Re: [piecepack] Transparent piecepack?

["Ron Hale-Evans" <rwhe@...>]

On 12/13/06, Jorge Arroyo Gonzalez <trozo@...> wrote:
> The Gloom cards do look nice. But wouldn't the opaque part of the
> front side be a little obtrusive when using the back of the tiles as
> a board? And vice-versa?

You could make the opaque parts white on the back so that the black
lines on the back of the tile would stand out against them. I don't
think the lines on the back would be too obtrusive when seen from the
front. Anyway, they probably wouldn't be as distracting as the lines
on these playing cards, and they seem playable:

http://www.unclesgames.com/product_info.php?products_id=5903

Seen from the front, the lines on the back would probably make the
value in the center look like crosshairs.

> Maybe it would be possible to make a design
> that would work (with smaller numbers)... Also maybe the small suit
> icon on the front of the tiles should be placed in all four corners
> so that you can't tell the orientation when the tile is face down...

How about something like this (4 of Suns)?

4 *
* 4

> For the coins, the suit already takes most of the space, so the
> transparent part would be really small...

Maybe you could shrink the suit a little bit.

> The effect on the tiles
> would be really cool though...
>
> It's a nice idea :)

Thanks. What made me think of it is that sometimes when I introduce
people to the piecepack, they say, "Well, that's pretty interesting,
but I'll stick with Icehouse because it _looks cool_." There's no
reason the piecepack can't "look cool". We don't have to suffer from
mystique envy. :)

Ron

> On Dec 13, 2006, at 10:01 AM, Ron Hale-Evans wrote:
>
> > Wouldn't it be great if someone manufactured a transparent piecepack
> > like the transparent decks of cards that have been appearing lately?
> > Only the informational part of the tile, coin, etc. (suit and value)
> > would be opaque; the rest of it would be transparent.
> >
> > I first saw this transparent/opaque effect in the card game Gloom.
> > Very impressive (the effect, not the game).
> >
> > http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/12692
> >
> > I want someone to manufacture a piecepack like this, but thicker --
> > plexiglas? The thickness shouldn't affect the effect.
> >
> > Would this sell to people who currently scorn the piecepack because it
> > looks rustic to them? A lucite coin for your thoughts...
> >
> > Ron

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