"Actually, this incomplete one may be the least interesting of the two:
http://www.dangermouse.net/games/icehouse/noname.html
I can't think of the other one, though it was more interesting... perhaps I'll run into it again soon and post…"
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Looney Pyramids Classic Game Review Initiative
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While we are in between community-award contests, I think it might be fun to open up an ongoing thread where we can post game reviews. The goal is to help preserve games and identify forgotten…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Greg Lattanzio May 2.
The IceAwards for 2012, play through of the games from 2011 FINAL VOTING ROUND
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The following games have made it to the final round of the ICE Awards. What games will end up on top, a game of dueling elderly wizards fight for neighborly supremacy? Pyro Martian clubbers…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Matthew Rogers Mar 12.
The IceAwards for 2012, play through of the games from 2011 OPEN VOTING ROUND
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COME JOIN US for the first round of voting for the ICE Awards of 2012 (the play through of the games from 2011). Voting starts 1/25 and ends on 2/17 (1pm EST).What is this? "The ICE Award is a…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Greg Lattanzio Feb 19.
The IceAwards for 2012/ Play through of the games from 2011 ROUND 2
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Round two of the 2012 Ice Awards, for the games of 2011, has closed. As we have exactly seven games passing, there is no for second evaluations of the games to further narrow the list.My thanks goes…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Greg Lattanzio Jan 24.
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- ABOUT MY HISTORY WITH LOONEY LABS...
- Pyramid piece player. Designer of a couple pyramid games:
Autumn Ash, Cascades, Crystal Habit (pending), Evacuate, Fuji-San (pending), IceFlow (pending), Latent Binaries, PyLiPo, Recirculation (pending), Stacktrices, Traffic Tyrants, and Temple of Masks.
- ABOUT ME...
- Professor/writer
- LOONEY LABS GAMES I PLAY/PROMOTE:
- Fluxx, Looney Pyramids, Aquarius
Starship Captain List 1/12
Top 50:
1. Hexano-Duel
2. Timelock
3. Homeworlds
4. Quicksand
5. Zendo
6. Moscow Ice
7. Zark City
8. Icehouse
9. Volcano
10. Pylon
11. Alien City
12. Pikemen
13. Sprawl
14. Pyramid Scheme
15. Tower War
16. IceTowers
17. Apophis
18. Logger
19. Nile
20. Stack Control
21. Chivalry
22. Paint the Line
23. Pyrinoes
24. IceSickle
25. Twin Win
26. Infiltrate
27. Invaders of Mars
28. Plutonian Poker
29. Martian Chess
30. Hextris
31. Martianopoly
32. IceDam
33. Landing Zone
34. Extinction
35. Martian Coasters
36. Synapse-Ice
37. Mandala
38. Lunar Invaders
39. 3-High
40. Blockade
41. IceDice
42. Black Ice
43. Turning Points
44. Torpedo
45. Cold Spell
46. CrackeD Ice
47. Magma
48. Middleman
49. Pink Hijinks
50. Edges
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Greg Lattanzio replied to Christopher Pilcher's discussion 'Designing a new(?) Icehouse variation! Need some input.'Greg Lattanzio replied to Christopher Pilcher's discussion 'Designing a new(?) Icehouse variation! Need some input.'"I can think of several complex pyramid games. Some are arguably too daunting for casual players, but there are also several well-written games that also have a lot going on in them. I suppose it depends how one interprets “complex” or…"
Greg Lattanzio replied to Greg Lattanzio's discussion 'Looney Pyramids Classic Game Review Initiative'"I've fixed the list above to include links to all the games that qualify. The restrictions placed on what qualifies were perhaps kind of strict, but the goal is to concentrate on games that meet certain criteria that often means they are…"
Greg Lattanzio replied to Greg Lattanzio's discussion 'Looney Pyramids Classic Game Review Initiative'"Invaders of Mars: This is a game of doing yourself the least amount of harm. The strategy is to pick your poison smartly and to force your opponent into doing more damage to themselves than they would like. It's one of those games that gets…"
Greg Lattanzio replied to Greg Lattanzio's discussion 'Looney Pyramids Classic Game Review Initiative'"I've added the list to the above, so I can edit it easier.
If you're looking for rules to a particular game, I recommend that people look on the icehousegames wiki first, as the most recent rules and links should be there. A few games…"
Greg Lattanzio replied to Greg Lattanzio's discussion 'Looney Pyramids Classic Game Review Initiative'"Thanks for checking that. I thought that I had taken all of the Hypothermia games out, but some of them snuck back in. If someone thinks a game should be included that I missed, I'll be happy to check into that too.
We had been thinking…"
Jeff Wolfe replied to Greg Lattanzio's discussion 'Looney Pyramids Classic Game Review Initiative'"Games that should probably be removed:
Martian Backgammon and Thin Ice were published in Playing With Pyramids.
CrackeD Ice, DNA, and Martian Mud Wrestling were published in various issues of Hypothermia.
IceTraders is listed on icehousegames.org as…"
Greg Lattanzio posted a discussionLooney Pyramids Classic Game Review Initiative
While we are in between community-award contests, I think it might be fun to open up an ongoing thread where we can post game reviews. The goal is to help preserve games and identify forgotten classics. The challenge is to find, play, and review games that were designed before the original community design contests (in other words, any game pre 2004). Any game that was designed between the invention of the pyramids and January 2004 qualifies, to the exclusion of those few that are already…See More
"Thanks for all your work on the 2011 IceAwards, Greg. I don't feel like I pulled my weight to the extent that I might have, but I'm glad to see the process bear fruit."
Jeanne "Rink" Kramer-Smyth replied to Greg Lattanzio's discussion 'The IceAwards for 2012, play through of the games from 2011 FINAL VOTING ROUND'"Thanks so much!!"
Scott Myers replied to Greg Lattanzio's discussion 'The IceAwards for 2012, play through of the games from 2011 FINAL VOTING ROUND'"Congratulations to Jeanne Rink Kramer-Smyth!! And congratulations to everyone who participated!! There has been no shortage of great games to play!!!
Jeanne Rink Kramer-Smyth"
Greg Lattanzio replied to Nicholas Lamicela's discussion 'Zendo elevator speech'"It was good to have made it to the event, which we did finally get set up and going. It was nice to have met you Nick. Thanks for bringing the event to Rudicon."
Greg Lattanzio replied to Greg Lattanzio's discussion 'The IceAwards for 2012, play through of the games from 2011 FINAL VOTING ROUND'"The contest has officially ended!
The winner, and final standings, determined by round robin voting, are as follows:
1. WINNER: Freeze Tag (with the most first-place ballots)
2. Runner up: Evacuate
3. Gleebs and Grues
4.…"
Greg Lattanzio replied to Greg Lattanzio's discussion 'The IceAwards for 2012, play through of the games from 2011 FINAL VOTING ROUND'"Calling all pyramid players! There’s just a few days left in the ICE Award contest, and voting has slowed down a little these past few days. This is a reminder that everyone in this community is eligible to vote. Even if you’ve only…"
Greg Lattanzio replied to Nicholas Lamicela's discussion 'Zendo elevator speech'"Ah, I'll be out with a girlfriend for a prior engagement, but, if it goes on for an hour or two, we'll be able to jump in mid session. "
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It's been a while since I looked at it, but the code is still available at GitHub. The app itself doesn't seem to work anymore, complaining about the Django version; I'll have to see what I can do about that.
It was partly designed as an exploration of how intuitive a ranked ballot could be; unfortunately, a few users had trouble figuring out how to use it. I also never got around to including a few important features; notably, I had wanted to show a more detailed description of each candidate while hovering over it.
I think it could still make sense for collecting ICE rankings, but I've since discovered arguments in favor of range voting instead. For best effect, I would recommend either a 5-star scale, or BoardGameGeek's 10-point scale with descriptions for each level.
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