- Piecepack
The piecepack is a set of
game pieces used to design and play a wide variety of games.History
It was invented by James Kyle and released into international
public domain by him in October 2000. The game pieces consist of 24 tiles and 24 coins in four suits (Red Suns, Black Moons, Green Crowns, Blue Fleur de Lis) in 6 denominations (null, ace, 2, 3, 4, 5), 4dice bearing the suits and denominations and 4 pawns representing the four colors.Games
Well over 150 games have been invented or adapted for the piecepack, including versions of
mancala ,baseball , andsoccer . Some games have been developed that use the piecepack in conjunction with other items such asplaying cards ,dominoes andIcehouse pieces .Commercially produced piecepacks are available, but resources and instructions for making a set are freely distributed. Variations and additional components include pawn saucers and thematic suit expansions such as the four seasons and the four suits typical to card games.
Kyle's original concept also included the idea of portability; the most common piecepack designs fit into a standard
VHS videocassette box. It was Kyle's ambition that piecepack might be analogous to a deck of playing cards in its flexibility, appeal to game designers andopen source approach to distribution and manufacturing.External links
* [http://www.piecepack.org Official site & ruleset repository]
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