TOPIC: New Resource: New Player Token Mat

I have been reading about new slots for the 2023 TD season. Is a new PDF for the player token mat in the works?

Bump.

I had a go at it about a year ago when the bead slot expanded from one to three. That conversation can be found here

Thanks for the link.

I'm torn as a coach about the need to expand the player map. Most of us are using the App anyway (or some other reasonable facsimile) so it's mostly new players. The problem is that new players often feel like they need to have something in every depicted slot. Adding more could cause more angst. The same thing with a Greaves slot. New players don't have the opportunity to have one but seasoned players know about and can just place it on the mat for any coach to see.

I'm still new to coaching (GenCon this year) but I definitely saw a number of players confused by the mismatch, some even asking if the app was wrong to grant three bead slots. Since we don't realistically expect most casual players to read the PHB, it's nice for clarity if the official mat has the correct (base) number of slots. And it's not unrealistic for even a fairly new player to own multiple beads at this point.