Ok, I made my first piecepack game and my first game for this year. The name of the game is Bottle Toss at Whirlpool Pond. It's not one of my best games but I...
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Karol
kmmbmesomorph
Jan 2, 2002 10:12 pm
I've read the rules, it sounds fun, one question about the rules before we play - When you mention "Bill" in the title and "Joe" in the text that follows -...
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Tim Schutz
hexchex
Jan 3, 2002 12:08 am
Joe is a charcter from a different game I made and I guess he felt like sneaking into this one. I replaced all the Joes with Bills. Hopefully I found all the...
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mark_biggar
Jan 3, 2002 7:26 pm
Here is a weird little game I've invented of racing worms. Please try it out and let me know what who think Piecepack game -- Worm Derby 2-4 players The object...
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Thorn
prophesor
Jan 3, 2002 9:59 pm
Hi there. I always like to join a list by making a contribution... Here, tested only in my head, and meager though they are, are the ideas that a brief...
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Tim Schutz
hexchex
Jan 4, 2002 3:02 pm
Mark I played with my daughters last night and they enjoyed the game a lot and we even came up with another variant, the slalom. We took 2 complete sets of...
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Tim Schutz
hexchex
Jan 4, 2002 3:14 pm
Quick Edit We didn't start placing tiles at the starting gate. We started a few tiles out from the starting gate and finished a few tiles from the turning...
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mark_biggar
Jan 4, 2002 9:03 pm
Here an updated version of the rules with most of the typos fixed and some clarification and a new Slalom variant invented by Tim Schutz and his daughters. ......
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Thorn
prophesor
Jan 4, 2002 9:26 pm
Wand of Odin, A solitaire fantasy quest game for the piecepack. The name 'Wand of Odin' was the creation of Jim Doherty of Eight Foot Llama. "And then I...
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kenneth leyhe sr
king_toren_l
Jan 5, 2002 8:51 pm
Interstellar Conquest A space colonization game ideally for 4 with all the Icehouse colors and a piecepack, games take about 45 min. There are some familiar...
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Ron Hale-Evans
rwhe
Jan 5, 2002 11:00 pm
... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The most original thing about this game is the novel euphemism employed above. Compare and despair... ...
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Ron Hale-Evans
rwhe
Jan 5, 2002 11:37 pm
With some notable exceptions, I'm really amazed and gratified by all the new piecepack games that have been appearing recently. A new solitaire game (Wand of...
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Kisa Gryphon
kisagryphon
Jan 5, 2002 11:44 pm
Too true Ron. If they had given credit to Eon and called it an adaptation of Cosmic Encounter, perhaps Cosmic Ice, that would be one thing. I for one would...
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Ron Hale-Evans
rwhe
Jan 5, 2002 11:48 pm
I have a few comments on Wand of Odin. These are the ones that stuck in my mind. 1. First, great game! Looks really fun. I'm glad another solitaire game is...
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David Martin-Boyle
dboylemesomorph
Jan 5, 2002 11:56 pm
... We are indeed working on this as we speak. The sudden flurry of games has spurred us to do a little redesign work on the site. I'll make an announcement...
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Jim/Diane Doherty
cotcdianejim
Jan 6, 2002 12:42 am
... Hello again, I've been lurking mode for awhile here. My limited attempts at finishing One Man Thrag have yielded little... great to see that others have...
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prophesor
Jan 6, 2002 3:27 am
... stuck ... look ... Thanks, there are of course flaws there. A canny critter with Guile one higher than yours but War three higher really ought to choose ...
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David Martin-Boyle
dboylemesomorph
Jan 6, 2002 5:23 am
There are more and more games passing through this list lately. Some of the games are ready for release, some are rough initial ideas needing feedback, many...
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Mark Biggar
mark_biggar
Jan 6, 2002 7:00 am
... I'd say that Worm Derby is in the intermediate stage. I have played it with my family about 2 dozen times and the rules posted were the end result of...
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Glenn Overby II
guardcaptain
Jan 6, 2002 7:28 am
... Multzo is done. ... For Multzo, I grant these rights as requested to the piecepack.org site and its operators. If you really need better legalese than...
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david cousins
david_bruce_...
Jan 7, 2002 12:45 am
Solo is still in draft. I'm waiting to see if I get any more feedback before putting out a final. I'll send mail off to David M-B directly with the attached...
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Ron Hale-Evans
rwhe
Jan 7, 2002 3:37 am
Just got this email, personal to me (I have stripped off the "From" line to keep the sender's name private). For the record, no, Leyhe did not have this...
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jdroscha
Jan 7, 2002 5:11 am
... we have ... The word "piecepack" is a common noun, not a proper noun, so it is only capitalized at the beginning of a sentence. As to how you would...
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prophesor
Jan 7, 2002 4:28 pm
... You could call it 'pack', in any place where you would comfortably abbreviate it; the reader would be assumed to have their context established. 'Remove...
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jdroscha
Jan 7, 2002 5:29 pm
... but ... Might be. I do not know the origin of Torx, Allen, and Phillips screwdriver bits. Were they originally brand names, like Kleenex (now in common...
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prophesor
Jan 7, 2002 7:13 pm
Is there any way to tell the suit of a coin while its value face is up?...
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Tim Schutz
hexchex
Jan 7, 2002 7:35 pm
Unless you mark the coins yourself the answer would be no. Tim ... From: prophesor To: piecepack@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 11:13 AM ...
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jdroscha
Jan 7, 2002 8:27 pm
... No, not if your piecepack is made correctly. That allows the game designer to use partially hidden information. For fully hidden random draws, you can...
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Karol
kmmbmesomorph
Jan 7, 2002 11:21 pm
Is there any way to tell the suit of a coin while its value face is up? ... I don't recommend this, doing so would make easy cheat for the game Matches and...
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hexchex
Jan 8, 2002 12:12 am
... Matches ... the pack ... this ... be an ... I wouldn't either, unless you want to ruin your abilty to play some of the other games. A good option is...
