I just thought of a great game using little animals. I want to make a prototype. Anyone know where I can get tiny little animals, preferably wooden and the size od Catan houses.
Little Animals
Mon, 08/02/2004 - 22:24
Mon, 08/02/2004 - 23:53
#4
Little Animals
The "Web Resources" link at left is your friend -- it's got a whole category called "Game Bits."
From there I found Lorenz Contimba, at http://www.lorenz-holzspielwaren.de/
Click Standardprogramm, and then Figuren. Scroll down a bit for various great little wooden animals of differing sizes.
-- MatthewF
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Tue, 08/03/2004 - 03:38
#6
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No, it uses frames so I don't have the URL of the animals.
It's not that tough... In the white-on-blue text on the left click the first choice, "Standardprogramm." A sub-menu will appear below it, where you click on "Figuren" (meaning "Figures"). They speak English there (as most Germans do), so you can just drop them an email in English about pricing and such.
-- Matthew
Tue, 08/03/2004 - 08:37
#7
Little Animals
Don't be scared off by the German ... it is as simple as FL says. ;) But here's a direct link just in case ...
http://www.lorenz-holzspielwaren.de/sites/frames/f_figuren.html
-Bryk
Tue, 08/03/2004 - 09:14
#8
Yep!
Brykovian wrote:
Don't be scared off by the German ... it is as simple as FL says. ;) But here's a direct link just in case ...
http://www.lorenz-holzspielwaren.de/sites/frames/f_figuren.html
-Bryk
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Tue, 08/03/2004 - 13:56
#9
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Quote:
For your prototype is it really necessary to have the wooden animals, have you tested your idea first with ordinary color pawn or cardboard token??
I just thought of a great game using little animals. I want to make a prototype.
Maybe it would be an idea to test it before buying the real wood animals??
Tue, 08/03/2004 - 14:30
#11
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dr_Edge69 wrote:
Maybe it would be an idea to test it before buying the real wood animals??
I see dr_Edge69 does not support the idea of testing on animals! ;) 8)
-Bryk
Tue, 08/03/2004 - 14:47
#13
Little Animals
You can do this, I know you can. Just try kinda hard.
Go to the original link I mentioned -- http://www.lorenz-holzspielwaren.de/ -- in a new browser window so you can see this thread.
On the left click "Wir über uns". A little sub-menu will appear.
Still on the left click on "Kontakt".
Fill out the form. The fields are:
Firma = Company
Ansprechpartner = Partner (not applicable to you, probably)
Strasse, Haus-Nr. = Street, House Number (first part of your address)
PLZ = Zip Code
Ort = City, State (and in this case country)
e-mail = e-mail
Telefon = Telephone
Kundenanfrage = Customer Inquiry
It's probably perfectly fine to just fill out e-mail and Kundenanfrage (where you put your question about pricing, etc.).
It's a little freaky being in another language, I know, but if you follow the directions above you'll be in business. If you ask your question in english then they'll answer in english.
-- Matthew
Tue, 08/03/2004 - 19:46
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Little Animals
IE for the Mac should work just fine with that Javascript, you might want to try that in general if sites won't load in Safari or what have you.
You can reach the page directly at: http://www.lorenz-holzspielwaren.de/sites/wir_ueber_uns/kontakt.html
Wal-Mart and Hobby Lobby both have nice little sets of tiny foam animal stickers. One had zoo animals. Another had farm animals, I think? Maybe there were more, not sure. It seems like they had buckets of foam animals of various sizes, too, but some of those I wouldn't call "tiny". I remember seeing the zoo set at Wal-Mart and wishing that I had a game design idea that needed tiny little foam animal stickers.
I know it's not wood, but maybe you could put them on little wooden disks. Worth a look, anyway, they were cute and colorful--and tiny!
I've never played Catan, so I can't describe any meaningful size comparison.