what objects do you think would be fun to play

Richard Wallace · #1 23-09-2006, 17:55

As I suggested earlier in another thread, Aerobies would make excellent gamepieces.

They fly, they are torroidal (like Krispy Kreme donuts!), and they offer multiple possibilities for scoring; e.g., put 'em in a bin, or hang 'em on a pin.

DUCKIE · #2 23-09-2006, 18:15

Most Ultimate Game Piece... my vote goes for frisbees.

Andrew Blair · #3 23-09-2006, 18:44

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Originally Posted by DUCKY

Most Ultimate Game Piece... my vote goes for frisbees.

I concur. They're cheap, easy to get, simple, durable, visible, non-dangerous- just about everything you could want in a game piece. Except being hard to handle mechanically! Oh well, what good is a game if it's easy, right?

Al Skierkiewicz · #4 23-09-2006, 18:52

How about 5 gallon water jugs filled halfway with some type of moving material that keeps the jug changing it's balance point all the time. Can't be water in case the jug is broken but something like nylon beads.

Morgan Gillespie · #5 23-09-2006, 18:58

I have thought of large objects with a severely off set balance point. Yet a game piece with one that is moving might be good too.

Andrew Blair · #6 23-09-2006, 19:03

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

How about 5 gallon water jugs filled halfway with some type of moving material that keeps the jug changing it's balance point all the time. Can't be water in case the jug is broken but something like nylon beads.

Dry sand would do it. Not too noisy, always shifting, and heavy so the shifting balance actually makes a difference.

Billfred · #7 23-09-2006, 20:23

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Originally Posted by Andrew Blair

Dry sand would do it. Not too noisy, always shifting, and heavy so the shifting balance actually makes a difference.

And, just to make it uber-devilish, you can vary the amount of sand in each jug, then make them opaque so the drivers can't tell. (Any jugs introduced by a human player could be known, but we can work with that.) Suddenly, each jug you handle is going to handle differently. And 97.1618% of all of the Innovation in Control Awards will go to teams whose drivers don't even need to know the difference.

(I recall that BEST explored similar themes one year, but I'm fuzzy on the details.)

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