tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post112510307341265401..comments2024-03-28T05:12:10.477-07:00Comments on Gone Gaming: The Problem with ColorsColdfoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636345146138362966noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1134411927872550802005-12-12T10:25:00.000-08:002005-12-12T10:25:00.000-08:00Attila is very confusing, and a lot of people comp...Attila is very confusing, and a lot of people complained about it. That makes it that much more amazing that City and Guilds (which uses a similar stock market mechanism) makes the exact same mistake!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1128035399366067622005-09-29T16:09:00.000-07:002005-09-29T16:09:00.000-07:00At one convention I attended, after extreme confus...At one convention I attended, after extreme confusion in a game of Tutankhamun, the organiser suggested people bring their own miniatures to use as markers in such situations. I can only think of a very few games where that would be handy, but it's worth considering.<BR/><BR/>FriendlessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1127797695718561462005-09-26T22:08:00.000-07:002005-09-26T22:08:00.000-07:00I'm not familiar with some of these, like Attila, ...I'm not familiar with some of these, like Attila, but Alhambra's one that I should have mentioned too. That one still confuses me when I play.Shannon Appelclinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10454937577535623129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1127746298259252222005-09-26T07:51:00.000-07:002005-09-26T07:51:00.000-07:00I've seen where some players change colors between...I've seen where some players change colors between back-to-back plays of the same game to intentionally confuse people. <BR/><BR/>I normally try to pick the color that best blends in with the board. This is to 'hide' during the game & keep other players from noticing me. Can't tell if it has ever worked, but I have missed other players whose colors have blended in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1127737713584646512005-09-26T05:28:00.000-07:002005-09-26T05:28:00.000-07:00We pulled out Attila the other day and couldn't st...We pulled out Attila the other day and couldn't stop complaining about the colors. Many of the <I>player</I> colors are the same as the <I>tribe</I> colors, so you get statements like "blue scores yellow," "green scores black," and "yellow scores yellow."<BR/><BR/>Keeping all of that clear with new players can be pretty tough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1127724545596298212005-09-26T01:49:00.000-07:002005-09-26T01:49:00.000-07:00Big offenders:Mayfair Cosmic's blue and light blue...Big offenders:<BR/><BR/>Mayfair Cosmic's blue and light blue. The tokens were bad enough, but the destiny pile cards were simply indistinguisable.<BR/><BR/>4000 A.D. colors: dar orange, light orange, dark green, and light green.<BR/><BR/>YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1127712637734578142005-09-25T22:30:00.000-07:002005-09-25T22:30:00.000-07:00Concerning Ticket to Ride: The first thing I say w...Concerning Ticket to Ride: The first thing I say whenever I teach someone this game is that their colour has <B>nothing</B> to do with the colours on the cards and the map. It's such a simple game, but without clarifing the colour issue, they aren't going to understand how it works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1127688971267262572005-09-25T15:56:00.000-07:002005-09-25T15:56:00.000-07:00We have ongoing problems with Alhambra, where some...We have ongoing problems with Alhambra, where some of the currencies are the same colour as some of the buildings.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, my colourblind friend had no problems with that aspect of the game :)<BR/><BR/>And the Settlers orange and red pieces can be *very* difficult to tell apart, we've found.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12731608339380263848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1127647757962659422005-09-25T04:29:00.000-07:002005-09-25T04:29:00.000-07:00Another game that's a color offender is Magna Grec...Another game that's a color offender is Magna Grecia, which has a spectrum of earth tones for its four player colors - red, brown, orange and yellow. Since our default gaming venue uses soft yellow lighting, I dread the day I break MG out.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10374893549602893334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1127604692655278722005-09-24T16:31:00.000-07:002005-09-24T16:31:00.000-07:00I love the color scheme of Hansa...except for the ...I love the color scheme of Hansa...except for the pink. God I hate pink. I was playing a three-player game recently, and, you know, you leave one color of good in the box, but whoever was in charge of setup left the pink <I>in</I> and one of the other colors <I>out</I>. I was completely flabbergasted. If we can't at least all agree on the hatefulness of pink, do we really have anything in common with each other at all? <BR/><BR/>Sadly, the worst color offender I know is one of my favorite games, Liberte. There is a blue region on the board and a pinkish purple region, but the cards corresponding to the purple region are a deep bluish purple, and so if you don't have one of the blue cards in your hand for comparison you're liable to think purple is blue. (Actually there's a trick for telling them apart but it's not interesting enough to go into here). I understand how this sort of thing happens, because I too have worked in publishing and I know how an ink can look completely different between two different printings, but there's even another problem beyond that one: the brown player discs and the purple player discs are almost completely identical in weak incandescent light. You can leave one of the two out if you're playing with fewer than six players, but if you're playing with five then that means someone has to be...ewww, pink.Joe Golahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07660986477477676629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1127581003143438692005-09-24T09:56:00.000-07:002005-09-24T09:56:00.000-07:00Yep, that would have been a good add. It's not on ...Yep, that would have been a good add. It's not on my shelf, unfortunately, so it just slipped right by. I need to pick up a copy now that it's back in print.Shannon Appelclinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10454937577535623129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1127580840832427622005-09-24T09:54:00.000-07:002005-09-24T09:54:00.000-07:00You didn' talk about Through the Desert. :)You didn' talk about Through the Desert. :)ektedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02200891099572736360noreply@blogger.com