Re: [piecepack] Good Portsmanship entries

[mark.a.biggar@...]

Piecepack Croquet - based on Croquet
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croquet>

I hope this one is sufficiently different then my "Tabletop Croquet"

Mark

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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Ron Hale-Evans" <rwhe@...>
> Let's have some applause for Meredith "The Eradicator" Hale, the
> contest administrator. I've been running her raggedy. She's got
> midterm projects due this week in grad school, and her household is
> recovering from a flash flood, so kudos to her for processing the
> contest entries.
> 
> To the best of my knowledge, we had 12 entries (10 competing and two
> noncompeting). Apologies if I'm misstating something below and you
> know better. Mention it to Mer at piecepack7@... and it will get
> sorted out eventually.
> 
> Competing entries (alphabetical order):
> ----------------------------------------------------
> The Colonists of Natick - based on The Settlers of Catan Card Game
> <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/278>
> 
> Globular Cluster - based on Tikal
> <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/54>
> 
> Human Harvest - based on Atta Ants and Expansions
> <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/8128>
> 
> Piecepack Croquet - based on Croquet
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croquet>
> 
> Pub sCrawl - based on Senet
> <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2399>
> 
> Shopping Mall - based on MarraCash
> <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/16>
> 
> Sonic Bio-Mutants in Space! - based on Holiday
> <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/512>
> 
> Take Off, Eh! - based on El Grande
> <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/93>
> 
> Temple of Gold - based on Goldland
> <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/3139>
> 
> The Wandering Merchant - based on Merchants of Venus
> <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/230>
> 
> Looks like a lot of people chose old-timey classics to port -- check
> out how low some of the BoardGameGeek item numbers are above.
> 
> Noncompeting entries (alphabetical order):
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Sheep, by Pete Jones - based on Glik
> <http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/24230>
> <http://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/Sheep>
> 
> Tile 13, by Ron Hale-Evans - based on the public piecepack game design
> competitions
> <http://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/Competitions>
> 
> Sheep was an entry in the Mesomorph Games contest, and since it was a
> port of Glik, Pete Jones submitted it as a noncompeting entry in this
> contest. The URL for his game is above. As for my game, Tile 13, I'll
> have it ready as soon as I do some data entry from the last playtest;
> could be as soon as tonight. (It's not a port of Tom Wham's File 13,
> but since it's about game design, the title is an homage.)
> 
> Peace/pax be unto you all, and good luck!
> 
> Ron
> 
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