Re: Session report: ...... Farook

["Iain Cheyne" <news@...>]

--- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, "mschoessow" <mikeschoessow@c...> 
wrote:

> Tim Schutz recently posted a new 4x4 game called Wizard's Tower 
that 
> can be played with a piecepack. My son and I have tried this out 
and 
> found it to be fun to play. It is an abstract though. The rules 
for 
> the game are at http://www.tjgames.com/wizard.html. 

I am looking forward to the piecepack formatted version of this.
 
> Although it would seem that the piecepack would be perfect for 
> playing many 4x4 abstracts (and there are some good ones out 
there), 
> the small board (assuming you construct it from four grid-side-up 
> tiles)is a bit of a problem in my opinion because it does give 
> almost any game a kind of physically *cramped* feel. Lately I've 
> been thinking of working on the design of a 4x4 piecepack game 
> specifically designed to utilize sixteen suit-side-up tiles to 
form 
> the board. This would make for a board that is not only larger, 
but 
> also more interesting to look at.

It was a bit unfair of me to highlight the fact that Farook is a 4x4 
game, the problems with the game go deeper than that.

I'm interested to see what you come up with.

cheers

Iain