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[arnezami]

Ok. Here are some small and fairly low-res partials. But well its better than nothing . These are all 14 shapes on the cards. All pictures are at the same scale and have only been enhanced in brightness and contrast.

#029:

#063:

#094:

#096:

#136:

#188:

#191:

#192:

#218:

#222:

#235:

#237:

#250:

#253:

How on earth should these be pieced together?

Any ideas are welcome.

Regards,

arnezami

PS. I think we really need higher res images to do this properly (keep in mind that because the above pictures were all originally jpeg they have quite a lot of artificial pixels and even blocking distortion which is very bad if you want crystal clear border lines).

[EDIT] 12 aug : added #222 and put #094 along with them. Total is now 14 shapes (while #222 and #253 look very similar).

[bertyb]

[Arkai]

I would disagree and say that #094's is a piece. If you compare it to the other clouds, they are totally different. As for how, maybe in order from lightest to darkest? I would look for lines which aren't straight ans try using these as the outside bits.

As for map piece blobs, I had no idea! Could you post which cards these are on?

[bertyb]

[bertyb]

Look at the forum for Manoveurs.....map piece on there has a couple.

[arnezami]

[arieh]

Here's the shape on 235, as neat as I can get it. Image has been so modified compared to the original scan that I'm assuming the 60dpi rule doesn't apply.



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[BBuck]

I think there are also shapes on #058 Breaking and Entering (just left of the middle at the bottom) and #060 Celebration (same place). These two are a bit different as they are not a single colour, but contain different shades. I've not got a scanner, so can't post them.

[poozle]

[arnezami]

Something just hit me.

There are 21 cards with digits strings.
There are 21 subway stations in PXC.

Makes you wonder.......

[SteveC]

[arnezami]

Just some (very) loose thoughts. Do whatever you please with them. Maybe it will inspire somebody.

Rubik Cube:



This is the first card with the digits on it. Is the Rubik Cube meaningless or not? It also works with 4 directions etc. Although the ".5" numbers wouldn't make much sense in this context. Hmmm...

Cube: the movie



I've also been thinking about the movie "Cube" and its use of coordinates and permutations. There are three numbers on each exit. We have three sets of 5 dices. And we may have "permutations" in the form of a pair of digit strings. Just a thought.

Risk:



Could the digit strings still be country ownerships. Like I suggested earlier. But with 2 teams. Player 1 and 3 are a team and player 2 and 4 are a team too. Possibly sitting on opposite sides of the board/table. Since they wouldn't attack each other the ownership of a country will never change from 1 to 3 or 2 to 4 etc. This would be one of the few ways of explaining this lack of 13's and 24's without the use of direction/paths. And of course Earth is divided into 42 territories in the game Risk. And there are exactly 42 digit strings. Hmmm...

Regards,

arnezami

[manleym]

Arkai there is a number on #156 Going Dotty

it is going vertical and reads

2-111221111112-4 and just under it
(upside down)
2-2232-4

there is no strange image on the card

[Arkai]

[duckiemonster]

No answer from Kurt re: the existance of a Perplex City version of Risk.

But I guess he's a little pre-occupied.