Re: [piecepack] Anatomy information: suit and number distinguishable from reverse side

[Jorge Arroyo <trozo@...>]

Hi,

 When a tile is face down, everything about it (both number and suit) should
be hidden. Many games use this feature (think of a tile like an square
card). The same applies for the coins: When number up, suit must be hidden,
and when suit up, number must be hidden.

While you can probably play some games if you don't follow these rules, many
games would become unplayable because they need the hidden information to
work.

What I can suggest if you glue two materials together is to "paint" the
edges so they don't show any extra information.

Cheers,

-Jorge

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Ben Finney <
ben+yahoogroups@... <ben%2Byahoogroups@benfinney.id.au>> wrote:

> Howdy all,
>
> The piecepack Anatomy page <URL:http://www.piecepack.org/Anatomy.html>
> gives helpful information on the *dimensions* of piecepack components,
> and the suit-and-number composition.
>
> What it doesn't answer, from the point of view of someone designing a
> set and choosing materials, is whether a standard piecepack's components
> have identifiable reverse faces.
>
> I'm looking to manufacture components from cut materials of different
> colours, and engraving into the coloured material is an option but
> printing in different colours is not.
>
> The tile faces must be marked with value and suit, ?both in colour to
> match suit?. Is it an expectation of a piecepack that its tiles be
> indistinguishable from the reverse side? That is, is it harmful for some
> games if the suit, or number, or both, of a tile is distinguishable when
> the tile is face down?
>
> This might occur if, for instance, the tile was made of two materials
> glued together, where the colour of the face material was different for
> each suit, and thus visible from the edge even when the tile is face
> down.
>
> How about the coins: the anatomy says the back has the suit ?in
> appropriate colour?, and the number on the face ?in black?. My
> proposed manufacturing process makes the colour and hence the suit
> distinguishable by the colour of the material. Would this make the coins
> non-standard?
>
> It would be good if the anatomy could be explicit about what information
> must be indiscernable from obverse and reverse of the components that
> have obverse and reverse sides.
>
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