Hi, I'm new to this group and just getting into piecepack games generally. I've made my own cardboard set but would like to get a professionally produced...
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Iain.407138@...
icheyne
Jun 5, 2007 12:39 pm
... Blue Panther are good. I got a plastic sent over from
the States pretty economically: http://www.bluepantherllc.com/JCDPiecepack.htm...
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Andy Leighton
andyl_aml
Jun 5, 2007 12:50 pm
... The Blue Panther people were quick and efficient in getting a set to me both times I have ordered one. Although they are in the US the turnaround was...
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chrisdorrelluk
Jun 5, 2007 1:19 pm
Thanks for the replies. I've had a look at the Blue Panther sets and they look very smart. I may go for their JCD Set 1. I notice that they haven't stuck...
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Aaron Dalton
striton_ca
Jun 5, 2007 1:30 pm
... They use the JCD design (http://www.piecepack.org/JCD.html) which was designed to be colour neutral. If you look closely at the corner you will see...
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Jorge Arroyo
makasoft
Jun 7, 2007 10:07 pm
Hi all, I wasn't going to announce this until everything was ready (and it's going to take at least 1 more month) but since the question was asked, here it ...
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chrisdorrelluk
Jun 8, 2007 12:40 am
Hi, The BGG image looks great. You mention a b/w version but the one in the picture looks great. Is that too hard to "mass produce"? I'd buy the coloured one...
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Jorge Arroyo
makasoft
Jun 9, 2007 10:11 am
Thanks. I'm trying to think of possible ways to do a color piecepack. I'll test them out when I have the laser cutter. The most obvious is the plastic one like...
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Iain Cheyne
icheyne
Jun 19, 2007 1:58 pm
Hello all I am taking my piecepack on holiday tomorrow and I need some wife- friendly games to try. Wife-friendly means not too abstract or confrontational -...
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Jorge Arroyo
makasoft
Jun 19, 2007 2:57 pm
Hi The Colonists of Natick is a fine choice, and I was going to suggest Froggy Bottom, as it's one of the piecepack games my girlfriend likes the most. Hanging...
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Iain.407138@...
icheyne
Jun 19, 2007 4:39 pm
Thanks Jorge. They are printed out and in my bag. I'll have to skip
out of Alien City, because it's too complicated for her and I have WAY too
much to carry...
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Steve Jones
bluepanthr88
Jun 26, 2007 1:28 am
Good evening everyone: Just wanted to let you know that Blue Panther is sponsoring a piecepack tournament at Origins next week. There will be two qualifying...
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Jorge Arroyo
makasoft
Jun 26, 2007 2:18 am
Hi Although it's impossible for me to participate, I'm curious: What game/s will be played in the tournament? Enjoy, -Jorge ... [Non-text portions of this...
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chrisdorrelluk
Jun 26, 2007 8:14 am
If only I could make it but it's a long way from England! I'm also intrigued to know what games are planned. Chris...
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steve@...
bluepanthr88
Jun 26, 2007 11:39 am
We've narrowed down the list to a few games (thank you Mr Rodeffer). It will be the same game for the first round, and a different one for the final round. ...
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frater_corvus
Jul 11, 2007 12:36 am
I've recently acquired an oak piecepack set from Blue Panther; all I can say is that I'm really impressed with it. As I wanted to give it a shot, and my...
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Jorge Arroyo
makasoft
Jul 11, 2007 1:24 am
Wow, Interesting ports :) I've always been a fan of roguelike games on the computer (played a lot of rogue as a kid and later mostly nethack). I'll certainly...
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Clark D. Rodeffer
cdrodeffer
Jul 11, 2007 2:50 pm
... Steve, how did the Origins tournament go? I wish I could have made it down. Clark...
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Clark D. Rodeffer
cdrodeffer
Jul 11, 2007 2:50 pm
... Cool! And welcome to the community. Clark...
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steve@...
bluepanthr88
Jul 11, 2007 7:02 pm
Clark: Unfortunately, there was not enough turnout for a two round tournament, so there was no grand winner. SJ...
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crandlekwato
Jul 14, 2007 1:11 pm
So I was curious how this turned out for you? Any gems that worked perfectly?...
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Iain.407138@...
icheyne
Jul 15, 2007 2:23 pm
I was hoping no one would ask. We tried but it didn't work out. It was
not a problem with the piecepack, more that my wife just wants to play Lost
Cities and I...
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porter235
Jul 16, 2007 2:42 am
I know it is not cool to pimp your own games, but you could also consider giving "King39;s Cottage" and "The Penguin Game" a try. ... play Lost...
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Jorge Arroyo
makasoft
Jul 16, 2007 10:46 pm
Hi all I've cleaned up the rules of my first entry, The Wandering Merchant a bit and uploaded it to the wiki: http://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/TheWanderingMerchant...
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Jorge Arroyo
makasoft
Jul 25, 2007 11:14 pm
Hi all, As I'm going to start selling piecepack sets pretty soon to a Spanish audience in a physical shop, I'm thinking about including the rules to some of...
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porter235
Jul 26, 2007 3:46 am
Jorge Arroyo hereby officially has permission to translate all of my piecepack games into any language and include said translations in a product that is for...
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Jorge Arroyo
makasoft
Jul 26, 2007 9:13 am
Thanks :) ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Steve Jones
bluepanthr88
Jul 27, 2007 12:52 am
Hello there: Was wondering if there was interest in "metallic" piecepack sets? These would be silver or gold on one the face side with black graphics and sky...
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Jorge Arroyo
makasoft
Jul 27, 2007 1:09 am
Have you made a sample? If so, how do they handle? Would the rest of the components also be metallic? I imagine metallic tiles with regular coins might be nice...
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Jorge Arroyo
makasoft
Aug 2, 2007 1:11 am
Hi all, I'm starting to feel a bit stupid sending these messages to the list, as there seems to be very little activity lately, but here it goes anyway: My...