Modern Art: Help w/ "homemade" version
Volstag
As strange as this may sound, I'm trying to make my own version of
Modern Art. The reason I'm doing this is simply because I can't find
the game available anywhere (and I'm broke). Funagaingames.com is,
apparently, going to have them in stock by the end of March, and it's
my intention to purchase it as soon as it's available. So... for
those of you who are worried: no, I'm not trying to bilk Mr. Knizia
out of his hard-earned cash.
So... I'm using a deck of tarot cards to represent the artists. The
only problem I have right now is the variety of bidding types per
artist (i.e. how many Lite Metal cards feature the "Once Around"
bidding type, how many Krypto's feature the "In the Fist" bidding
type, etc, etc). Granted, my version is going to be extremely ghetto,
but this game sounds cool enough for me to attempt it.
If anyone can help me out with this, I'd really appreciate it.
Out,
Volstag
mark coomey
>
> As strange as this may sound, I'm trying to make my own version of
> Modern Art. The reason I'm doing this is simply because I can't find
> the game available anywhere (and I'm broke). Funagaingames.com is,
> apparently, going to have them in stock by the end of March, and it's
> my intention to purchase it as soon as it's available. So... for
> those of you who are worried: no, I'm not trying to bilk Mr. Knizia
> out of his hard-earned cash.
>
that, the artwork is pretty hideous (IMHO), the only one that i dig is
the pop art. Other than that, rather than art, it seems to me that the
designer has just applied some rather hideous photoshop filter. I think
if a bit more attention to detail went into the graphic design, it might
well appeal to yet an even larger audience.
sorry, i'm not going to help you with card breakdown, just wait for the
game to arrive at funagain.
Anthony C Kam
>> Modern Art. The reason I'm doing this is simply because I can't find
>> the game available anywhere (and I'm broke). Funagaingames.com is,
>> apparently, going to have them in stock by the end of March, and it's
>> my intention to purchase it as soon as it's available. So... for
>> those of you who are worried: no, I'm not trying to bilk Mr. Knizia
>> out of his hard-earned cash.
I dont have the exact breakdown on hand, but IIRC the breakdown conforms
to these general rules:
1) The five suits have 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 cards respectively. As you
know, ties in end-of-round ranking are broken in favor of suits with
fewer cards.
2) In each suit, the 5 bidding symbols are divided as evenly as
possible. If there are leftovers, some bidding symbols get assigned
one extra card. E.g. in the 14-card suit, one suit has 2 cards and
the other four suits have 3 cards each.
3) In each suit, the = symbol is not among the symbol(s) assigned one
extra card. Thus the 5 suits have 2, 2, 2, 3, 3 = symbols
respectively.
While the above does not exactly specify the breakdown, you can create
something very close. In play, the actual distribution among the non =
symbols are not really important except there are roughly equal numbers
of each. (I have a vague impression there might be slightly more
open-bid symbols.) The card count of the = symbols is important, and so
is the number of cards in each suit, and both of these counts are given
exactly above.
antkam
Volstag
Thanks for the info. I owe you a beer. It should be enough to get a
decent facsimile of the game going.
Out,
Volstag
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> I dont have the exact breakdown on hand, but IIRC the breakdown conforms
> to these general rules:
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>
> antkam
Dweeb
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>
>>
>> As strange as this may sound, I'm trying to make my own version of
>> Modern Art. The reason I'm doing this is simply because I can't find
>> the game available anywhere (and I'm broke). Funagaingames.com is,
>> apparently, going to have them in stock by the end of March, and it's
>> my intention to purchase it as soon as it's available. So... for
>> those of you who are worried: no, I'm not trying to bilk Mr. Knizia
>> out of his hard-earned cash.
>>
> The only reason I would like to see a fresh-up to the modern art is just
> that, the artwork is pretty hideous (IMHO),
I thought that was the point.
Justin Green
> >
> The only reason I would like to see a fresh-up to the modern art is just
> that, the artwork is pretty hideous (IMHO), the only one that i dig is
> the pop art. Other than that, rather than art, it seems to me that the
> designer has just applied some rather hideous photoshop filter. I think
> if a bit more attention to detail went into the graphic design, it might
> well appeal to yet an even larger audience.
Since they day I got this game (4 years ago?), I've been planning to
make cards with reproductions of paintings by five actual modern
artists (Warhol, Lichtenstein, Pollock, de Kooning, and O'Keefe or
somesuch), but haven't gotten around to it. I agree it would add lot
to an already great game. (Of course, Mayfair would never be able to
do this themselves because of the licensing costs.)
I've also been meaning to make a new Manhattan board with an actual
map of Manhattan ( and with "Downtown" replaced by "Greenwich
Village"), but that's hasn't happened either.
Justin
mark coomey
> > The only reason I would like to see a fresh-up to the modern art is just
> > that, the artwork is pretty hideous (IMHO),
>
> I thought that was the point.
I agree, but using a pack of tarot cards? good one dweeb
McklKnight
> > that, the artwork is pretty hideous (IMHO), >>
IMHO I like the artwork. C'mon, how much modern art looks good to begin with?
I always considered it a 'lil bit of intentional of humor.
Mickel
Chuang Shyue Chou
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I like it too. I thought it was done, tongue in cheek...