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Personally, I think that
the dividers are what make it a “Volcano” board vs. just another
grid board. Mind you, those grids
do have their uses, but if that’s all you want, why not just use a Chess
board and be done with it? My personal desire for a craft project
would be a “lightbox” Volcano board. Since the only solid pieces in a
standard Volcano set are the caps, this would allow the light to shine up
through the board, illuminating the entire thing from the bottom, and would, in
my opinion, look really neat in a darkened room. The greatest problem with this type of
design would be how best to get an even light distribution throughout the box. For example, would a standard bulb work
better or some small fluorescent tubes?
Clear surface or frosted to diffuse the light and keep people who were
looking at the board from being totally blinded by it? Line the interior with a shiny
reflective surface, or a white gloss surface? All things that would have to be worked
out through trial and error, I believe.
The one other alternate that I though of for equal light disbursement was
to set it up with a small bulb under each stack area, hmm, maybe LEDs with a switch so that each square could be color coded
for setting up, but switched over to white light for play??? *sigh*
and me without my tools…ah well, maybe I can figure something else out. Scott Sulzer -----Original Message----- Hey
All, I know
we've been caught up in the Treehouse debates, but I'd like to change the
subject for a quick question. When
people are playing Volcano (or any of the volcano variants) - how important is
it to have a board with dividers in between the pieces? You know, like a
standard volcano board instead of just a chessboard? I'm
asking because I'm playing around with a craft idea for Origins. Just
want to know if I should allow for the divider sections or if I can just put
the chessboard in as is. Thanks! Carol --
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