Hallo Maybe if you make it with glossy paper and paint with color pen It is cheap than to print on computer Thanks ... __________________________________ Do...
Just found this while going though a billion pieces of spam in my inbox. Thanks for the response, even though I just found it. ... I have to differ, as I have...
Andrew Bartmess
abartmes@...
Oct 8, 2003 4:45 am
1310
... The Paramount-approved November 1975 First Printing of the Tech Manual, page TM:379260-3 ("Tridimensional Chess" ) reads: "16 of the 64 squares are movable...
... I think the prop guy for the original Star Trek series was a man named Feinberg. Some props were known on the set as "Feinbergers". Personally, I wish...
... The 5x5x5 board is one of my favorite 3d boards. The ST3D board looks (or at least looked) futuristic, and it looks good on TV. There were many aspects of...
I am not trying to start a Trekker vs. anti-Trekker debate. I am only trying to absolutely identify the designer of this playing field. They deserve...
Hi Andrew (and others)! ... No problem with your "late" response, I do understand your problem. I just started to wonder what's going on, cause we had quite...
Jens Meder
jens.meder@...
Oct 16, 2003 7:38 am
1317
Hi all! ... AND ... it could be discussed what is meant by "inverted pin position" (see my other mail) ... As nobody saw ever an attack board hanging upside...
Jens Meder
jens.meder@...
Oct 16, 2003 7:38 am
1318
Yes the Techmanual refers to "24 possible positions" and also says "An occupied attack board cannot be moved to an inverted pin position." However "inverted...
A developer has the right to impose any restrictions within their particular rules. There's no right or wrong to this. Only whether the game is challenging...
Hey, I have got to weigh in on this. Without being so skuppy as whipping out a Websters, there is no way you can possibly interpret "invert" to mean "rotate",...
Andrew Bartmess
abartmes@...
Oct 17, 2003 12:02 am
1321
... I used attack board tubes that were just a little too small for the pegs, and razor slit them in the last 1/2 inch. They "grip"....
Andrew Bartmess
abartmes@...
Oct 17, 2003 12:10 am
1322
Thats definition 1 Definition 2 for invert is "to change to the direct opposite ; reverse the order, position, direction, etc. of" So the secondary definition...
I can email Karen Dick, the daughter of FJS and ask her what he meant by "invert". Would that suffice?...
Andrew Bartmess
abartmes@...
Oct 17, 2003 12:59 am
1324
Well its going pretty far to canonize FJS's understanding of FJS's intentions. In fact it is going a bit far to canonize FJS's intentions rather than limit...
... If you do, can you also confirm her father actually made the board? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-dimensional_chess which reads: "The original...
I can comment on this...the original prop had squares that overlapped color, so a move directly UP or DOWN a major level would have been a move (If rules ...
Andrew Bartmess
abartmes@...
Oct 17, 2003 10:42 am
1328
The drawings in the Tech Manual actually depict pins which extend equal distance above and below the fixed levels. This gives visual evidence of the intention...
Has anyone compiled a complete list of all the instances where a Star Trek episode has shown or referred to Tridimensional Chess, either in TOS (the original...
... Additional playable designs with partially overlapping boards (4x4x4 or other size) is something I find particularly interesting. However, I'm not sure I...
... equal ... ranks of ... with ... Boards. ... 3D ... be ... (4x4x4 or ... I'm ... Sometimes ASCII diagrams don't appear quite right on these websites. So you...
Well, it appears that the standard message-posting method is not very conducive to the creation of simple ASCII graphics. I created a TXT file of the entire...
Hi Uri and Mark ! ... STAR TREK Chess is playable, even by a variety of rule sets. ... I pretty doub that. ... They did ... ... Probably not. They used an...
Jens Meder
jens.meder@...
Oct 18, 2003 9:39 pm
1334
Hi! ... I never would have thought that this might have been your intention. Anyway .... as we had plenty of fights between "5x5x5 Boards" and "8x8x8 Boards"...
Jens Meder
jens.meder@...
Oct 18, 2003 9:40 pm
1335
Hi! ... Excatly that's what I was talking about too .... And that's how I understood the Technical Manual myself. Well not totally, as you can read in one of...
Jens Meder
jens.meder@...
Oct 18, 2003 9:43 pm
1336
... Yes, s/he has ..... Nevertheless the developer may be questioned for their reasons. ... I believe you are mistaken, when you blame manufacturers here. ... ...
Jens Meder
jens.meder@...
Oct 18, 2003 9:49 pm
1337
... Even with one or worse four pieces on it? Even when someone pushes the table by accident?...
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