Re: [piecepack] JCDpiecepack sample

["Karol" <karol@...>]

If you are producing for retail you should be listed at www.piecepack.org
under vendors, this isn't done automatically you have to request it by
sending an email and making arragements with Dave at admin@....
Vendors are added when their creations are available for purchase.

Just a note, MG's graphics are vector - also if you haven't actually seen
one of our wooden sets you only need to look at the games listed on
www.piecepack.org the games that show wooden sets, so far, are those
purchased from MG.

We always welcome new vendors into the fold. We have exciting things planned
and I believe there is a place for all of us especially as the community
grows.

It would be very nice, I think on a consumer level, if someone happened to
get all the different versions of the piecepack together and write up a
little comparison - someone impartial not someone that is a vendor
themselves. Just so that consumers would be able to tell the difference.
Anyone else agree?

Thanks for posting!
Karol MMB, MG
----- Original Message -----
From: "porter235" <porter235@...>
To: <piecepack@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 9:44 PM
Subject: [piecepack] JCDpiecepack sample


> Hi everybody,
> My name is Jonathan, and I have recently stumbled upon piecepack
> (thanks to the competition notice at boardgamegeek). This is
> fantastic! For some time now, I have been slowly attempting to put
> together a brief case full of game bits to do this kind of thing.
> Only I have the boards for various games printed on poster board
> sitting in the top section of my case. The collection has not grown
> very quickly, but I do have a HUGE bag of 84 dice, and some dominoes
> and some checker pieces etc.
>
> Anyways... as soon as I read about piecepack, I was determined to get
> a set. I read through large portions of the archived messages, and
> decided not to wait but to put a set together. I looked at the free
> pdf versions, and found them not to my taste, as well, felt that some
> of the suggestions from the archives could easily be added to a set.
> So I started putting my own design together. I shall post to the
> files area my Arms suit pdf for evaluation...  To date, only the Arms
> are done. I have done this to allow me to accomodate for feedback, so
> that if I want to make any changes, I won't have to redo tons of
> work. Please let me know what you think. Here are some of the
> specs...
>
> Features of the JCD piecepack
> ------------------------------
> High contrast, "color-blind friendly" piecepack (all in black &
> white... will do a colour version if enough interest)
>
> Designed using all vectors, which means sharper printing... no
> jaggies!
>
> All Aces rendered as a "swirly"
>
> SUITS
> --------------
> Traditional card suits included(planned at this time) for a total of
> 8 suits or the equivilant of 2 piecepacks
>
> Arms suit rendered as an anchor to allow easy integration of Empire
> cards when used with the tradional suits
>
> Suits are either light, or dark in colour (solid or hollow). This
> creates a division of suits just like red and black for cards. (If a
> colour version is done, the solid and hollow motive will be
> maintained)
>
> Light      Dark
> -----------------------------
> Crowns     Anchors
> Suns       Moons
> Hearts     Spades
> Diamonds   Clubs
>
> DICE
> -------------
> Dice have directional marker & suit symbol on 4 sides, allowing dice
> to be used as 6 state directional pawns (template for a second die
> per suit is include on same page)
>
> Two new "suits" dice (the second will appear on its suits pdfs)
> 1) NULL, ACE, CROWN, ARMS, MOON, SUN
> 2) NULL, ACE, HEARTS, SPADES, CLUBS, DIAMONDS
>
> TILES
> --------------
> Numbered sides have suit in all four corners (one corner still marked
> for directional purposes) and emphasize the dark, light relationship
> of the suits.
>
> Grid sides have black and white quarters to create a checker board
> effect. They have a "swirly" in the middle, ideal for games using the
> intersections. They have markings which form a triangle when placed
> with every other row offset by 1/2 a tile. This creates 2 triangular
> grids (one with the "swirlies") as well as a large hex grid .
>
> PAWNS
> --------------
> Pawn has a directional tick on it.
>
> New flat pawn template provided (star shape). This can be put
> together just as coins are, or better yet on a thicker disk the same
> diameter as the coins. It has directional tick, and an inverted
> version, allowing for 2 different states.
>
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