I don't have a metronome. -Jason On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Jorge Arroyo <trozo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > This idea just occurred to me today and I thought I could share it in the > list. I don't get many chances to play Icehouse and it's a game that really > interests me, so from time to time I read and think about it (and today was > one of those times) > > What I thought was, how could the game be made easier for new players to > play with experienced ones so that the new players don't get overwhelmed by > the quickness of the experienced ones? The idea is to place a metronome near > the area of play. Decide on a speed setting (like 3 seconds, for example) > and add a rule so that a player can only place one piece on the table each > tick of the metronome, so if the setting is 3 seconds, then you won't be > able to play more than 1 piece each 3 seconds of play. I can imagine once > you get into the rhythm of the game it would be pretty easy to follow it > (like tapping your foot with a song). > > This seems like a nice way to slow down the pace of the game so that it > becomes less confusing for new players. The speed can be then increased as > the players get more confident until it's not needed anymore. > > I'd love to hear your thoughts, especially if you try it out. I'll see if > I can try it out myself with my girlfriend and see how it goes... > > And sorry if this has been discussed already, I've seen no mention of > anything like this on the web but I haven't checked the archives of the > list... > > -Jorge > > _______________________________________________ > Icehouse mailing list > Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse > >