many questions

["pete33incinci" <pete_asman@...>]

Hi, all.  I'm relatively new here and thought I'd introduce myself 
before asking a zillion questions.  

My name's Pete, and I like to play games, especially those involving 
wooden bits.  I liked the piecepack concept a lot, and when I found 
that Mesomorph was selling wooden piecepacks, I decided to buy one.  

So now I'm looking for games to play with the piecepack.  I've 
checked out piecepack.org's game list, but it seems a bit sketchy -- 
no ratings (I'm told they were deleted because of user infighting), 
and it seems rather cumbersome to read all 70+ games.  So my first 
question is:  Which piecepack games, if any, have you enjoyed playing 
repeatedly? Replay value is something I look for in a game.  

Second, I've been looking around for cooperative/collaborative games -
- games in which the players try to help each other reach a goal 
together.  Are there any cooperative games for the piecepack? 

Next, I'm thinking about trying my hand at designing a game, but I 
don't really know where to start.  What resources can you recommend 
for someone who wants to design a game? 

How can I tell whether a game I come up with is using too many of 
someone else's ideas? The taxonomy page might be a start (in that it 
will help me determine whether I'm picking something that has the 
same mechanics as an existing game), but I can't tell if it includes 
all of the piecepack games.  How does the wiki work? Does everyone 
who wants to just make additions to it whenever they feel like it?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Pete