Cosmos in Conflict Engineering Feat and Dice Contest!

**cgutzmer** · #1 01-19-2010, 09:02 PM

OK! This is a pretty simple little contest that I thought would help drum up some good ideas and breed some creativity along the way!

In the game I am developing Cosmos in Conflict. We want to use 3 dimensional strategies - dont see that in table top too often! However it also creates a bit of a logistics problem - how to represent altitude in the game! There are really two mini contests here.

Part one of the contest:
I want a physical representation so you can see altitude easily. I have no preconceived notions of how it should work but I do have some requirements
1. it should easily attach to a flat base
2. It should easily attach to any ship
3. It should lock in place at three heights. Or lock in place at variable heights with graduation mark on the device
4. It should be fairly simple to build and adjust
5. it should be sturdy enough to tolerate frequent handling as heights will change frequently throughout the game

Part two of the contest:
I want CiC dice! Typical DND style dice made out of paper for those that cant go buy them.

requirements
1. Must make a complete set
d4
d6
d8
d10
d12
d20
2. shouldnt just be plain old dice, unique colors or something spiffy, feel free to do something like making up neat symbols for rolls of one or highest number on dice. Just be creative
3. two sizes - normal small dice to fit in the palm of your hand and large where one die will take up a whole page printout

Prize!
winning entry for each part will get a free copy of the game once its done. Votes will be a popular vote on a few sites where this is announced then added together!

Email me entries at cgutzmer at gmail period com
Thanks!
Chris

**SCEtoAUX** · #2 01-20-2010, 07:41 AM

Anyone needing nets to make the polyhedra for the dice can get them from here Paper Models of Polyhedra

d4 = tetrahedron
d6 = cube
d8 = octohedron
d10 = decahedron (found in Other Polyhedra toward the bottom of the page)
d12 = dodecahedron
d20 = icosahedron

**thokamous** · #3 01-20-2010, 08:08 AM

You could do something like what MechWarrior:The Dark Age did for their VTOLs. have stands of varying lengths to show "high","middle", and "low". The stands should be something clear and both detatch from the ship and its base so that it can be swapped out as soon as i dig out my suitcase full of the stuff (about 6 years ago my ex and I spend like $3000 on MW stuff) I shall have a pic available.

**cgutzmer** · #4 01-20-2010, 04:59 PM

thanks guys!

**thokamous** · #5 01-20-2010, 05:38 PM

*nods* im glad i could help....

**Lex** · #6 01-23-2010, 01:48 PM

Expanding on thok's idea, I suggest a small strut sticking out the bottoms of each ship, and then use straws, yes the ones you find in MacDonalds to join them to base, which will also have a short strut sticking upwards. 30cm can be achieved by using 2 or 3 parallel straws and placing the seam at different levels, so producing a strong stand overall.

Still working on the dices...

**cgutzmer** · #7 01-23-2010, 06:17 PM

30 cm is NOT the height.... 15 cm max. variable heights at 5,10,15 cm....

30cm is the max length on a ship

**Lex** · #8 01-23-2010, 07:21 PM

I did read somethere that 10, 20 and 30 cm are the heights... Ah yes on the ecardmodel forums. If 15 cm is good, then paper rolls will do the job just fine. I've tested that. Also that means a single straw will do the job

**Getter 1** · #9 01-23-2010, 07:35 PM

Chris have you ever heard of Canvas Eagles? Check out how they do altitude,

The Official Blue Max/Canvas Eagles Website

Might be too expensive for your game but it may spawn some ideas

G1

**Lex** · #10 01-24-2010, 06:00 PM

Had this idea of dice... Took me one night to make, and based on the polyhedra site. Hi-res version available on request, [no commercial use because of derived work]