Re: [piecepack] Re: Giant piecepacks

[mark.a.biggar@...]

Unless you plan to play games like Everest where stacking tile into 3D shapes matters, I suggest that a thick cloth like canvus for the tiles.  They would be both walk-on-able, and also (assuming you used hte right paints) washable as well as roll up for easy transport and storage.  For dice note that the Post Office maked 6'x6'x6' mailling boxes, they would make a good die base.  Also you may not need need pawns as the player can stand in for those themselves.  What about thick paper plates for coins?

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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Ron Hale-Evans" <rwhe@...>
> On 1/10/07, Clark D. Rodeffer <clark@...> wrote:
> > --- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, "Ron Hale-Evans" <rwhe@...> wrote:
> > > Hey, the Icehouse folks build giant Icehouse sets to play with, right?
> > >
> > > http://icehousegames.org/wiki/?title=Giant_pieces
> > >
> > > Why not giant piecepacks?
> > [...]
> > > I'm planning to attend Penguicon <http://penguicon.org/> in April.
> > > Clark, do you think one of these sets would interest other attendees?
> >
> > Ron, this would be outstanding!
> 
> Great! :)
> 
> > I don't know how you'd get all the
> > bits here, but the con has a storage locker for safe keeping.
> 
> If I have time to make them, I'd probably ship them separately. I
> wouldn't want to have to take them on the plane.
> 
> > Construction materials are another good question. My first hunch would
> > be to use poster board and stencils / spray paint for the tiles and coins.
> 
> I don't think that would be durable enough. As Jorge pointed out, one
> might want to stand on them. I like his idea of the stuff they make
> mats out of for gyms, but I don't know if you can get it cut to custom
> sizes. Plywood is another possibility.
> 
> They are currently wrestling with this problem on the Icehouse list
> for components called Martian Coasters. I'll keep an eye out for
> plausible materials there.
> 
> Ron
> 
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