"Given that you say "It's going to be a pretty complex game. I've always been a fan of really complex games", I'm guessing there are not similar existing games, since in my experience, pyramid games tend to aim toward the…"
Russ Williams's Discussions
Can I use a Surprise's "Out of turn" action if I play it during my turn?
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In BGG threads I've seen some mentions that supposedly I can play a Surprise during my turn but use the "Out of turn" action. Is this actually true?The language on the card says:This card can be…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Russ Williams Feb 8.
New game: Stawvs
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Hi, here's another "new pyramid game" announcement.Stawvs is a game I made over a year ago and kept procrastinating writing up, and I have recently been nudged into adding it to the wiki. :)It has…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Russ Williams Jan 8, 2012.
Gnostica: Judgment too powerful?
Every time we play lately, whoever has the good fortune of drawing Judgment ends up winning, by using Judgment often to get Judgment and 2 other powerful cards from the discard. Basically, every…Continue
Started May 8, 2011
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Profile Information
- FAN CLUB MEMBER TYPE:
- Fan
- ABOUT MY HISTORY WITH LOONEY LABS...
- I've been actively interested in Icehouse pyramids since learning Homeworlds at a game con in 2009. I like many different strategic pyramid games. I joined the Icehouse mailing list in 2010.
- ABOUT ME...
- I am originally from the US and now live in Poland. Besides English I also speak Esperanto and a bit of Polish.
A geeklist of Icehouse pyramid games I've explored:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/55228/
Pyramid games I designed:
Stawvs
Ricochet Pyramids
I play online at:
http://superdupergames.org
http://boardspace.net
(user = goulo).
- LOONEY LABS GAMES I PLAY/PROMOTE:
- Fluxx, Looney Pyramids, Aquarius
Latest Activity
Russ Williams replied to Christopher Pilcher's discussion 'Designing a new(?) Icehouse variation! Need some input.'Russ Williams replied to Paul Morganthall's discussion 'How much "later" does my homeworld need yellow?'""Later" does not imply "many turns later". It can also mean just a few turns (e.g. 3) later. It's not uncommon to build & change colors for the first few turns before moving.
About "wasting a turn" - I think…"
Russ Williams replied to William Boling's discussion 'Homeworld Rules'"FWIW, http://www.looneylabs.com/rules/homeworlds says:
And in the book Playing with Pyramids, it says "an identically-sized piece".
So it seems pretty clear to me that to use Blue, there has to be one of the same size in the Bank."
Russ Williams replied to Russ Williams's discussion 'Can I use a Surprise's "Out of turn" action if I play it during my turn?'"Aha, thanks for the useful info from Oz Fluxx rules about Surprises!"
Aric Tatan replied to Russ Williams's discussion 'Can I use a Surprise's "Out of turn" action if I play it during my turn?'"i am 100% sure you cannot play the out-of-turn portion when it is your turn..
however, you can use the surprise's out-of-turn as a reaction to someone's action.
i have read somewhere here, Andrew said something about canceling a surprise…"
Russ Williams posted a discussionCan I use a Surprise's "Out of turn" action if I play it during my turn?
In BGG threads I've seen some mentions that supposedly I can play a Surprise during my turn but use the "Out of turn" action. Is this actually true?The language on the card says:This card can be played at any time, for one of the functions described below, or to cancel a Surprise...So it's quite clear I can play it at any time to cancel a Surprise.And it's quite clear I can play it at any time for one of the functions described below, but in that case it appears there are 2 different cases, and…See More
Russ Williams replied to Ted Skirvin's discussion 'Playing With Pyramids??'"The book contains rules to the following games:
Gnostica
Homeworlds
Icehouse
IceTowers
Martian Backgammon
Martian Chess
Pikemen
RAMbots
Thin Ice
Volcano
Zagami
Zendo
It also has some historical anecdotes, strategy notes, etc."
Russ Williams replied to Matthew Rogers's discussion 'Treehouse Tube Rules?'"There's a scan at boardgamegeek of some older version of the Treehouse rules from the tube:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/112988/treehouse"
Russ Williams replied to David Artman's discussion 'Icehousegames.org Being Hammered With Spambots'"Welcome back and thanks for returning from the void! :)
I have never backed up and restored a MediaWiki (though I've installed a MediaWiki, which has since sat unupgraded...), but I certainly encourage not deleting the current version before…"
Russ Williams replied to David Artman's discussion 'Icehousegames.org Being Hammered With Spambots'"I am Goulo, but I guess you have already approved me, as I just did a test edit successfully. :)
(If you didn't already approve me, then there's something not working with the approval check.)"
Russ Williams replied to David Artman's discussion 'Icehousegames.org Being Hammered With Spambots'"Yay, success! Thanks for finding Brian!
I gather from your question that Brian is indeed interested in handing over the icehousegames.org site to someone else? And what of the URL ownership?
I have some experience in web hosting. I have an account…"
Russ Williams replied to Greg Lattanzio's discussion 'IceAwards / Play through of the games from 2011 ROUND 2'"There are other games with the same board twisting mechanism, e.g. the commercially published Pentago and the pyramid game Quicksand."
Russ Williams replied to Greg Lattanzio's discussion 'IceAwards / Play through of the games from 2011 ROUND 2'"If you are familiar with Amazons, you'll note that both Stawvs and Hey That's My Fish drew inspiration from Amazons. :)
(Stawvs uses Amazons' more general/free "shooting" of any space accessible from the space you moved to…"
TEXT BOX (Starship Captain info)
This is my old Starship Captain list, before some special box was made for it.
I will happily play (among others):
Homeworlds
Gnostica
Volcano
RAMbots
Blam!
Alien City
Branches and Twigs and Thorns
Martian Chess
Tic Tac Doh!
Synapse-Ice
Stack Control
Quicksand
Subdivision
Pikemen
Stawvs (my own design, which a fair number of people have played and enjoyed)
Zendo
Ice Towers
Gygès (not originally for pyramids, but playable with 1 stash!)
Skurðir
My own prototypes :)
Russ Williams's Event Reports
Brzeg (Poland) Games Festival
I spent last weekend at a game festival in Brzeg (Poland). After a couple eurogames in a 6-person group, 3 of the players went for lunch, so I pulled out my pyramids and taught the remaining 2 Branches and Twigs and Thorns as a quick filler, and they enjoyed it enough that we played 3 times. I then taught them Icetowers, and again we played 3 times.
Later in the day, I had a request from 2 other guys for Zendo (one had played…
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