Re: Piecepacks from Blue Panther?

[steve@...]

One of the nice things about Blue Panther's business model is that we can 
provide "lot size of one".  In a sense we're sort of a Print-On-Demand shop 
for board games.  So, if someone does not like navy blue they can get wood 
grain.  If they don't like birch, they can get walnut, etc.   Price would be 
about the same in all cases.  (Acrylic would still be much higher - plastic 
is more expensive than wood in this application)  We keep a small inventory 
on hand and generally make the game when it is ordered.  Perhaps we'll offer 
a few versions of the Piecepack on the site. 

SJ 


Ron Hale-Evans writes: 

> On 1/15/07, Porter235 <porter235@...> wrote:
> > Coversations with Steve are going well, and it appears we are both excited
> > about Blue Panther producing the JCDpiecepack. (He has added some teaser text
> > to his home page http://www.bluepantherllc.com/ ) 
> >
> > Some minor changes are going to happen with version 3 which will be the one
> > produced by Blue Panther. You can get a peek at
> > http://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/JcdPiecepack 
> >
> > He has mentioned a few options for materials: baltic birch (natural color,
> > stained, painted, or "reverse image"), hardwood tiles, and acrylic. We
> > haven't made any choices yet about what we think will work best.
>
> Marty pointed out that you can see the grains of various kinds of
> wood, including birch, here: 
>
> http://www.logsplitters.com/Wood.html 
>
> By the way, even with wooden components, the laser etching should take
> care of printing problems such as the double-marking someone mentioned
> caused by printing the suit and value symbols on a coin too faintly. 
>
> For the record, I'd prefer that my piecepacks *not* be painted navy blue. 
>
> Ron 
>
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