If I would play this otb, I think I would make it simpler by only marking the squares you control that no piece you own stand on. The number of marks on the board with your color will then be the same as your income. Then less marks is necessary and you can skip to write the number of squares and pieces and be satisfied to write down income and savings. If I would buy something I would write it as negative income instead of writing it in a buy column, but that is just a matter of taste. Also when I'm writing things down I might as well add the moves in the score sheet while I'm still on it to make it easier to backtrack if there wes any miscalculation or missed income or such.
About the marks I would just pick whatever mark I could find from another board game or whatever I can find. The discs for Reversi (Othello) for example should work. I would just use paper in the worst case scenario since I don't like having paper pieces spread out on a chessboard.
From the chess.com downloads a set of documents is available that can be used to play Economy Chess on the board. Print the documents, get a board and pieces and you can play a game!
The .zip file contains:
- standard rules (.doc -4 pages-) with image examples and optional rules
- a scoresheet (.doc -1 page- or .pgn) to keep track of the economy. the sheet has most important rules listed in a brief summary
- red and blue tokens (.pgn) that can be printed and cut out
Also required:
1 chessboard
2 sets of pieces
optional: a printed version of the rules
optional: use personal (heavyweight) tokens that dont get pushed around when moving pieces.
About noting down the score: *edit* after Martin0's excellent comment
A better way to keep track of income is to only place markers on squares that you own, but no piece is standing on. Because that amount of markers equals your income. Do not forget to place a marker on a square when you move your piece of it.
Scoresheet and Markers
Rightclick on the images and save them to your computer. You can now print them.
In a local handcraft store I bought a couple mosaic colours for about $2/set. They work fine.
