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Timer

The Timer is a tabletop stopwatch with a built-in round counter. It's for pacing time during a session — a limit for the players' decisions, the duration of an effect, the rhythm of a scene — and for keeping a round count when you want a counter separate from the initiative. It's free, runs in the browser and spends no credits. You'll find it as a page of its own and as a block in the Board.

What it's for

Two functions in one tool:

  • Stopwatch: measures elapsed time, useful for putting a limit on choices or timing a phase of play.
  • Round counter: keeps a round count, handy when you want to follow the duration of something (a spell, a condition, a timed exploration) without mixing it with the Player Tracker's initiative order.

How to use it

  1. Open the Timer (page or Board block).
  2. Start the stopwatch when you want time to run.
  3. Use the round counter to mark the turns advancing when you need to.

Persistence

The tool autosaves in the browser: the round and the seconds stay in place even after a reload. The automatic save is per browser/device; to find your situation elsewhere, use the Timer inside a Board saved to your account.