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RE: Something for Vince
Nicely done, Peter.
I always thought that even the simple black silhouettes (a la Panzer Blitz) were far more recognizable at a glance than the top down APL counters. I'll concede Peter's point regarding relative orientation upon approach, but I still find the know-what's-what-at-a-glance ability with the silhouettes to be a significant loss in play "comfort" - couldn't think of a better term. I find something similar with chess: I "see" the game better with Staunton pattern (or similar) pieces than with, say, historical or fantasy sets.
Part of the chess issue is likely familiarity, but I'd bet that there are studies in the psychological and/or cognitive science literature regarding how the brain does or does not recognize shapes and images and, in particular, how outlines/silhouettes are recognized compared to images with internal detail. Be sort of neat to do the experiment with APL armor counters and, say, old PB ones, testing recognition speed and accuracy.
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