Lets talk about chips

@Young:

they sent him new ones

Hopefully at warp speed.

“The Can Opener” Haha!  :-D

All bunkers should have canine companion like the one snoozing in your last vid Grasshopper! Nice trick from the home depot.

Great tips on the chips too guys. Those set ups are damn slick!

Good ideas both YG and Marc!  :-)
I think I will try to find these little things to fix my panels.
And, even buy an acrylic panel…

It reminds me, long time ago while I played Classic, I’ve found a real rectangular windows glass which fit entirely on the board. We like the feel of playing upon this clean and smooth surface.

I found this stuff at Menards.  Its called J-Trim (indoor version).  It worked great on my metal boards that are 1/4 inch thick. Thanks again YG!

@Black_Elk:

All bunkers should have canine companion

Yes, even the Fuhrerbunker had one in April 1945, the famous Blondi.

This community is so helpful.  Thank you for the ideas everyone.  Keep the videos coming YG.  I’m really looking forward to your Japan strategy Video!

@Young:

What’s a good amount of chips (the plastic kind) to have so that you don’t run out during a Global game? Keep in mind that the setup requires 103 gray, and 13 red.

Usually one of my little Plano containers that holds 5 50-count stacks of chips is plenty. I have 3 stacks of white (50 each, 150 total), 1 stack of red (50) and 1 stack of blue (50). In an average game, we will go through about 2 1/2 stacks of the white, roughly 1/3 to 1/2 of the red and barely touch the blues, like maybe 5 or 6 (remember, blues are 10 units).

@Young:

@CWO:

@Black_Elk:

All bunkers should have canine companion

Yes, even the Fuhrerbunker had one in April 1945, the famous Blondi.

HAHA… That’s awesome.

Early in the movie Downfall, there’s a scene in which Hitler introduces Blondi to his new secretary, Traudl Junge, and (as I recall) says about Blondi “She’s smarter than most people.”  I’m sure he genuinely believed this, given his inclinations (which are nicely depicted in the movie) to rant to his generals that he’s surrounded by imbeciles and incompetents.

I assume your using the Whites for (1) instead of the OOB Greys?  That looks good to me.

I have 200 Grey, 30 Green, 50 Red, 30 Blue.  We haven’t played a game with them yet but we are planning on Easter weekend.  I will definitely take some pics and possibly get a video too.

@Young:

I’ve got 250 Grays, 50 Reds, and 20 Blues… my group never uses the Blues, and I’m thinking we might as well get in line with everyone else and start using the Greens… so I’m thinking 200 Whites, 50 Greens, and 50 Reds from HBG should be a good set for every game.

Thoughts?

You are using the Greens as 3 units, right? In that case, you probably won’t need so many white chips. One reason we go through so many white chips is we don’t use a “3” unit chip. We do have green chips, but they are 50 units so they rarely get used.

I just had another idea (a bit nutsy perhaps). I have 10 different color chips. What if I used each to represent a different number in increments of 1?
1 = white
2 = red
3 = blue
4 = yellow
5 = green
6 = black
7 = orange
8 = brown
9 = purple
10 = pink

That might make for a really colorful board yet still not have much on there.
Okay, I’m just being silly here.