Re: [piecepack] Piecepack anyone?

[Jorge Arroyo Gonzalez <trozo@...>]

On Mar 7, 2006, at 7:16 AM, Mike Schoessow wrote:

>   The piecepack forum has also yielded some of the very best "non  
> card-based" solitaire games in the world, many of them as a result  
> of the soltaire game design contest. Some of my favorites are One  
> Man: Thrag, Black Pawn Trucking, Piece Packing Pirates, Easy  
> Slider, and one authored by my brother Steve and I called  
> Cardinal's Guards.

I didn't comment on this before, but solitaires are a big plus for  
this system. Given the popularity of cards solitaries, this is one  
thing that could make the system popular. Imagine someone that likes  
those nice wooden puzzles of different kinds (most let you play a  
couple of variants at the most). Now they see a piecepack set with 34  
completely different solitaries and 100 multiplayer games... They'd  
love it!!

As an aside, I've just tried your solitaire (I read the rules a few  
days ago, but didn't actually play it until now) and like it a lot. I  
managed to get 38 points as I was foolish enough to kill the two  
guards on one of the corners too early, making the black 5 impossible  
to reach... but it was fun, and it seems to leave a lot of options  
open even later into the game. Seems to be quite solvable (meaning  
the 4 pawns escape) if played well, which makes it fun and not  
frustrating...

-Jorge