[Icehouse] Re: Icehouse Commercial

[Carlton Noles]

Little ones.

On 4/2/07, Mike Yarrum <yarrum at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I didn't think of doing a multi-game spread like that! Good idea, thanks
> David. That reminds me... I need to print out some Eeyore boards, and maybe
> a nice Volcano board, too. *runs off to Kinkos*
>
> As for length, I'm more concerned with keeping a viewer's attention. A
> quick overview of all the games in one video, with maybe more in-depth
> videos for each game sounds like a good idea to me.
> What does everyone think? One monster Icehouse vid, or a lot of little
> ones?
>
> On 4/2/07, David Artman <david at davidartman.com > wrote:
> >
> > "As a loyal fan with a camera and too much time on his hands, what would
> >
> > you like to see?"
> >
> > You could try doing what I do for (most) demos I run....
> >
> > I set up the following displays:
> > Martian Coasters - MCs, four colors of trees, and the two dice.
> > Martian Mudwrestling - two monochrome stashes and a Volcano board
> > (chessboard will do).
> > Treehouse - four colors of trees, one solid house, and the TH die.
> > Three-Way Martian Chess - Eeyore boards, 9 random stacks (3 per player).
> >
> > I believe you can do all that with six stashes--I have all eleven plus
> > one each of TH sets, so I often use different colors for every game, to
> > make for the "oo-aah" effect.
> >
> > Then, you could start with a brief intro/history of the pieces, and then
> > rattle of each game in turn as if you are giving the "executive summary"
> >
> > of it.
> >
> > OR, you could go into full rules details and even show a few turns of
> > mid-game play, if you are so inclined--it's not like you have to pay
> > for the air time! You could even do it with a cut or transition of some
> > kind, from setup to mid-game to endgame, to really show how the games
> > play out.
> >
> > Close with "available at your local gaming store OR at
> > looneylabs.com--but check at your store first!"
> >
> > Let your enthusiasm show and it will work out fine. Send us a link to it
> >
> > when you're done--I will want to forward it to my local game store
> > owners, so they can show it to curious customers if they want.
> >
> > Cool idea!
> > David
> >
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