Re: Piecepack article

["W. Eric Martin" <eric@...>]

> I finally made the trip to B&N and picked up the July GAMES 
> magazine. Very good article, Eric.  I think the addition of the rules 
> for Fuji-san and the sample game to solve was an excellent 
> idea, considering the target readership.

Thanks for the kind words, Benedict.  I wanted to give the GAMES 
audience a specific taste of what's available with the piecepack. 
Fujisan fit the bill by having short rules and being interesting, and 
James Kyle was kind enough to provide a puzzle.  I played Fujisan on my 
own but forgot to record starting positions for those times I did solve it.

I've greatly enjoyed Cardinal's Guards as well, yet the rules ran to 
more than 1,000 words, so that wasn't a possibility for a sidebar -- not 
to mention even larger creations such as Piece Packing Pirates and Epic 
Funhouse.  Hints in the main article would have to do.

I received one message already from someone who read the article, then 
found my address on the piecepack list, so there's at least one convert 
in the audience.  Here's hoping for more....

Eric

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