[Icehouse] Re: Idea for Looney Labs: Martian Coasters II?

[Timothy Hunt]

> Um, did you know that the current coasters have that information?  The arrows are colored to match
>  Xeno colors.  All you need to do is reverse the color of the squares and the arrows. (For example,
> the green coaster has orange arrows, which would translate to an orange coaster with green
> arrows.)  The only ambiguous thing is the red coaster, which has white arrows.  The trouble is how
>  to distinguish between white and clear.  I guess the red coaster is for clear, and the Holiday promo
>  black coaster is for white (though its arrows are inexplicably gray).

I took the red as being for white, and then the holiday being
black/clear, which makes a little bit more sense (though not
completely)

ANd yes, the current coasters do have that information.  Yes, you can
use the current Rainbow/(Xeno) MC with either style of stash.  But
that doesn't mean it wouldn't be neat to have a Xeno/(Rainbow) MC set.
 Doesn't mean it wouldn't be more obvious/attractive for Xeno players.
 And, with a Xeno/(Rainbow) set you can mix and match and play up to 8
(10 with 2 "promo" coasters).  Also, you can mix and match - suppose
one person's favourite colour is Green, and another is Orange - you
have the stashes, but you can't play both colours with MC, because the
coasters as they are won't allow it.

Yes, it's not imperative, it's a nice to have.  But on the other hand,
I can't think of any games that require having both Rainbow and Xeno
stashes either.  The closest I can come that requires more than 5
colours, is Volcano, as yo uneed a 6th colour of smalls for the
volcano caps.  But then volcano caps are available separately anyway.

1) Nice to have
2) might *increase* sales overall, if Xeno-stash preferers don't
notice that MC can be played with Xeno stashes.
3) would for sure increase overall sales for those that want to play
5-8 player martian coasters (remember that the additional coaster
isn't available in retail stores)

Timothy