Re: [piecepack] Using piecepack to play abstract games (was Re: piecepackplus)

["Galadran" <galadran@...>]

As I said I'm new to this forum and I'd like to know how I can download all the previous posts to be abble to read offline.
This for offline reading prefered to y-groups browsing. If somebody can help ?
TIA
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Galadran
  To: piecepack@yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 1:00 PM
  Subject: Re: [piecepack] Using piecepack to play abstract games (was Re: piecepackplus)


  Hi,
  I'm new to this forum (2 days) but a piece pack fan for much more long time.

  I went into the same process of gathering all information on dice and cards to have the ultimate pack of what's needed to play most of the related games and added the element to my piece pack (that I also extend to 2 more suits).
  Card pack for example have 5 suits one extended to 21 (for tarot) with several différent jokers.

  Wish we can find a way to gather all the piecepackgamers innitiative to have THE ULTIMATE PIECE PACK.

  happy gaming to all, with pp, pp+ or upp ...

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: davidlhsl
    To: piecepack@yahoogroups.com
    Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 3:21 AM
    Subject: [piecepack] Using piecepack to play abstract games (was Re: piecepackplus)


    --- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, "Iain Cheyne" <groups@c...> wrote:

    > I am trying to assemble a list of established old abstract games
    that will
    > fit with the piecepack (I'll post a separate message about that
    later) and I
    > have been struggling. There are two main problems: (1) the existing
    > piecepack set only allows for six pieces per player (2) the grids
    on the
    > back of the tiles only allows even sized boards e.g. 4x4, 6x4, 8x8.
    > Extensions that fix these problems would be great for me.
    >

    Believe it or not, one of the reasons I was attracted to the
    piecepack was because the tile system seemed like a perfect way for
    me to play many of the games programmed for Zillions of Games
    (www.zillions-of-games.com). For this, I consider the piecepack
    components to be simply a part of my larger collection of gaming
    components that can be mixed and matched as warranted. I have
    polyhedral dice sets in 8 colors, poker chips in 9 colors (matching
    Icehouse colors), Icehouse stashes, glass stones in 8 colors, and
    dominoes in a size that fits the piecepack tiles perfectly. I have
    purchased plenty of wooden discs from
    www.woodparts.biz/mall/page15.asp and attached various chess icons
    to them to permit play of various chess variants. I have also
    created a huge (as in: admittedly excessive, but I *love* these
    things) set of coins in 8 colors that I call David's Advanced Coins
    (you can download the pdf for these at members.aol.com/DavidLHsl if
    interested). The Advanced Coins I created for myself is the only way
    I can play the solitaire game Ishido, which I had been dying to do
    ever since I had the computer program.

    I use my dominoes to wall off the excess row and column when I need
    an odd numbered board (e.g.: a 9 x 9 board), and this works pretty
    well. If I need a hex board, I use poker chips to form the board
    tiles instead of the piecepack.

    I use glass stones found in craft shops to play games such as 
    Epaminondas and Lines of Action to get around the piecepack coin
    limitation of 6 per player.

    Sometimes a board design for an abstract game is awkward to
    reproduce with the piecepack. Best example is Nine Men's Morris. In
    these cases, I just print the board(s) onto a sheet of paper and
    laminate it.

    This probably doesn't help with your project, though. I thought you
    might like to see how someone else has tackled these problems.

    > My only worry is that portability of the piecepack will be
    > reduced by most extensions.
    >

    As you've probably been able to tell from my listing of gaming
    components, this is the area where I have admittedly gone overboard.
    My own attitude as it pertains to my own collection is that all my
    game components, while combersome to tote completely, are merely
    tools at my disposal to play a wide variety of games. I can decide
    what game or games I wish to play, pack just those components
    necessary into a briefcase or backpack, and take just that.

    I look forward to seeing your list.

    David


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