Re: The plastic piecepacks are here

[steve@...]

Michael: 

You are correct.  The golden piecepacks surfaces are smooth, so you cannot 
tell them by touch.  The sky blue backs have grooves for the lines in them, 
but they are all the same depth and shape. 

Steve Jones
Blue Panther LLC 

Michael Van Biesbrouck writes: 

> On 3/26/07, steve@... <steve@...> wrote:
> > The gold set is done with a different type of plastic - reverse engraving,
> > so the graphics are actually "buried" halfway in the piece.  You might be
> > able to see different colors if you played the game on a high contrast or
> > reflective surface - possibly, but not likely.
>
> Does this mean that the surface is completely flat, making it
> impossible to identify a piece by feel?  Given that these sets are for
> contest winners only, I assume that they are the result of a
> successful yet expensive experiment. 
>
> Michael