On 8/25/06, Jorge Arroyo Gonzalez <trozo@...> wrote:
About the checkered backs, I don't think any games use this feature
explicitly and it can be a bit confusing with games that have layouts
that have tiles in an hexagon like pattern.
Not if the tiles themselves are arranged in a hexagon pattern, because
the black and white can be swapped by turning the tile ninety degrees.
The checkered pattern can in fact support any arrangement of tiles
such
that the small squares form a grid, unless the tile orientation
matters.
However, at least one game, Chariots by Mark A. Biggar, arranges the
tiles such that some of the small squares are offset from each other,
which would work better with the plain grid. The checkered pattern
also
gives away information about tile orientation, which may be
relevant for
some games.
- Eric
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