Re: [piecepack] Piecepacks from Blue Panther?

["Kistaro Windrider" <kistaro@...>]

> One concern I have with wooden pieces where hidden
> information is required, it is not that hard to be able
> to distinguish wooden pieces from each other from their
> back sides. Whether by color or texturing, each tile is
> going to have it's own unique features.
>
> Has anyone found this to be an issue in the past?

Yes. As much as I like my Mesomorph wooden Piecepack set, the Ace of
Arms coin is double marked- the stamp on both sides is faint enough
that it's obvious to anybody even slightly familiar with my set which
ace is Arms and which Arms is the Ace- it's visually different from
the others. The Null of Crows tile has a (natural) mark in the wood
that also makes it visually distinctive. With a bit of study, I could
probably learn to reliably identify most of the "hidden" pieces in my
set.

> I would suggest using acrylic for the pieces as it will
> be more uniform and harder to tell the pieces apart.

Agreed. I like hidden information, and I can't hide anything that
requires Aces or Arms in coins, at least not perfectly! That little
bit of knowledge can be important- and frustrating when I'd rather not
know, because it's hard to ignore.

> (Next best option would be painted wood, but the grain
> textures could still possibly make them identifiable.)

Not if the paint is opaque. If it isn't, though it will do nearly no
good- the grain texture is very identifiable on my set...

--Adam Norberg