Personally, I like the opaque sets. I started with orange and black (Go Beavers!), then I got white. I'll certainly be picking up the grey set when it shows up in the Dangling Carrot. Woot! When I play Zendo, I just have a house rule that pieces completely obscured by an opaque pyramid cease to exist (a koan consisting of a small piece covered by a large black piece is the same koan as a single upright large black piece, both with a pip count of three). -----Original Message----- From: icehouse-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icehouse-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Elliott C. Evans Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 11:09 AM To: Icehouse Discussion List Subject: Re: [Icehouse] Fifth Pyramid Color? Derek H. wrote: > I currently own 4 stashes with the "standard" colors > (Red, Yellow, Green, Blue) - and would like to buy a > fifth set to play TreeHouse. I know the standard extra > color is black, which seems good, but I'm wondering if > clear might not be better (and cooler!). Which one would > work well with other IceHouse games, or is there really > no difference? White, black (and now gray) add a whole new attribute to the pieces, opacity, but this attribute is somewhat underutilized in the world of Icehouse gaming. I don't see all that much difference, really. Go with what would make you personally happiest. -- Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans eeyore@xxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Icehouse mailing list Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse