Working on Rules?

[jdroscha@...]

Greetings All,

   I was just curious how many folks out there are 
currently "working" (in any sense) on one or more rule sets for 
piecepack games.  Just trying to get a feel for the 
current "developer community" as it were.

   My question, so I'll start:

Silver Isle is a strategy game for 4 players that is currently being 
playtested.  A draft of the rules is roughly half typed up.  An 
island is generated semi-randomly at the start of the game.  Players 
take turns performing 2 actions on a turn, moving groups of 
colonists, mining, fighting, etc.  Each player also has a ship for 
transport around the coast and for trasport to and from Europe.  Game 
ends when all silver is mined from the island, and the player who 
transported the most silver back to Europe is the winner.

Figure Skating is a solitaire game in playtest.  The tiles are 
arranged in an oval rink shape.  The player then selects moves 
(various types and difficulties of jumps and spins), and places them 
in the rink to plan out the program.  Finally, the player "performs" 
the skating program, with weighted random results which all add up to 
a final score.

   Both rule sets will be posted here for comment when drafts are 
completed.

   Anyone else working on anything?

Game On,
James