James | 7 May 2011 01:22

Piecepack.org has expired

As of 6:20 p.m. CDT today [Friday], the piecepack.org site has been replaced by a domain parking page.
According to that page, the domain registration has expired. Will the site return soon?

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Jorge Arroyo | 7 May 2011 11:45

Re: Piecepack.org has expired

Well... at least no one seems to have grabbed it yet... If no one
does, one of those sites that sells domains very expensively will
probably end up getting it (we lost a domain for one of my bands this
way once)

-Jorge

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 1:22 AM, James <jvipond@...> wrote:
> As of 6:20 p.m. CDT today [Friday], the piecepack.org site has been replaced by a domain parking page.
According to that page, the domain registration has expired. Will the site return soon?
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shaungamer88 | 8 May 2011 00:24
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Re: Piecepack.org has expired

David Boyle is the Domain owner. 
So perhaps someone can contact him?

I hate it when good domains get taken over and made into advertising sites.

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James | 8 May 2011 01:20

Re: Piecepack.org has expired

The site has been restored. Evidently David renewed the domain registration. All is well.

--- In piecepack@..., "shaungamer88" <shaunmcse8 <at> ...> wrote:
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> David Boyle is the Domain owner. 
> So perhaps someone can contact him?
> 
> I hate it when good domains get taken over and made into advertising sites.
>

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Ricardo Dantas Stumpf | 7 May 2011 15:39
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Re: Piecepack.org has expired

Hi everyone!

Does anybody know the step by step procedure to grab this domain back? Maybe that will encourage someone
from this list to reactivate the Piecepack.org sooner...

Regards,
Ricardo Stumpf
Brazil

-- Envio móvel

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Craig Salmond | 7 May 2011 18:27
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Re: Piecepack.org has expired

Looks like the domain is in a grace period at the moment (autorenew) and
shows the expiration date of 5/2012.

I have a complete copy of the website as of last week, and have registered
piecepack.net should the .org site not be functional by Monday, I'll put the
old piecepack.org up at piecepack.net

Craig

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daniel_ajoy | 9 May 2011 07:39
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Re: abstractgamer.com podcast

--- In piecepack@..., "jeepeterson" <jeepeterson <at> ...> wrote:
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> Hello all,
> 
> In the latest episode of my podcast, Abstract Gamer, I discuss game
> systems, including piecepack.  In addition, I'm giving away a Blue
> Panther JCD piecepack to one lucky listener.  
> 
> If you are interested, check it out: http://www.abstractgamer.com/
> 
> -JEEP
> Joe Peterson
>

I listened to:

AbstractGamerEp03.mp3 
AbstractGamerEp05.mp3 

and enjoyed both programs. I wonder if you finally found piecepack games that you really enjoy playing.

Daniel

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Daniel Ajoy | 18 May 2011 07:12
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color intense piecepack

color intense piecepack

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/66239/very-colorful-piecepack-set

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daniel_ajoy | 20 May 2011 06:21
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Re: Dice and tile backs


--- In piecepack@..., "Eric Wald" <groups <at> ...> wrote:
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> On 8/25/06, Jorge Arroyo Gonzalez <trozo <at> ...> wrote:
> > About the checkered backs, I don't think any games use this feature
> > explicitly and it can be a bit confusing with games that have layouts
> > that have tiles in an hexagon like pattern.
> 
> Not if the tiles themselves are arranged in a hexagon pattern, because
> the black and white can be swapped by turning the tile ninety degrees.
> The checkered pattern can in fact support any arrangement of tiles such
> that the small squares form a grid, unless the tile orientation matters.
> 
> However, at least one game, Chariots by Mark A. Biggar, arranges the
> tiles such that some of the small squares are offset from each other,
> which would work better with the plain grid.  The checkered pattern also
> gives away information about tile orientation, which may be relevant for
> some games.
> 
> - Eric
>

Are there such games, though. Games in which tile orientation of face-down times is relevant.

I ask because it seems that the new designers are adopting the checkered pattern for the backs of tiles.

Daniel

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Daniel Ajoy | 20 May 2011 06:56
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some ideas about the backs of tiles

some ideas about the backs of tiles:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/973518/piecepack

Daniel

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Gmane