Re: [piecepack] Genesis, Cloning, Possibilities

[Frank Branham <moo@...>]

On Friday, August 10, 2001, at 02:51 PM, Doug Orleans wrote:
>
> I think it shares a family resemblance to Torres (3-d tile laying).  I
> can believe that it was an independent creation (perhaps even
> pre-dating Torres) but I think many people are going to think it was
> inspired by Torres.
>
> Fair enough.  It's an interesting accident that Hanging Gardens
> resembles Torres.

Which it doesn't, it resembles Torres rather less than Torres resembles
Burgenland/Terra Turrium (another Kramer game) or Strata 5, or Step by
Step (Theta), or the half dozen 3D tile laying games in my collection.

If anything Hanging Gardens reminds me of Sentinel----an old
C64/Spectrum computer game.

Although MotoX does remind me a bit of Mississppi Queen. The actual
mechanics are rather different.

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I did have a thought for a mechanic suggested by the piecepack:

Crazy-8/Domino-like tile laying. Where each tile must match an adjacent
tile by suit or number.

Moo
Frank


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