If I can "pipe up" here. As my name is attached to the pp+ design, I thought I might be able to make some comments; more in explanation than defense! First...
I don't usually get into politics, but in the effort of bringing peace back to the piecepack group, I thought I'd climb up on my soapbox anyway. Rant ahead -...
I recently read "The Oxford History of Board Games". It is an excellent book and was written by David Parlett, the designer of Hare and Tortoise. Everyone who...
I am very new to this group, having just discovered it a couple days ago, and I hope that I don't appear too forward, but I would like to add my two cents...
I have uploaded a pdf file to the Rulesets in Progress section containing the rules to a game I've completed called Piecepack Clear. Piecepack Clear is a...
From the "Nobody asked me, but here it comes" Department for the Criminally Insane, my own feedback concerning pp+ and this debate: * Let's begin with one area...
Just to clear things up - we do not "reject" any submission to www.piecepack.org as long as they are freely distributable and maintain a family friendly...
boardgamesbook <mailto:boardgamesbook@...> wrote: I agree with what Derek has to say. I think the Piecepack can be extended, so long as extensions are...
... that will ... later) and I ... on the ... Believe it or not, one of the reasons I was attracted to the piecepack was because the tile system seemed like a...
Hi, I'm new to this forum (2 days) but a piece pack fan for much more long time. I went into the same process of gathering all information on dice and cards to...
Veering away momentarily from the topic of sets of playing pieces that can ve used to play any conceivable game, my friend John Braley recently moved in the...
As I said I'm new to this forum and I'd like to know how I can download all the previous posts to be abble to read offline. This for offline reading prefered...
David Thanks for all the points raised, which I feel help clarify some of the issues. I must admit, that I am still not sure at all why, what I thought of was...
... existing ... 8x8. ... Interesting that Iain has been thinking along similar lines to me... The issue of a 'games kit' is one that I have pondered from...
Anyone know where this file can be obtained; the link below seems to be down... Thanks Derek ... current ... grid ... Put ... directional ... based the size of...
... My guess would be that they are no longer in business. I sent them an email last week about an ongoing problem. I was promised a refund from them several...
I'll publically post that I also ordered from IcePack games a couple of months ago. I did publically post here that I was having problems with my order, and...
... I removed it from my website a long time ago. I thought I placed it in the file section when I removed it from my website but I guess I didn't. It's there...
... Ron H-E has his emergency games kit: http://www.ludism.org/scwiki/EmergencyGameKit ... I'm not sure Go pieces would be best for the kit they do not stack....
I just uploaded the alternate set-ups for Tula back to the file section. I removed them awhile back with the intent of condensing them down to 1 smaller pdf...
I have been assembling a similar kit, although I think of mine as more of a tool kit. It is the pieces used in playing many abstract games, but also those...
I have put this information onto the piecepack wiki (http://jcd.ods.org/piecepack/TaxonomyOfPiecepackGames). cheers Iain ... Hare ... subscribe ... scheme ... ...
Very interesting project! If it helps, you might consider expanding your project to consider if a game that didn't make you list would work if used with 2...
Hey Group! Contest Note: Remember the History Repeats Itself contest closes next week!! Get those entries in! [there's only a handful on entries so far] ...
... Indeed, Joao Pedro Neto, the author of that site, emailed me the URL for a page about a new game system that enables one to play virtually all of the games...
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