Re: [piecepack] Re: The Colonists of Natick

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

On 3/28/07, gozer2048 <gap@...> wrote:
> > Gary Pressler's acceptance speech for winning the contest is wending
> > its way through list moderation. :-) Meanwhile, he's given permission
> > for me the contest version of his winning entry, The Colonists of
> > Natick, with one minor change. I'll do that by tonight.
>
> The oh-so-eloquent speech is lost.  No, it was never in moderation,
> apperently because I had not actually subscribed to the group yet!
> Oddly, it let me write out and seemingly post a reply, only to let it
> vanish into the ether.

Hi, Gary! Wow, that's astonishingly bad user interface design.

> I would, though, very much like to thank Ron and Meredith for all
> their time and work running the contest.  Thanks also to all the
> playtesters, both on my end and Ron's for trying it out and giving
> feedback.  (That includes you, Mom!)  Also, my gratitude to the prize
> sponsors, of whose wares I will enjoy tinkering out more designs.

You're welcome. Your game is a pleasure to play.

> I must say, when I saw the list of entries and being new to piecepack,
> I figured my chances were slim.  I really look forward to reading the
> rules and trying out some of other entries to see how others
> approached it.  (Merchant of Venus... via piecepack... color me
> intrigued.)  I certainly enjoyed figuring out mine.

Yes, and I beg patience from the other authors while I return
feedback. I am busy and sick right now, a bad combination.

Gary, I hope you can hold off another couple of days for your 1.0
release of Colonists until I can get your feedback to you. I don't
have any terribly stringent criticism, just stuff like everyone I
played with confusing "villages" with "towns" -- would "villages" and
"cities", or "towns" and "cities" be better? That kind of thing.

Welcome to piecepackia! (Piecepackistan?)

Ron

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