tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post7540961758829014712..comments2024-03-11T02:32:15.295-04:00Comments on Goblin Artisans: Merchants of Araby designer diaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-54623255272883206782016-08-26T11:18:12.594-04:002016-08-26T11:18:12.594-04:00Magnetic travel chess and checkers are real things...Magnetic travel chess and checkers are real things.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-83270880374975296782016-08-26T10:57:47.097-04:002016-08-26T10:57:47.097-04:00Ah! That is a cool idea.
It occurred to me, possi...Ah! That is a cool idea.<br /><br />It occurred to me, possibly having magnetic pieces and magnetic bits on the board may reduce the chance of knocking stuff over. But I'm not sure it would ever be practical (and tend for the pieces to stick together if they were magnetic and not just metal-containing).Jack (cartesiandaemon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08258267965242039995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-2708561838614510112016-08-26T10:05:57.859-04:002016-08-26T10:05:57.859-04:00Thanks, Jack!
The box fastens closed magnetically...Thanks, Jack!<br /><br />The box fastens closed magnetically, and opens out to become the game board. Nothing in gameplay is magnetic.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-53713587271906829802016-08-26T05:47:49.843-04:002016-08-26T05:47:49.843-04:00A magnetic game board sounds like a great idea, bu...A magnetic game board sounds like a great idea, but I wasn't clear, what's magnetic? Is that to hold pieces in place, or to hold the board flat or what?Jack (cartesiandaemon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08258267965242039995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-38000195956340461682016-08-26T04:40:20.754-04:002016-08-26T04:40:20.754-04:00Congratulations! That sounds really awesome (I'...Congratulations! That sounds really awesome (I've put it on my list of games to look out for at some point).<br /><br />And I love the way you described the design, your goals for diversity are very well expressed. And yay camels!Jack (cartesiandaemon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08258267965242039995noreply@blogger.com