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- From: sos@oz.plymouth.edu (Steffan O'Sullivan)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.abstract
- Subject: Re: Commercial Abstract Games: Icehouse
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.131415.4864@oz.plymouth.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 13:14:15 GMT
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- dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk (Denis Howe) writes:
- >What's the geometry of the game?
-
- Euclidian :-)
-
- >What are the relative sizes of the
- >pieces, are they triangular- or square-based pyramids
-
- The little ones are 0.5" square on the bottom, about an inch long.
- Mediums are 0.75" square, about 1.5" long, and the big ones are about 1"
- square and 1.75" long - though this is the origami set; I haven't seen
- the wooden set.
-
- >and how are the
- >positioned relative to each other (apart from pointing at the ceiling
- >or at each other)?
-
- That's the only stipulation.
-
- --
- - Steffan O'Sullivan sos@oz.plymouth.edu
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