Re: Publishing a piecepack, feedback needed

["Iain Cheyne" <news@...>]

--- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, "uberursine" <bigbear@s...> wrote:
> Please look at the pictures I've uploaded to the photos section.  
> They are of a mock up piecepack I'm thinking of publishing thru 
> Stupendous Games.  

The pictures look very good. Maybe the pawns need a direction marker 
on them?

> Would you buy this piecepack?

Yes. Especially if it was compact, light and durable. I mainly use my 
piecepack when I am travelling, so would prefer something lighter and 
smaller than my beautiful Mesomorph set.
 
> How much would you pay?

Your maximum is the amount Mesomorph are charging and they are cheap.

> Would you put the stickers on yourself if it meant a significant 
> decrease in price?

Yes. How about offering a variety of different sticker themes?
 
> What should this be packaged in?  plastic zipbag? chipboard box? 
> other?

How about something like the plastic mini-boxes that Steve Jackson 
games used to package Car Wars and Ogre in the 80s?

> What (if any) rules should be included?  CD with all rules?  small 
> booklet with a "top ten"?

Booklet with a top 10. Almost everyone who buys a piecepack will get 
it from the net anyway, so can print out rulesets at will. Ordinary 
players are only interested in the best games available, not the 
rough, untested drafts that some people upload. Maybe this group 
could decide on the games to include? Maybe we could have a vote? I'd 
love to organise this.

How about publishing some piecepack expansions, like the 
piecepackplus or the piecepack pyramids?

-- 
Iain