Hi, I was posting a new game, and got an error. I could post the whole dump here, but it's probably of no interest to the general community. Who's the admin of...
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Ron Hale-Evans
rwhe
May 14, 2008 4:51 pm
That would be me. You're probably hitting the spam filter. You're either 1. Trying to post a non-ASCII character, or 2. Trying to post a word that's on one of...
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Jorge Arroyo
makasoft
May 15, 2008 12:52 am
Participants who announced their reviews, you've got 5 days to post them. The more you wait, the less time you'll have to gather votes. Please, try to post...
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George Harnish
lefou23
May 15, 2008 3:27 pm
Ok, there was an em dash in my original text, I changed it to a broken/ double hyphen, and it saved. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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George
lefou23
May 15, 2008 3:38 pm
freshly added to the PiecePack wiki. Culture Wars Each player represents a culture vying for control of the known world. Each turn represents several...
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Roger Meertens
littlebrothe...
Jun 10, 2008 10:45 am
Hi, For those interested: I've done another review, since there was still some time left. I just posted it, so I guess that you will be able to read it soon at...
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Ben Finney
ben+yahoogroups@...
Jun 11, 2008 10:37 am
Howdy all, Today I received my order from Blue Panther of two JCD piecepack sets <URL:http://www.bluepantherllc.com/JCDPiecepack.htm>. I ordered one each of...
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steve@...
bluepanthr88
Jun 11, 2008 1:54 pm
Hello to all: Ben's "pro" comments are welcome as are his "con" comments. I would like to clarify some points. All Blue Panther piecepacks are "made to...
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Ben Finney
ben+yahoogroups@...
Jun 11, 2008 3:14 pm
... Photos of these sets will soon be online at <URL:http://bignose.whitetree.org/gallery/20080611-blue-panther-piecepacks/>. -- \ “Rightful liberty...
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bluepantherllc
Sep 8, 2008 4:11 pm
Good morning: We have added Hexpack, the piecepack expansion set, at www.bluepantherllc.com. We are offering a discount to folks who have ordered piecepack...
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Jorge Arroyo
makasoft
Sep 8, 2008 4:56 pm
Hi They look very nice, still, I wouldn't call the Hexpack a piecepack expansion, but more a new game system with the same core ideas but with hexagonal...
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porter235
Sep 8, 2008 5:54 pm
It is as much an expansion as they piecepack pyramids are. "Hexpack includes 24 hexes (approx 50mm across) only. No dice, disks or pawns are included with the...
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steve@...
bluepanthr88
Sep 8, 2008 5:59 pm
In talking with the folks at Hexpack.org at Gencon, they are still working out the exact definition of a standard hexpack set. Until that gets sorted out,...
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curufea
Sep 8, 2008 11:18 pm
How does the length of one hex side compare to the side of the tiles in the piecepack set? Peter Cobcroft curufea@... Main: http://www.curufea.com/ ... ...
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Ben Finney
ben+yahoogroups@...
Sep 9, 2008 2:57 am
... Great, thank you! (The direct link to the Hexpack item at Blue Panther's website is <URL:http://www.bluepantherllc.com/Hexpack.htm>.) That page has a...
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Ben Finney
ben+yahoogroups@...
Sep 9, 2008 10:29 am
... That should read “This was solved in later standard JCD Piecepack graphics simply by increasing the width of the tile margin …” since the standard...
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steve@...
bluepanthr88
Sep 9, 2008 12:59 pm
Hello Peter: The hexpack standard describes a hex as encircling a 2 inch diameter circle (the circle touching the midpoint of each of the six sides). That's...
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steve@...
bluepanthr88
Sep 9, 2008 1:31 pm
The Hexpack standard, like Piecepack, is public domain. Mr Dietrich has been very kind to grant us a license to use the JCD graphic set, so we can move the...
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Kerry Harrison
ctskerry
Sep 9, 2008 2:46 pm
... Do you guys have any plans to come out with other suited hexpacks? The standard playing card suites come to mind. -- Kerry Harrison (281-235-0038) ...
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Ben Finney
ben+yahoogroups@...
Sep 9, 2008 2:46 pm
... Where can I find that declaration for Hexpack? I couldn't see it in the downloadable file archives from the hexpack.org site. ... To whom is this license...
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steve@...
bluepanthr88
Sep 9, 2008 3:16 pm
Ben: There are two different items here. The first is the piecepack system itself, which is public domain. Anyone can go out and make a set for piecpeack...
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steve@...
bluepanthr88
Sep 9, 2008 3:36 pm
Yes, we do plan on doing the playing card suits (set 2) and the 4 seasons (set 3), similar to the piecepack sets we already offer. It's only a matter of...
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Jorge Arroyo
makasoft
Sep 9, 2008 5:30 pm
... Just want to remind everyone that most of the rules for piecepack have been released with a free license, although some don't specify a license and some ...
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Ron Hale-Evans
rwhe
Sep 9, 2008 5:48 pm
Yes, all my rules are available freely. You may provide them in commercial sets, given a few reasonable rules, such as not forbidding people to copy your...
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Ben Finney
ben+yahoogroups@...
Sep 10, 2008 3:15 pm
... Someone buying the sets online could well be intending them as a gift; such a gift would be more valuable to the recipient if they have game rules as well...
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Ben Finney
ben+yahoogroups@...
Sep 10, 2008 3:16 pm
... Understood. ... Which unfortunately means that, for example, I can't take those graphics, derive a new work (e.g. a set of graphics suitable for Hexpack),...
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Jason Spears
spearjr
Sep 10, 2008 3:17 pm
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Ben Finney <ben+yahoogroups@...<ben%2Byahoogroups@...>> ... http://www.hexpack.org/?page_id=4 At the...
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psudoman_ai
Sep 10, 2008 3:48 pm
I'd just like to point out that the graphics that come with hexpack (off the website) are Creative commons as well. You are free to use them as you'd like! ......
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steve@...
bluepanthr88
Sep 10, 2008 4:07 pm
Ben: At this point, it would be best to contact the source for any further clarification - JCD himself on this subject. If you (or anyone) had a different set...
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Jonathan Dietrich
porter235
Sep 10, 2008 6:12 pm
I am the JCD of the JCD piecepack graphics. Blue Panther and I have an agreement which allows them to produce JCD piecepack works and derivatives until...
