Does anybody have a link to the guy who made stickers that go on the black rivets on the maneuver dials to show ship types from the back? They look like the same silhouettes as the ones on the lower left corner of the pilot cards.

No, but that's a great idea!

No, but that's a great idea!

I tried making them myself but they didn't turn out too great. My Photoshop skills to make it look good are unfortunately quite limited.

Bumpy for visibility.

I would love this.

If you can see on the back of the dial what "up" and "down" is, then you and your opponent can see what maneuver you chose. All you need to do is closely inspect the dial and, during play, see where the notch of the dial's opening ended up. Therefore, I would not put something on a dial that shows orientation.

If you can see on the back of the dial what "up" and "down" is, then you and your opponent can see what maneuver you chose. All you need to do is closely inspect the dial and, during play, see where the notch of the dial's opening ended up. Therefore, I would not put something on a dial that shows orientation.

Maybe not at a major tournament, but it should be fine for casual play. I don't generally play with people who want to take unfair advantage of the game.

That would even be more of a problem on a small community where people play each other a lot. People will instinctively notice and remember where the notch is and the chosen manouver.

I made some just by finding pictures of the pilot cards and cropping them down to just the ship symbol. Then stuck all those pics onto a document sheet (word) and printed then cut them out. Your standard paper glue stick is enough to hold these onto the rivet.
The resolution I got on mine wasn't great as I scaled them up by about 150%. Works well enough.

Another trick I use is to paint a coloured circle around the rivet. Then paint the pegs with the same colour. I can then easily match the correct dial to the correct ship when I have multiples of the same ship type.

If you have to play against the despicable dial checker, just switch dials from turn to turn. Or cover each dial with a coin on the centre.

Or just don't stick them to the dial. Just attach them and let them rotate. Turn the symbol a bit as you set the move and no one can "spy" what your move is.

I always put the big rivet through the front of the dial so it should turn with the notch. No info should be gained by looking at a sticker.

use ,multiple stickers placed equally around the dial... or a small one dead center as the center rivet can change orientation...

Seriously.. is anyone really looking at a dials orientation to figure out their opponents movement.. I cant see it being a rapid use of time in a game.. and if someone is.. they are obviously not spending enough time away from the game to live a normal life...

Also.. if you are someone who claims to be able to do this... I want to see it in action... because I call BS on this...

People can't do this so far because of what? You guessed it because the dials were indistinguishable .

I always put the big rivet through the front of the dial so it should turn with the notch. No info should be gained by looking at a sticker.

XD

I'm glad I'm not the only one with enough brains to be able to circumvent an easy problem.

was just thinking what about putting numbers on them to correspond to the numbers on the base? that way you know what specific ship it belongs to? I have numbered TL tokens and this works really well... would come in handy if flying a swarm and some ships are doing different maneuvers..

Rotationaly symmetric design. No orientation information is betrayed if the design has a evenly repeated design.

I think I'd like my opponent to try and "read" my dials like this. My center post doesn't stay nearly still enough for it to be consistent. He is as likely to get bad information as good.

I printed labels with a label maker and stuck two on the backs. Tournament rules dictate that anything on the back of the dial needs to be symmetrical.

Good thing the Imperial symbol is symmetrical.

I printed labels with a label maker and stuck two on the backs. Tournament rules dictate that anything on the back of the dial needs to be symmetrical.

Doesn't actually dictate it, just says players should be careful not to mark dials in an asymmetrical way. Of course, what they really need to say is to mark them in a radially symmetrical way, because a B-Wing, X-Wing, Tie, etc are all "symmetrical" viewed face on, but that isn't what they mean.

hmmmm what would a symmetrical B-wing look like....

hmmmm what would a symmetrical B-wing look like....

Like a B-Wing. They are symmetrical about the plane through the center. It is reflection symmetry (mirror image one side to the other). It is not symmetric about about an axis or a point.

Yes, I'm being a pedant.

db sth like this?