>
> The situation only really arises from those that have just lost the
contest
> (and hence won't really be needing any more beads), or berserks (who
> might indeed bring their own supply of "negative beads").
>
> I'm not wild about the beads idea; if it helps flog a few copies of
> the game to the CCG crowd, I'm all in favour, mind you. But my
caveat
> would be that it focuses over-much on the "AP bidding game" aspect
of
> the system, to the possible distraction away from the narrative per
se.
I use Smarties (little candy covered chocolates) as tokens and markers
for followers. I may do something similar for AP - the benefit of this
is that the winner gets to eat the candy. =)
Its always good to have a sense of fun about things, afterall.
Jeff