gmane.games.piecepack

Re: Using Anchor (instead of Fleur-de-lis) as a Piecepack suit (was: Introducing myself; Piecepack designs)

Aaron Waters — 2013-05-25T23:13:18

I believe (and I hope I'm not stepping on any toes here) that was
meant, at least to some extent, to be "A Modest Proposal on the Topic
of Sensible Expansions to Piecepack".

I think I do recall seeing that exact question on a Mensa test, though:
1 2 ?
4 3 ?
? ? ?
What five numbers should be used to fill in the missing spaces. Note:
there is only one "correct" answer.

Just goes to show, humans are very, very good at finding patterns in
things whether or not they exist.

Personally, I got around the issue by making a few piecepacks some
with fleur-de-lis, some with anchors and even some green and yellow
crowns. I even made one with seasons, although apparently according to
the aforementioned wiki page, I used the wrong colors. I can easily
fit four piecepacks into an 8 1/2" x 11" x 2" stationary box, so its
not too much of a burden as far as I'm concerned, especially since
mine are clear acrylic coated foam core and so are quite light.

The hard part for me is convincing my various gaming friends to
actually try out any of the games. Perhaps its time for another round
of attempts.


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Re: Introducing myself; Piecepack designs

Bill Browne — 2013-05-25T23:32:08

http://www.piecepack.org/JCD.html

Oh, I certainly didn't arrive at the idea independently - I'd seen that
set, and maybe one other, using Anchors.

Cheers,
*Bill
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Re: Using Anchor (instead of Fleur-de-lis) as a Piecepack suit (was: Introducing myself; Piecepack designs)

Daniel Ajoy — 2013-05-25T17:22:03


A small drawback is that then, in King Arthur's Court

http://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/KingArthursCourt

Lancelot would have to be represented by the Anchor instead of the fleur-de-lis.

And even though it is true that both the fleur-de-lis and the crown represent Nobility, someone made a distinction between the two:

http://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/SensibleExpansions


Daniel


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Re: Using Anchor (instead of Fleur-de-lis) as a Piecepack suit (was: Introducing myself; Piecepack designs)

Daniel Ajoy — 2013-05-25T17:12:50


Is the Empire deck widely available? Prior to this conversation I hadn't heard of it.

Daniel


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Re: Using Anchor (instead of Fleur-de-lis) as a Piecepack suit (was: Introducing myself; Piecepack designs)

Daniel Ajoy — 2013-05-25T17:07:50


I suppose another reason why it was chosen for the JCD Piecepack is that the Crown symbol can be drawn hollow while the Anchor symbol can be drawn full, to match the other suites: the Sun symbol can be drawn hollow, while the Moon symbol can be drawn full.

JCD Piecepack is a two-tones-only piecepack designed to be used for laser cutting. AFAIK.

My PiecePack derivative design has this property too:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/1639074/piecepack

As I mentioned before I chose those symbols because they come in the Dingbats font, and can represent a variety of things, too:

yellow cross: summer, hot, religion, priest, nobility, ruler, king, target

blue snow flake: winter, cold, water, electricity, technology, spells, crystals

green arrow: archer, aggression, wind/fall, shovel, speed, leader, pointer

red flower: spring, damsel, life, softness, vegetable, food, nature.

Daniel


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Using Anchor (instead of Fleur-de-lis) as a Piecepack suit (was: Introducing myself; Piecepack designs)

Ben Finney — 2013-05-25T09:18:00

Bill Browne
<williamgeorgebrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> writes:


Yes, I agree with this. The Anchor is (in addition to compatibility with
the Empire deck) a symbol with IMO broader connotations than the
fleur-de-lis.

I hadn't realised but you're right that the Crown overlaps somewhat with
the Fleur-de-lis, since the latter is heavily associated with French
monarchy. It's good that (AFAIK) the Anchor doesn't have this kind of
symbology overlap with any other Piecepack symbols.

I'd be in favour of making the Anchor an official replacement for that
suit.

Re: Introducing myself; Piecepack designs

sshum2003 — 2013-05-24T22:50:31

Or he could have seen the JCD piecepack version based on the Empire Cards.
http://www.piecepack.org/JCD.html



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Re: Introducing myself; Piecepack designs

Bill Browne — 2013-05-24T01:47:27

Zombies in My Piecepack does - Arms represents weaponry, the Moon pawn
represents the passage of the day, etc.

Galaxy Express does too, vaguely - Crowns for goods, the Sun for thrust and
the Moon for breaks, etc.

But now you mention it, I can't think of any others.

*Bill
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Re: Introducing myself; Piecepack designs

daniel_ajoy — 2013-05-23T15:52:13

It makes sense, I remember using Anchor to represent "sinking" in the PiecePack adaptation of Forbidden Island.

Are there other games that assign meaning to the suites? I can only think of "King Arthur's Court":

http://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/KingArthursCourt

and Piecepack Letterbox.

Daniel




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Re: Introducing myself; Piecepack designs

Bill Browne — 2013-05-22T23:18:21

Good question, David.

I can't quite remember, but I think I thought the Anchor would be more
versatile because it could represent ships, the ocean, iron, etc., whereas
the fleur-de-lis could represent weapons and aristocracy (and the latter is
already represented by crowns)

Cheers,
*Bill
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Re: Introducing myself; Piecepack designs

Daniel Ajoy — 2013-05-21T16:45:12



Just curious, why did you choose Anchor instead of Fleur-de-lis? Do you own Empire Cards?

http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/attachments/poker-gear-general/19100d1273888881-custom-deck-maker-empire-cards-hooks-haats2.jpg


Daniel


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Now uploaded to the Files section

Bill Browne — 2013-05-20T14:19:51

Hi folks,

I've now uploaded my piecepack design to the Files section:
Files <http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/piecepack/files/> > Printable
piecepacks<http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/piecepack/files/Printable%20piecepacks/>>
BB's Piecepack

Since then, I've also expanded it to meet the specifications of the 9-suit
piecepack in the Sensible Expansions article (
http://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/SensibleExpansions), though I'm yet to export
it. I was wondering if people had played with these expanded piecepacks
and, if so, what their opinions of it were.

Cheers,

*Bill
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Re: Does anyone know

Ron Hale-Evans — 2013-05-19T17:28:30

I scanned it and added it to the wiki quite a while back.

http://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/GamesMagazine

Ron


On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 9:14 AM, laura <lauraj400-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: article on Piecepack from Games magazine

Daniel Ajoy — 2013-05-19T16:33:09



This one?

http://www.thegamesjournal.com/articles/GameSystems1.shtml

Daniel


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Does anyone know

laura — 2013-05-19T16:14:24

where I can find the article on Piecepack from Games magazine?Thanks 



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Re: Introducing myself; Piecepack designs

Lynda Underwood — 2013-05-18T17:05:43

You can also put them in the files/photos section on the web.

The link is at the bottom of every email.

Lynda



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Re: Introducing myself; Piecepack designs

imfurry — 2013-05-18T16:16:16

Welcome to the group, Bill. There's a files section at the Yahoo groups page that you can use to post your files.

If you enjoy Fuji-san, you might want to try the Fuji-san puzzles I posted on the piecepack wiki.
http://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/Fuji-san

There's a discussion of recommended games on BGG.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/962135/some-of-the-best-games

Don

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Re: Introducing myself; Piecepack designs

Ben Finney — 2013-05-18T11:39:03

Bill Browne
<williamgeorgebrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> writes:


Thanks for working to improve Piecepack!


Your attachments won't make it here; this is a text-only discussion
forum.

Can you please put your designs online and point us to them with a URL?
One good place might be BoardGameGeek, but anywhere you can put
documents for public display will do.

Introducing myself; Piecepack designs

Bill Browne — 2013-05-18T04:46:21

Hi folks,

I recently looked into the Piecepack in more detail and found it pretty
exciting. I've designed my own coins and tiles (I've bought dice and pawns
on Ebay) and I've attached them if you're interested (unfortunately I
stuffed up some of the line widths for the blank tiles).

With my friends or by myself I've played a few games: Fuji-san is a
favourite, I also enjoyed Zombies in my Piecepack and Galaxy Express from
the solitaires. Last night we played Delegate Dash and San Andreas, both of
which we took a while to understand.

Cheers,

*Bill
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Re: Re: Piecepack site down?

Ron Hale-Evans — 2013-05-06T16:33:37

Our server lost connectivity because of a fried modem.  I would have
responded earlier,  but I only saw this question now because the web server
is also the mail server.

Ron
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Re: Piecepack site down?

daniel_ajoy — 2013-05-06T16:07:43

It is back online.

Daniel




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