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[Icehouse] Re: Gnostica expansions inspired by a Zodiac game

  • Frommadlab.rabbit.krishaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • DateWed, 02 May 2007 06:47:53 +0800
This one time, at band camp, Denis Moskowitz <dmm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Looks interesting, but I have a magical nitpick.
> 
> You're mapping the colors to the suits, and the zodiac board is mapping 
> colors to the elements:
> 
> cups:green:earth, swords:red:fire, disks:blue:water, rods:yellow:air
> 
> I'd prefer to go with the traditional mapping between suits and
> elements, as below - that way you're not penalizing or confusing players 
> who are familiar with them, and if your players later get into Tarot, 
> they'll have less to unlearn.
> 
> cups:blue:water, swords:yellow:air, disks:green:earth, rods:red:fire

Thank you!  A very useful comment.

Of course, I haven't actually worked out anything that requires the
colours to be colours or the elements to be elements, so currently a
hand made board might as well just have the Tarot suits on directly, but
I hope to come up with something that makes the Zodiac itself useful.

Thanks again,

Chris J.

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