Re: [piecepack] Piecepacks from Blue Panther?

["Ron Hale-Evans" <rwhe@...>]

On 1/15/07, Porter235 <porter235@...> wrote:
> Coversations with Steve are going well, and it appears we are both excited
> about Blue Panther producing the JCDpiecepack. (He has added some teaser text
> to his home page http://www.bluepantherllc.com/ )
>
> Some minor changes are going to happen with version 3 which will be the one
> produced by Blue Panther. You can get a peek at
> http://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/JcdPiecepack
>
> He has mentioned a few options for materials: baltic birch (natural color,
> stained, painted, or "reverse image"), hardwood tiles, and acrylic. We
> haven't made any choices yet about what we think will work best.

Marty pointed out that you can see the grains of various kinds of
wood, including birch, here:

http://www.logsplitters.com/Wood.html

By the way, even with wooden components, the laser etching should take
care of printing problems such as the double-marking someone mentioned
caused by printing the suit and value symbols on a coin too faintly.

For the record, I'd prefer that my piecepacks *not* be painted navy blue.

Ron

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