thinking about putting gyro in the miniature and track that but that was only an idea.
Fact is I am new to engineering and I saw that tabletop chess are tracked and moved by magnets but that is not of satisfaction for my problem.
May I please ask you for help which sensor I can use for this? Or what direction I can go?
Thank you