Re: Rainbow Deck

["littlebrothertimmy" <littlebrothertimmy@...>]

If Clark's cards can not be found, I have created some similar cards in the past (inspired by the ones that Clark made). The files can be found at http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/44194/french-suits-playing-cards http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/44193/four-seasons-playing-cards- and http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/44192/piecepack-playing-cards

The basic idea is the same, but I made some small changes (different symbols on some cards and numbers in the centre of the card instead of x times the symbol).

Roger

--- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Dietrich <jcdietrich+yahoo@...> wrote:
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> The standard JCD piecepack + the card suits, lend itself to the 6 suited
> Empire deck. http://www.rightfast.com/empire/
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> (this was part of the reasoning behind changing the fleur-de-lis to an
> anchor)
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> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@...> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > "Busy" is a good word for it. I'm reserving judgment until I can
> > actually play some games with it.
> >
> > Also, the deck seems to be free and open, so anyone can make a
> > streamlined version if they wish. The designer himself seems to be
> > pretty flexible about accepting feedback.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Jorge Arroyo <trozo@...<trozo%40makasoft.net>>
> > wrote:
> > > I'm not sure, I find the Rainbow deck a bit too busy although I guess
> > it's a
> > > matter of getting used to it... As for decks for use with the piecepack,
> > > what I was thinking recently is to have a deck with the suits I usually
> > use
> > > (regular + seasons) to use instead of the tiles for games that can be
> > played
> > > with rectangular tiles. In fact I recently ordered this deck (24+24
> > cards)
> > > from Artscow and will see how it goes... Maybe it can also be used in
> > > addition to the tiles for new games (or maybe there is already a game
> > that
> > > uses this idea?)
> > >
> > > Another deck that is very interesting because it's not just x numbers in
> > y
> > > suits is the Decktet, where each number card belongs to two suits. The
> > suits
> > > are Moons, Suns, Waves, Leaves, Wyrms, Knots. Some of those are easy to
> > > associate with the piecepack suits (Suns, Moons and Leaves). Wyrms are
> > > green, so they could be associated with Crowns. Knots are yellow, and are
> > > similar to the Spring suit. And waves could be associated either with
> > Summer
> > > (Water is similar to Fish) or Arms which is also blue.
> > >
> > > I don't have any ideas about how they could be combined, but maybe
> > something
> > > cool might be possible...
> > >
> > > -Jorge
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@...<rwhe%40ludism.org>>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Mark Biggar <mark.a.biggar@...<mark.a.biggar%40comcast.net>
> > >
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > On 4/3/2010 8:01 AM, Ron Hale-Evans wrote:
> > >> >> Howdy, Clark! Because you contributed to the original Rainbow Deck
> > >> >> thread on BGG, I thought this thread might flush you out, busy though
> > >> >> you be. :)
> > >> >>
> > >> >> It would be great if you (or someone else) would make a page about
> > >> >> your deck on the wiki.
> > >> >
> > >> > IcePack also had a deck of cards, 56 cards (nine suits and 2 jokers)
> > >>
> > >> Yes, and I think there are a couple of other, similar decks floating
> > >> out there, all of varying thoughtfulness, compatibility with one
> > >> another, and integration with the piecepack. Has anyone actually
> > >> written a game with any of them? Someone who knows more should
> > >> definitely write about this on the wiki.
> > >>
> > >> What intrigues me about the Rainbow Deck is that it's the first
> > >> project of its kind that I've seen the boardgaming community show much
> > >> enthusiasm for. Thus, there is some hope that people may use it and it
> > >> will stick around long enough to become some kind of standard.
> > >>
> > >> Marty and I were talking recently about how the piecepack lends itself
> > >> more to small, short games than to large, sprawling games like
> > >> Advanced Civilization and its descendants. She attributed this to its
> > >> relatively small number of components, among other things, and
> > >> threatened to write an essay about it. :) Meanwhile, we talked about
> > >> adding a standard deck of cards to a playing cards piecepack, or
> > >> combining the three standard piecepacks to get 12 suits. (To my
> > >> knowledge, Clark's Spam-o-Rama is the only game that does this at the
> > >> moment. Good game, BTW.) Anyway, that was about when I started getting
> > >> interested in the 12-suited Rainbow Deck.
> > >>
> > >> Ron
> > >>
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> > The proteiform graph itself is a polyhedron of scripture. (Finnegans
> > Wake 107:08)
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