Quote Originally Posted by Devsdoc View Post
To help us we had one colour dice (yellow) for the 1st rate ship. That was for me 4 dice. I added a different colour dice for each smaller rate. 3rd rate, 4 yellow +1 red. 4th rate 4 yellow, 1 red and 1 green dice. This helped to remember how many too use for each rate.
Great idea.

Quote Originally Posted by csadn View Post
Not to mention: In most scenarios, unless and until someone notices that clue, *the scenario cannot advance*.... (First Sign Of A Badly-Designed Scenario....)
Yep. That was one of the mentioned game mechanic ideas behind Trail of Cthulhu.