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Re: [piecepack] coin thickness
- To: piecepack@yahoogroups.com
- Subject: Re: [piecepack] coin thickness
- From: "Michael Van Biesbrouck" <mlvanbie@...>
- Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 19:48:16 -0700
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On 8/5/07, Jorge Arroyo <trozo@...> wrote:
> Yeah, I hadn't thought about the thickness of the tiles... My own hand made
> set is made of hard but quite thin cardboard (about 1-2mm). I like that it's
> much easier to handle and shuffle than the thicker version I did first...
> but of course, the tiles don't stand on their sides... It's also not quite
> adecuate for flicking coins on the tiles, because they tend to move
> around...
The crokinole port to piecepack calls for stacks of two tiles as
obstacles. Slick tiles twice the width of coins can still move under
energetic flicks.
Tiles that can stand on edge might not be too practical for other purposes.
Michael