{"id":1433,"date":"2021-03-06T05:01:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T12:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biathlonanalytics.com\/TEST\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2022-01-05T11:51:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T18:51:04","slug":"how-the-tracks-are-made-for-skoot-the-biathlon-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biathlonanalytics.com\/TEST\/how-the-tracks-are-made-for-skoot-the-biathlon-game\/","title":{"rendered":"How the tracks are made for SKOOT the biathlon game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is a short post about how I create the tracks for the Biathlon board game<\/a> SKOOT I developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step one: find the course<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Biathlonresults.com is the place I go to for tracks, mostly because the images not only show the loop but also give an indication of elevation, which I use to determine where to put the climbs and downhills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They are also good to see the stadium layout, so where the start, finish, range and penalty loop are located. Those are typically the hardest to fit all together in a way that can be used for the game while keeping it somewhat realistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Due to the width of the course required to play the game, I often don’t have the space to make the board game track exactly like the course picture from biathlonresults.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating the tracks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I use a tool called Gravit designer, in which I start with a file that has all basic shape, path and text elements required for the tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After drawing out the basic loop, I start adding the start and finish tracks, the penalty loop and the start, finish, recovery and shooting areas. I keep the tracks wider than “realistic” to ensure tokens will fit, and the penalty loop specifically is longer than “realistic” just to allow 7 tiles to be created (I used 7 as it then on average will take two turns per penalty loop).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the base track is in place I generally add the climbing and downhill zones, after which I start adding the separators that create the individual tiles. When that is all done (and the creation of the tiles is probably the most tedious and time-consuming) I add the other features like arrows, stands, bridges and buildings. Oh, and the course name of course!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After trimming the paper so that everything roughly fits on four letter size pages I create a JPG, which I then look into a tool that creates a four page document with margins and slight overlap, called rasterbator<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The whole process takes a few hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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