Re: Proposals for improving the piecepack.

[rmundsc@...]

Hi James,

Good points.  Thanks for explaining your reasoning.   

Regards,
Rob

--- In piecepack@y..., jdroscha@g... wrote:
> --- In piecepack@y..., rmundsc@g... wrote:
> > I have been fiddling around with a paper piecepack for a 
> couple 
> > days now and there are a couple things that I think could be 
> > done to improve the piecepack.
> 
>    Hi Rob!  These are some good thoughts; allow me to 
address 
> them:
> 
> > 1.  On the suit side of the tiles, it would be nice if the suit icon 
> > appeared in all four corners of the tile.
> 
>    There is a reason this was not done.  The suit is in only one 
> corner so that orientation of each tile is clear and easy to see 
at 
> a glance.  This works the same was as the facing mark on the 
> coins.
> 
> > 2.  The pawns should have a facing indicator just like the 
coins 
> > do.   It would be nice to have the players be able to have 
facing 
> > indication without having to surrender  1/6 of the coins from 
the 
> > set.
> 
>    I came very close to doing this, but ultimately I wanted to go 
> easy on manufacturers so they could use standard, stock 
> pawns.  Don't be afraid to require directional pawns in your 
rules, 
> though.  People can just grab them out of their Monopoly set.
> 
> Game On,
> James