Re: [piecepack] 5th piecepack competition + more questions

["Mike Schoessow" <mikeschoessow@...>]

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  Subject: [piecepack] 5th piecepack competition + more questions
  >1. What *are* the unique aspects of the piecepack?

  >2. Are there any guidelines about the size of the dice (in relation 
  >to 1/4 of a tile)?
  I don't believe so. However, I do know that if the dice vertices are made longer than 1/4 the width of a tile, some of the games already designed would not be playable. Same for the pawn and coin diameters. A couple other handy relationships are that standard dominos are the same length as the width of a tile, and are the same width as 1/2 the width of a tile. The large Ice House pyramids are very close to 1/2 as wide as a tile. This means that games can more readily be designed that utilize some combination of piecepack, dominos, and Icehouse.  


  >3. Where can I find information about the previous contests and the 
  >winning entries (to give me an idea as to see what I'm up against)?

  The best place, as others have mentioned is www.piecepack.org  However, you may also want to look through past postings to this group, especially from the early days of the group when there was somewhat more discussion of the piecepack concept, hopes for the future, etc.

  >4. What was the design process you went through when designing the 
  >piecepack concept

  Perhaps James could comment on this and on your question #2. I seem to recall some discussion in the past of the correspondence between the number of hours in a day and the number of tiles, as well as other less obvious relationships involving time.
  Welcome aboard!

  -Mike Schoessow