> > ... specify that only > > the front side of a counter group be visible during > > play. > > > I believe that only works when the counters are owned > by a player. >
Interesting. One case I can think of would be a game like Pax Romana, where all the player counters are visible, but there are counters representing "barbarian" forces that have a generic front side and a randomly varying value on the back side that is hidden from everyone. I guess the CB solution would work a little differently than the board game: Have just the generic marker on the board. Create a tray for the actual barbarian chit values that selects randomly. When a player attacks a barbarian space and needs to get a value for the barbarians, draw a chit from the tray.
