[Icehouse] off colored pyramids question

[Brian Campbell]

On Jan 22, 2007, at 10:08 AM, Kristin Looney wrote:

> Assume a $50 price tag.  Who on this list is going to be really
> sad if they don't get the chance to buy a solid stash of odd colors?
>
> My vote is to turn them all into a run of fancy Treehouse sets...

I'll be pretty sad if I can't get any cool, one-of-a-kind colored  
solid stashes. I've been kicking myself for not bidding on the old- 
style solid Icehouse stashes that have been sold on eBay, some for a  
lot less than I would have been willing to pay for them ($13? I'd  
have paid at least $30!).

I still prefer a lot of the stash-based games to Treehouse (I haven't  
tried Martian Coasters yet--bad Rabbit! No carrot!), and those are  
the games where cool custom stashes already have a well-established  
cachet. The nice thing is that in a group of dedicated players, each  
person can bring their own cool, custom stash and have a unique game  
experience (of course, you usually only get enough people who are  
into Icehouse together at once at big cons like Origins, but I still  
like the idea). I'd really like a one-of-a-kind stash for playing  
games like Gnostica, Icehouse, Pikemen, Blam!, Torpedo, and  
IceTowers. Of course, I do always have the option of pieceniking to  
get a really personalized stash, but it would also be nice to buy the  
stackable plastic ones for games like IceTowers.

Anyhow, my vote goes for making a few more solid stashes, and selling  
most of the odd colors as Treehouse sets. You'll probably have to  
charge less that $50 for the treehouse sets, as they'll be a lot less  
exclusive than the solid stashes. Remember, as more of these are sold  
the price you can sell them for will probably go down a bit.

Finally, I'd like to encourage you to just sell any of the special  
Icehouse sets through your store instead of eBay. I haven't ever used  
eBay before, and so actually bidding on something would be a bit of  
pain, as I'd have to set up an account, figure out how bidding and  
payment work, and I'd have to worry about watching for the end of the  
auction and bidding right at the end, and I'm not really interested  
in going through the hassle. That's part of why I didn't end up  
bidding on the solid Icehouse stashed that were for sale. If you  
really want to do an auction, you could pretty easily just do a  
reverse auction on your store. Just set the price really high, and  
then reduce the price every day or week until it sells (or gets down  
to the minimum price you'd sell it for). Just make sure your system  
knows that there is only one in inventory, so two people can't order  
it at the same time.

Anyhow, these are just some suggestions, feel free to sell them  
however you want. I really ought to just stop being lazy and do some  
pieceniking already.