Labeling Figures/Map Tiles

[Fatespuppet]

I apologize if there is a topic for this already.

How are people labeling their map tiles and figures to keep them from being mixed up during tournaments and larger scale games? Is there a standard practice? Sharpie? Stickers? Engraving? Gold Leaf?

[Carnival Man]

If you need to, Sharpies would be the simplest method methinks...

[Uprising]

Some folks write their initials with a Sharpie on the underside of each tile. I've seen some folks just toss rubberband on their figures so they know which figures are theirs. Also, the extra rubberbands make great prize support at the end of the tourney.

[Raudulfr Shieldcrusher]

Every individual piece I own has my initials on the bottom written with a sharpie.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Originally Posted by Raudulfr Shieldcrusher

Every individual piece I own has my initials on the bottom written with a sharpie.

Same with my figures.

The terrain I took to a tournament is also labeled.
But I've not gotten around to doing the rest. Nor do I think I will.

I will not label my sparkly, ic, or molten with a Sharpie as I don't want the translucency of the tiles to show - from the topside - the initials.

My biggest tip for this thread for those who have a lot of RttFF trees - under my trees I've put my initials as well as the heights!
It was driving me me batty determining those heights!

[Sherman Davies]

Originally Posted by Hex_Enduction_Hour

My biggest tip for this thread for those who have a lot of RttFF trees - under my trees I've put my initials as well as the heights!
It was driving me me batty determining those heights!

Great idea. The height of the trees has never come up in my games, but I'm gonna go write them in now just in case.

[Raudulfr Shieldcrusher]

Originally Posted by Hex_Enduction_Hour

I will not label my sparkly, ic, or molten with a Sharpie as I don't want the translucency of the tiles to show - from the topside - the initials.

For my water tiles I made a small line on one side along the edge. You can't see it from the top.

[Raudulfr Shieldcrusher]

Originally Posted by Sherman Davies

Great idea. The height of the trees has never come up in my games, but I'm gonna go write them in now just in case.

That is a great idea!

[Nukatha]

I mark all my pieces except sparkly water and ice. I mark molten lava, since it is solid red and opaque. Sharpies work wonders.

Naturally, I haven't marked my battlements, but as long as I get all 100 of them back, I don't care where they are from.

[Raudulfr Shieldcrusher]

Originally Posted by Nukatha

I mark all my pieces except sparkly water and ice. I mark molten lava, since it is solid red and opaque. Sharpies work wonders.

Naturally, I haven't marked my battlements, but as long as I get all 100 of them back, I don't care where they are from.

I've marked every piece, battlements, ladders, castle bases, figures, glyphs, order markers and tiles. Am I crazy?!?

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Originally Posted by Raudulfr Shieldcrusher

That is a great idea!

It's not so much an issue with the 15-height of course, but the other trees?
I don't have the colors committed to memory and I have 50 trees total, so it makes sense for me to label the heights when creating a map - either from instructions or when I'm symmetrically trying to even out a board.

Originally Posted by Nukatha

I mark all my pieces except sparkly water and ice. I mark molten lava, since it is solid red and opaque. Sharpies work wonders.

Nukatha, you're correct, the Molten is opaque solid red. But I still have fears of marking the underside with Sharpie.

Originally Posted by Raudulfr Shieldcrusher

I've marked every piece, battlements, ladders, castle bases, figures, glyphs, order markers and tiles. Am I crazy?!?

Paranoid, perhaps?

[Raudulfr Shieldcrusher]

Originally Posted by Hex_Enduction_Hour

Paranoid, perhaps?

Let's go with thorough