Not surprisingly there was a lot of commonality in answers
and IMHO a few gems missed.
It was at that point the idea of a series of reviews for the
blog began to take form.
I thought it would be simple enough to come up with maybe 10
games that would fit a framework which developed as I delved into what games to
include.
The parametres became games you can play on an 8x8
checkerboard with the added constraint you have only two sets of 24 pieces –
basically you buy two matching common check sets – becoming finally the ‘8x8
& 48 Project’.
What the ‘Project’ really comes down to is being a gaming
system of which there of course are many – most notably a common deck of cards
with which you can play a myriad of games; Icehouse Pyramids with which dozen
more games can play, and a Decktet deck for which there have again been many
games designed.
But the ‘Project’ then took on something of a life of its own as they say.
The list of games I want to include seems to grow near daily –
with the final number still a mystery to me. I hope viewers will ‘follow’ this
humble blog to find out.
The plan – roughly at least – is to post three reviews one
week, two the next, then repeat until I reach some undefined number of
‘Project’ games.
It will be some work to write them, but hey I think it’ll be
fun too.
Let’s see how it develops – together!
