Re: [piecepack] A Piecepack with maximal modularity

["Daniel Ajoy" <da.ajoy@...>]

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Hi Daniel,

Apparently my comment on modular piecepack color schemes was not approved for the list.

Black, Green, Blue, Red (and White) are also the most common poker chip colors.

Best,

Trevor

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Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 10:28:55 -0700
Subject: Re: [piecepack] A Piecepack with maximal modularity
Hi Daniel,

Those are some good ideas.  However depending on what 4-color (or 2-color) games you are trying to maintain modularity with different color schemes make sense.  I personally like Blue, Green, Red, and Black which besides being a traditional Piecepack color scheme also maintains compatibility with the most widespread 4-color french-suited playing card scheme (i.e. Black Spades, Green Clubs, Red Hearts, and Blue Diamonds) which is also used by the most recent versions of the Rainbow Deck of Playing Cards and also maintains color compatibility with the Looney Pyramids Rainbow Stash.

Other 4-color schemes I've seen besides those mentioned:

Rook playing cards compatible:  Yellow, Green, Red, Black
Chinese Four-Color Cards compatible:   Orange, Yellow, Green, White

The GameCrafter sells the widest variety of extra game components in the eight colors Black, White, Yellow, Green, Orange, Red, Blue, Purple so if making an expansion piecepack might make sense to use the other four colors from those not originally used with the first one for widest variety of compatible game components.

Trevor


On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 11:52 AM, 'Daniel Ajoy' da.ajoy@... [piecepack] <piecepack@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I've come to believe the best features of the PiecePack are related to its ability to interact with other >generic components. I've thought of ways to maximize that interoperability.
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> I think these are the features that make (or could make) the Piecepack more modular:
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> * The size of the tile is exactly that of two dominoes side by side
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> * 4 Stacking Counters fit on a tile. Many games that use Icehouse towers can be played using Stacking Counters.
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> * 4 Regular sized dice (or even a bit larger) fit on a tile.
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> * Use the Playing Cards symbols. This allows a standard deck of cards to be incorporated in the game. ( for >something like the The Sutlers of Kansas, or other Greenbox games, or Ticket to Ride https://boardgamegeek.com/>image/1915846/ticket-ride )
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> * Use colors red, blue, yellow and green. This allows pawns to be used from Sorry! or Mexican Train, or many >other of these games: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/19091/red-blue-yellow-green
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> Daniel