**Created**:: [[2024-03-20 Wednesday]]
**Link**:: https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs
**Duration**:: 15:24
# Summary
In this video, Zsolt introduces viewers to the concept of Solo-RPG adventures using Obsidian and Excalidraw, demonstrating a fun setup with a focus on the "Pencils and Powers" game series. He covers the configuration of game templates, the use of dice rollers, and how to effectively manage and display game elements for optimal gameplay. The video aims to inspire creativity in setting up solo RPGs while emphasizing practical tips for managing game mechanics within the Obsidian environment.
# Key Takeaways
- Zsolt showcases how to set up solo RPG adventures with Obsidian and Excalidraw, emphasizing the use of templates.
- The importance of strategic gameplay is highlighted, particularly in managing treasures and monsters effectively.
- Practical tips include using links for help while playing, recoloring SVG icons, and efficient game board setup methods.
# Content
Buried deep within the holes of the dungeon of dread lies the Crypt of Zog, the mighty! Once a great and powerful knight, he was corrupted by evil magic. Now a powerful dread knight, he is compelled to guard the magical cauldron of the evil witch queen. Defeat him and claim the cauldron for yourself. Welcome to Visual PKM, I'm Zsolt. Obsidian is an amazing platform for playing board games. We're going to play Pencils and Powers solo RPG with the Excalidraw dice roller and Obsidian MD. Today, I'll show you a very simple but fun setup. I'll include a link to the GitHub repo with this vault in the description should you want to play or contribute. This video is a spin-off of my collaboration with Nicole Wonderhoven; this week at the PKM Summit in Utrecht, we are doing a shared presentation about RPG with Obsidian, Obsidian sync, and Excalidraw, including some practical applications of the setup for PKM and CRM. [* ](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=0)
In this video, I'll show you how to configure Excalidraw templates and folders, how to add area references to images, and display those in hover previews, how to recolor SVG icons, and a few other practical tips and tricks useful not just when playing board games. We'll start by creating an empty game board by clicking the Excalidraw ribbon button. Notice how I have three different templates in the select template list; however, only the dread knight is fully configured. This is the first of 11 different games in the Pencils and Powers series. Now, before we jump into the game, I want to show you how the templates are set up. Templates are simply Excalidraw files in a designated folder that Excalidraw duplicates when creating a new drawing. This is my templates folder with the three files. If I control or command-click on any of these, I can open the template files in a new tab. Then, I create a new drawing from the template; everything in the template is copied to the new drawing, and the empty game file is saved in the games folder. Let's quickly look at the template file name and folder configurations in plugin settings under basic. You can see the template folder is called "templates" and the Excalidraw folder is called "games." Then further down under saving, I've configured the file name prefix to be "game," followed by a space, and the date format as year-month-day. [* ](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=31)
To get us started, I'm going to open the dice tray from the dice roller plugin. Notice that I have already configured three different sets of dice. The 3d6 you will roll three six-sided dice until three unique values are returned; I need this for my game setup. Then, I have a single D6 that I will use during attacks and mystery encounters. Finally, my action dice set consists of three D6 dice. To initiate game setup, I'm going to roll my unique value dice set. I rolled a 2, a 5, and a 6 on the game sheet. The setup is in the top right corner. I need to assign the three numbers to gold, treasures, and monsters. I don't think it makes a big difference which number I assign to treasures and monsters, but it does make a big difference that I get as much gold in the beginning as possible. I'll need the gold to level up my heroes. For this reason, I'm assigning 6 to gold, 5 to monsters, and 2 to treasures. Now let's implement these settings. First of all, I'm going to update coins by typing six. I have six gold coins. Next, I'm going to assign the monsters to their holes. The first monster on the list is assigned to room 5, the next to room 6. When you reach 6, you need to continue with rooms 1, 2, 3, and 4. The boss monster is in room 4. Once the numbers are assigned, I'm going to distribute the monsters to each of their holes. Notice in the instructions for Z, his door is magically shut when the heroes arrive at the dungeons of dread. To copy the closed door, simple! I will hold down the Alt or Option key and drag the symbol to make a copy. Then, use the rotate handle to rotate. As I rotate the door, I'm holding down the Shift key to ensure the door rotates with discrete angles. We're not going to distribute the treasure following the same logic as for the monsters. The first treasure goes to room 2, the next to room 3, and so on. Now that we are ready with the game setup, I just want to make one final quick detour before we begin our quest. When I first played the game, I was constantly flipping between the help PDF and the game sheet. To make this easier for myself, I added these question mark symbols. If I hover over the link indicator while pressing the Control or Command key, the relevant section from the help will pop up. Let's open the Pencils and Powers rules from the rules folder by control or command-clicking on the file. This is an Excalidraw drawing with the PDF pages embedded. I want you to notice these light gray rectangles. Let's flip back for a moment to the game board. If I control or command-hover over this link, I can see the area of the relevant gray box in the popup preview. To implement this, simply select this rectangle, and then here in the Obsidian tools panel, click "Copy Link to Element" and select the area link. I now have the link on the clipboard. If you press Control or Command K on any element in Excalidraw, you can add a link. I'm going to paste my area link here and delete the exclamation mark from the beginning since I am now not embedding the image into a document, only adding it as an element link. If I control or command-hover over the element now, the popup preview will show the area covered by the rectangle. Our game setup is ready, and I'll start playing! The entire quest took about an hour—it was good fun! My learning is I should have been more strategic about advancing the treasures in a few selected rooms only, instead of trying to go for all the treasure in all of the rooms. Starting monster attacks late in the game and leaving almost all of them to the variant was strategically not a clever choice. Killing a few monsters early on while they were still weak would have given me the option of allocating dice rolls to those monsters, thus mitigating the building up of the strength and health of all the monsters in the dungeon. Additionally, I was super unlucky with my attacks—in almost all cases, I rolled a two with my attack die and was forced to use all the special powers of my heroes to defeat monsters. Had I not had some luck during my attack of Zog, I wouldn't have been able to complete the quest. [* ](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=44)
On a practical note, in all cases such as building the path, increasing the health and attack power of monsters, increasing the treasures in the holes, and copying dice rolls in the log, I used the same solution. I held down Alt or Option on a Mac to make a copy of the shape and held down Shift to rotate by fixed angles. This approach made it super simple and convenient to color squares on the sheet. Additionally, having the help available by hovering the question marks is also extremely handy, as this way checking the rules during the game is very easy and intuitive. Overall, I'm pretty happy with this game setup and will definitely use it for other board games as well. It really felt like playing on paper, with the added benefit that I can also play it on the go, and that I don't need a printer. In the PKM Summit presentation with Nicole, we will demonstrate how a similar setup can be used to play in a collaborative fashion using Obsidian sync. To wrap up today's video, I'd like to show you a couple of additional tips and tricks you might want to use when setting up a game of your own. First, how do you add a PDF to a drawing? Well, that's pretty simple: click on "Insert Any File" and choose one of the PDF files. Notice how I am inserting only page one because that's the game sheet. After the PDF is inserted, I recommend sizing the image such that standard size text fits the pages nicely. This is to help with efficiency so you don't need to fiddle with custom font sizes. When you're happy with the size, you should lock the image so you do not accidentally select and move it around. Now, the other thing that you might have already noticed is how I have my icons with different colors in them. I downloaded all these icons in black from GameIcons.net and applied a hidden feature to recolor images. Note that what I'm going to show you only works with SVGs. For demonstration, I will shift-drag the assassin to the scene. I now need to switch over to markdown view to change the color of the assassin. But before doing so, I'm going to use this circle to select the new color I'd like to use. When I'm happy with the color, I copy the color number to the clipboard. Switching over to markdown view under the embedded files section, I need to open a curly bracket and write the following short JSON statement that defines the mapping between the original colors and new colors. The original color, in this case, is black, expressed as six zeros. Finally, before switching back to Excalidraw view mode, I will move my cursor to another line because I noticed that sometimes Obsidian does not save these changes unless I change lines in the editor. And voila, the assassin is now blue. Now, if you want a blue and a red assassin, similar to the different color treasure chests, that will require an additional little trick. Let's switch to markdown view mode again. The trick is to duplicate this line, changing the color mapping to red in the second one. For this to take effect, I need to change the long ID number. I will now change 9f to 1f, and finally, you need to find the original ID in the Excalidraw script below in the JSON section and modify one of the final IDs to begin with 1f instead of 9f. Switching back to Excalidraw view, we can see that one of the assassins is now red. Next, if I want to create yet another game template, then I recommend the following approach: as opposed to starting from scratch, make a copy of one of the game templates. Don't worry; by default, it will open in markdown mode, but you can always switch over to Excalidraw mode to replace the dread knight sheet. I can change the link to the Dragon Castle challenge sheet A4 DCC like this. The benefit of this approach is if I now look at the drawing, I will have a game sheet almost ready with many of the necessary components on the sheet already ready. Now, of course, some of these squares are in the wrong place, but the chests are good. I would need to delete my monsters, of course, because I have different monsters in the Dragon Castle Challenge and would need to search for these monsters on GameIcons. I would also need to modify the path tiles a little, but still, this way, you get a head start with the changes. Other than that, this is all I wanted to show you today. I hope you find this as much fun as I did, and just a final reminder: I'm going to share the link to this vault on GitHub if you want to collaborate. I would welcome collaboration on this vault to configure additional solo RPG game sheets for all of us to enjoy. [* ](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=910)
# YouTube Details
## YouTube Description
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GitHub Repo: https://github.com/zsviczian/SOLO-RPG
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In this video, I delve into the exciting world of solo RPG adventures using the powerful combination of Excalidraw and Obsidian.md. Join me as I demonstrate how to set up and play Pencils and Powers Solo RPG, showcasing a simple yet engaging gameplay setup that will spark your imagination.
Throughout the video, I walk you through configuring Excalidraw templates and folders, adding area references to images, recoloring SVG icons, and other practical tips and tricks that enhance your gaming experience.
From rolling dice to distributing treasures and monsters, I guide you through every step of the game setup process, making it easy to follow along and get started on your own solo RPG journey.
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Timestamps:
[00:00](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=0) Intro
[01:43](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=103) Configuring Templates, Filenames, Folders
[03:20](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=200) Setting up the Game
[06:08](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=368) Game rules in Hover Previews with Image Area References
[07:49](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=469) Reflections on the gameplay
[10:35](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=635) Adding a game sheet to Excalidraw
[11:20](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=680) Recoloring SVG icons
[13:44](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=824) Creating a new game template by copying an existing one
[14:57](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=897) Wrap up
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PKM Summit: https://pkmsummit.com/
Visual Thinking Workshop: https://www.visual-thinking-workshop.com/
My blog: https://zsolt.blog/
Obsidian: https://obsidian.md
Excalidraw-Obsidian: https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/
GitHub Repo: https://github.com/zsviczian/SOLO-RPG
## YouTube Transcript
[buried deep within the holes of the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=0) [dungeon of dread lies the Crypt of Zog](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=3) [the mighty once a great and powerful](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=7) [knight he was corrupted by evil magic](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=10) [now a powerful dread Knight he is](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=13) [compelled to guard the magical cauldron](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=16) [of the evil witch Queen defeat him and](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=20) [claim The Cauldron for](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=24) [yourself welcome to visual PKM I'm jolt](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=26) [obsidian is an amazing platform for](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=31) [playing board games they're going to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=34) [play pencils and Powers solo RPG with](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=36) [exoleta dice roller and obsidian MD](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=40) [today I'll show you a very simple but](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=44) [fun setup I'll include a link to the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=48) [GitHub repo with this vault in the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=50) [description should you want to play or](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=54) [contribute this video is a spin-off of](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=58) [my collaboration with Nicole Wonder](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=60) [Hoven Friday this week at the PKM Summit](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=63) [in utra we are doing a shared](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=66) [presentation about RPG with obsidian](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=69) [obsidian sync and exol draw including](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=72) [some practical applications of the setup](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=75) [for PKM and](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=78) [CRM in this video I'll show you how to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=80) [configure exol templates and folders how](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=83) [to add area references to images and](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=87) [display those in Hover previews how to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=90) [recolor SVG icons and a few other](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=93) [practical tips and tricks useful not](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=97) [just when playing board](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=100) [games we'll start by creating an empty](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=102) [game board by clicking the scol draw](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=106) [ribbon buttton notice how I have three](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=109) [different templates in the select](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=112) [template list however Only The Dread](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=115) [night is fully](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=119) [configured this is the first of 11](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=120) [different games in the pencils and](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=123) [Powers series now before we jump into](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=126) [the game I want to show you how the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=129) [templates are set up templates are](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=132) [simply exro files in a designated folder](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=135) [that EXC colro duplicates when creating](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=139) [a new](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=142) [drawing this is my templates](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=143) [folder with the three files if I control](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=146) [or command click on any of these I can](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=150) [open the template files in a new tab](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=153) [then I create a new drawing from the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=156) [template everything in the template is](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=158) [copied to the new drawing and the empty](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=161) [game file is saved in the games](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=165) [folder let's quickly look at the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=168) [template file name and folder](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=171) [configurations in plug-in](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=174) [settings under basic you can see the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=176) [template folder is called templates and](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=180) [the excal folder is called](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=183) [games then further down under saving I](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=186) [configured the file name prefix to be](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=190) [game followed by a space and the date](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=193) [format as year month](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=196) [day to get us started I'm going to open](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=199) [the dice tray from the dice roller](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=203) [plugin notice that I have already](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=206) [configured three different sets of dice](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=208) [the 3d6 U Will Roll three six-sided dice](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=211) [until three unique values are returned I](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=216) [need this for my game setup then I have](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=219) [a single D6 that I will use during](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=223) [attacks and mystery encounters finally](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=226) [my action dice set are three D6](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=229) [dice to initiate game setup I'm going to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=233) [roll my unique value dice set](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=237) [I rolled A2 A5 and a](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=240) [six on the game sheet the setup is in](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=243) [the top right corner I need to assign](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=247) [the three numbers to Gold treasures and](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=249) [monsters I don't think it makes a big](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=252) [difference which number I assign to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=255) [treasures and monsters but it does make](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=257) [a big difference that I get as much gold](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=260) [in the beginning as possible I'll need](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=263) [the gold to level up my heroes for this](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=266) [reason I'm assigning six to Gold five to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=270) [monsters and two to Treasures now let's](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=274) [Implement these](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=277) [settings first of all I'm going to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=279) [update coins by typing six I have six](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=282) [gold coins next I'm going to assign the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=285) [monsters to their holes the first](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=289) [Monster on the list is assigned to room](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=291) [five the next to room six When You Reach](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=294) [six you need to continue with rooms 1 2](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=298) [3 and four Z the boss monster is in room](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=301) [four Once the numbers are assigned I'm](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=306) [going to distribute the monsters to each](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=309) [of their holes notice in the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=312) [instructions for Z his door is magically](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=315) [shut when the heroes arrive at the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=319) [dungeons of dread to copy the closed](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=321) [door simple I will hold down the alt or](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=325) [option key and drag the symbol to make a](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=328) [copy then use the rotate handle to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=331) [rotate as I rotate the door I'm holding](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=334) [down the shift key to ensure the door](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=337) [rotates with discrete](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=341) [angles we are not going to distribute](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=344) [the treasure following the same logic as](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=347) [for the monsters the first treasure goes](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=350) [to room two the next do rooms three and](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=353) [so](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=356) [on now that we ready ready with the game](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=357) [setup I just want to make one final](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=360) [quick detour before we begin our Quest](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=363) [when I first played the game I was](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=367) [constantly flipping between the help PDF](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=369) [and the game sheet to make this easier](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=373) [for myself I added these question mark](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=375) [symbols if I hover over the link](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=378) [indicator while pressing the control or](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=381) [command key the relevant section from](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=384) [the help will pop up let's open the PNP](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=387) [rules from the rules folder by control](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=391) [or command clicking on the file this is](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=394) [an excolo drawing with the PDF Pages](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=398) [embedded I want you to notice these](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=401) [light gray](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=404) [rectangles let's flip back for a moment](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=406) [to the game board if I control or](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=409) [command hover over this link I can see](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=412) [the area of the relevant gray box in the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=415) [popup preview to implement this simply](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=419) [select this rectangle and then here in](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=423) [the obsidian tools panel click copy link](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=426) [to element and select the area link I](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=429) [now have the Ed link on the clipboard if](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=434) [you press control or command K on any](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=438) [element in exol draw you can add a link](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=441) [I'm going to paste my area link here and](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=444) [delete the exclamation mark from from](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=447) [the beginning since I am now not](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=449) [embedding the image to a document only](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=452) [adding it as an element link if the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=455) [control or command hover over the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=459) [element now the popup preview will show](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=462) [the area covered by the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=465) [rectangle our game setup is ready I'll](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=469) [start](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=472) [playing the entire Quest took about an](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=473) [hour it was good fun my learning is I](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=476) [should have been more strategic about](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=479) [advancing the treasures in a few](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=482) [selected rooms only instead of trying to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=485) [go for all the treasure in all of the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=488) [rooms starting monster attacks late in](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=491) [the game and leaving almost all of them](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=494) [to the variant was strategically not a](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=497) [clever Choice killing a few monsters](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=500) [early on while they're still weak would](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=503) [have given me the option of allocating](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=506) [dice rols to those monsters thus](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=509) [mitigating building up the strength and](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=512) [health of all the monsters in the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=515) [dungeon additionally I was super unlucky](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=518) [with my attacks in almost all the cases](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=522) [I rolled a two with my attack die and](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=525) [was forced to use all the special powers](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=529) [of my heroes to defeat monsters had I](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=531) [not had some luck during my attack of](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=535) [Zog I wouldn't have been able to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=538) [complete the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=540) [quest on a practical note in all the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=541) [cases such as building the path](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=545) [increasing the health and attack power](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=548) [of monsters increasing the treasures in](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=551) [the holes copying dice rolls in the log](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=554) [I used the same solution I held down alt](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=558) [or option on a Mac to make a copy of the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=562) [shape and held down shift to rotate by](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=566) [fixed angles this approach made it super](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=570) [simple and convenient to color squares](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=574) [on the sheet additionally having the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=577) [help available by hovering the question](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=580) [marks is also extremely handy as this](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=583) [way checking the rules during the game](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=587) [is very easy and](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=590) [intuitive overall I'm pretty happy with](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=594) [this game setup and we'll definitely use](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=597) [it for other board games as well it](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=599) [really felt like playing on paper with](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=602) [the added benefit that I can also play](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=604) [it on the go and that I don't need a](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=607) [printer in the PKM Summit presentation](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=610) [with Nicole we will demonstrate how a](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=613) [similar setup can be used to play in a](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=617) [collaborative fashion using obsidian](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=620) [sync to wrap up today's video I'd like](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=623) [to show you couple of additional tips](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=626) [and tricks you might want to use when](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=630) [setting up a game of your](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=632) [own first how do you add a PDF to a](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=635) [drawing well that's pretty simple click](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=638) [on insert any file and choose one of the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=641) [PDF files notice how I am inserting only](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=645) [page one because that's the game](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=650) [sheet after the PDF is inserted I](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=653) [recommend sizing the image such that](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=657) [standard size text fits the pages nicely](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=660) [this is to help with efficiency so you](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=665) [don't need to fiddle with custom font](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=667) [sizes when you're happy with the size](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=671) [you should log the image so you do not](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=674) [accidentally select and move it](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=677) [around now the other thing that you](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=680) [might have already noticed is how I have](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=683) [my icons with different colors in it I](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=685) [downloaded all these icons in Black from](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=689) [Game icons. net and applied a hidden](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=692) [feature to recolor images note what I'm](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=696) [going to show you only works with](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=700) [svgs for demonstration I will shift drag](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=704) [the Assassin to the scene I now need to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=708) [switch over to markdown view to change](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=711) [the color of the Assassin but before](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=713) [doing so I'm going to use this circle to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=717) [select the new fi color I'd like to use](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=720) [when I'm happy with the color I copy the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=724) [color and number to the clipboard](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=726) [switching over to markdown view under](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=729) [the embedded files section I need to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=732) [open a curly bracket and write the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=735) [following short Json statement that](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=739) [defines the mapping between original](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=742) [colors and new colors the original color](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=745) [in this case is black expressed as 6](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=749) [zeros finally before switching back to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=753) [exro view mode I will move my cursor to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=757) [another line because I noticed that](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=760) [sometimes obsidian does not save these](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=763) [changes unless I change lines in the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=765) [editor and voila the Assassin is now](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=768) [blue now if you want a blue and a red](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=772) [assassin similar to the different color](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=776) [Treasure Chest that will require an](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=779) [additional little trick let's switch to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=782) [markdown View mode again the trick is to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=785) [duplicate this line changing the color](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=789) [mapping to Red in the second one for](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=792) [this to take effect I need to change the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=795) [long ID number I will now change 9f to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=798) [1f and finally you need to find the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=802) [original ID in the exol draw script](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=804) [Below in the Json section and modify one](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=807) [of the final IDs to begin with 1f](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=811) [instead of 9f switching back to excal](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=814) [view we can see that one of the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=818) [Assassins is now](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=821) [red next if I want to create yet another](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=823) [game template then I recommend the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=827) [following approach as opposed to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=829) [starting from scratch make a copy of one](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=832) [of the game templates don't worry by the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=836) [default it will open in markdown mode](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=839) [but you can always switch over to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=841) [excetra view mode to replace the dread](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=843) [Knight sheet I can change the link to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=847) [the Dragon Castle challenge sheet A4 DCC](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=850) [like this the benefit of this approach](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=855) [is if I now look at the drawing I will](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=859) [have a game sheet almost ready with many](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=862) [of the necessary components on the sheet](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=866) [already ready now of course some of](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=868) [these squares are in the wrong place but](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=871) [the chests are good I would need to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=874) [delete my monsters of course because I](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=876) [have different monsters in the Dragon](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=879) [Castle Challenge and would need to](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=881) [search for these monsters on game icons](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=884) [I would also need to modify the bath](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=887) [tiles a little but still this way you](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=890) [get a head start with the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=893) [changes other than that this is all I](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=896) [wanted to show you today I hope you find](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=900) [this as much fun as I did and just a](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=903) [final reminder I'm going to share the](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=907) [link to this Vault on GitHub if you want](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=910) [to collaborate I would welcome](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=913) [collaboration on this Vault to configure](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=915) [additional solo RPG game sheets for all](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=918) [of us to enjoy](https://youtu.be/gTHYdABfpQs?t=921)