[Arcade] Cyberboard gamebox for pyramid games

jdunaway at optonline.net jdunaway at optonline.net
Thu Nov 8 01:27:09 EST 2007


I have just finished a gamebox for the CyberBoard Play-By-Email system that will allow you to play most of the pyramid games vial email. It has the following features:

Gaming table playing board with a picture of Andy, Kristin and Alison, as well as a d6 to 
Treehouse die conversion chart and a d8 to compass die conversion chart

Scoreboards playing board
    Volcano
    Generic

Game status playing board

Game status chart (can be placed on the gaming table in lieu of using the game status playing board)

Turn counter (can be placed on the gaming table in lieu of using the game status playing board)

Complete set of tile libraries so you can create your own gamebox specific to your favorite pyramid game

10 of each size and color pyramid

5 of each color Volcano caps

Volcano boards
    3x3
    4x4
    5x5
    6x6

2 sets of Martian Coasters, 1 set marked for Xeno (for ÜberMartian Coasters), each set packaged with and without the promo coaster

8x8 chess board (1 side with black & white squares, the other side with red & black squares)

Homeworlds
    Board
    Good alignment cards
    Evil alignment cards

Twin Win
    Rainbow cards
    Xeno cards
    Movement chart

Zendo
    Rules cards
    White stones
    Black stones
    Green stones
    Blanks

Color markers (to indicate who's playing what color)

Letter markers (for names, etc)

Number markers (turn counters, etc)

Turn marker

ELBS squares

Stash pads

I feel that at this point it is important to say that no copyright infringement is NOT
intended, nor is it my intention for this gamebox to in any way take
away from sales of Treehouse sets, Martian Coasters or any other Looney
Labs product. The purpose of this gamebox is for Rabbits to play games
with other Rabbits that they may only see once a year at Origins or
GenCon, or for those of us who, for whatever reason, will not be able
to attend these conventions and meet other rabbits. If approved by the Looneys, distribution of this gamebox will be completely under their control.

That said, the following scenarios have been built:

Treehouse
Martian Coasters (2, 3, 4, and 5-player)
Volcano
MiniVolcano, 4x4
MiniVolcano, 5x5
Regular Volcano
MegaVolcano
Compass Volcano
Blockade
Martian Backgammon
Twin Win (Rainbow and Xeno)
Zamboni Wars
ÜberMartian Coasters

More to follow...

Unfortunately, due to the nature of Cyberboard, turnless games
such as Icehouse and IceTowers cannot be played using Cyberboard. Also,
Cyberboard currently has a limit of 8 players.

I haven't quite worked out how Zendo will be played when Master or Mondo is called. Perhaps a separate email to the Master with the guess would work. Any suggestions would be welcome.

If any Rabbit is interested in betatesting the gamebox and any (or all) of these scenarios, please email me at jd4556 at yahoo.com.

Please note that at this time, there is no Mac version of
Cyberboard, only a Windows version, nor do I know if there will be a
Mac version. I certainly hope so as it's an awesome PBEM gaming system.


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