[Icehouse] Re: Icehouse Commercial

[Mike Yarrum]

One more thing David - would you like to get credited in the overview video
for the multi-game layout?

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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