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Ryan Hackel's Discussions

[Chrono] The Unwanted Situation while Selling an Artifact

Here's a Chrononauts rules conundrum that came up at the Looney Lounge.  I have two artifacts in front of me, so I decide to Sell an Artifact (without the bonus).  Discarding my Mona Lisa, I then…Continue

Tags: Artifact, An, Sell, rules, chrononauts

Started Apr 3

New Rule >> Timequake
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Treat the draw pile as the discard pile, and the discard pile as the draw pile.  When you draw a card, take the top (face-up) card from the discard pile.  When you discard a card, put it face-down on…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by feenix1363 Mar 7.

Chrononauts FAQ
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Where does the Chrononauts FAQ live these days?  Somebody on BoardGameGeek is looking for it, and even I can't find it! Last time I checked, it was on the Rabbit Wiki.Continue

Tags: FAQ

Started this discussion. Last reply by Scott Myers Feb 26.

Monochrome Chess!
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I played Monochrome Chess against my father-in-law last night. His chess skills had atrophied a lot farther than I expected, but he still got the hang of if by the time the game ended. I won, 44 to…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ryan Hackel Nov 12, 2012.

 

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FAN CLUB MEMBER TYPE:
Fan, Demo Team
ABOUT MY HISTORY WITH LOONEY LABS...
Chrononauts brought me here in 2003. Martian Chess was my portal to the pyramids in 2005. FluxxBuxx contest finalist in 2005. Appointed deputy admin of the IceWiki in 2007. 2010 Ice Awards panelist. First gamed with the Looneys in 2011.
ABOUT ME...
I'm an engineer, explorer, zookeeper, father, librarian, aquanaut, bureaucrat, food alchemist, amateur time traveler, and misplaced antiquarian. I've been designing games since I was ten.

ceruleansgames.tripod.com
ryanarium.wordpress.com

"Ryan, I know a lot of people that make their own games. But you're different.... you make games that other people want to play."
LOONEY LABS GAMES I PLAY/PROMOTE:
Fluxx, Looney Pyramids, Time Travel Games, Aquarius

Starship Captain List

1) Volcano

2) Martian Coasters

3) Zarcana

4) Zendo

5) IceDice

6) Twin Win

7) Dectana

8) Martian Chess

9) World War 5

10) Crosswalk

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(See http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/148795 for all 25 items.)

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Ryan Hackel commented on Ryan Hackel's event 'Starship Captain Training Session'
"Mike O'Connor and I played: 3x Zark City 2x Binary Homeworlds 3x Treehouse 2x Martian Coasters 4x Geodeto Two others joined us for a 4-player game of U.S. President.  USP is much better with more players! Mike, you're tally is now…"
Jun 7
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Starship Captain Training Session at Labyrinth Puzzles & Games

June 4, 2013 from 6pm to 8pm
Looney Pyramid veteran Ryan Hackel will teach pyramid games, with focus on fan-made designs.See More
May 30
Ryan Hackel posted an event
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Starship Captain Training Session at Labyrinth Puzzles & Games

June 4, 2013 from 6pm to 8pm
Looney Pyramid veteran Ryan Hackel will teach pyramid games, with focus on fan-made designs.See More
May 28
Ryan Hackel replied to Kristin Looney's discussion 'The Barney Pyramids'
"Or just leave it outside in January.  That outta "ice" it over real good."
May 24
Ryan Hackel replied to Kristin Looney's discussion 'The Barney Pyramids'
"What's the pip value of that tent?"
May 16
Michael P. O'Connor commented on Ryan Hackel's event 'Starship Captain Training Session'
"And with the 8 I already know, that brings my total to 11 games.  Thanks Ryan.  Again sorry for being late last night."
May 8
Ryan Hackel commented on Ryan Hackel's event 'Starship Captain Training Session'
"I taught Mike O'Connor how to play: 2x Martian Chess 2x Homeworlds 2x Caldera and we replayed Zark City twice."
May 7
Ryan Hackel posted a discussion

[Chrono] The Unwanted Situation while Selling an Artifact

Here's a Chrononauts rules conundrum that came up at the Looney Lounge.  I have two artifacts in front of me, so I decide to Sell an Artifact (without the bonus).  Discarding my Mona Lisa, I then draw two... the 1991' patch and another Sell Artifact.  I look down at my one remaining Artifact, a Mona Lisa forgery which I need for my Cheaters Sometimes Win mission.  I need this forgery for my mission, and I'd rather not part with it.   But 1991 has not been paradoxed, so the 1991' patch is…See More
Apr 3
Michael P. O'Connor commented on Ryan Hackel's event 'Starship Captain Training Session'
"Thanks Ryan, counting those 4 it brings my total to 8 games known (Ice Dice, LaunchPad 23, Pharaoh, Petri dish are the others I know)"
Apr 3
Ryan Hackel updated their profile
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Michael P. O'Connor is attending Ryan Hackel's event
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Starship Captain Training Session at Labyrinth Puzzles & Games

May 7, 2013 from 6pm to 8pm
Veteran pyramid fan Ryan Hackel will be teaching pyramid games from the Starship Captain syllabus (and beyond).  Come earn your wings!See More
Apr 3
Ryan Hackel replied to Andrew Lupp's discussion 'What did you play on TableTop Game Day?'
"At the Looney Lounge I played: 1x Star Fluxx (earned my StarFluxx badge) 2x Chrononauts 2x Fluxx: Board Game 1x Pharaoh Elsewhere that day I played: 1x Organized Chaos (which didn't go over well) 6 hands of Rack-O "
Apr 3
Ryan Hackel posted an event
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Starship Captain Training Session at Labyrinth Puzzles & Games

May 7, 2013 from 6pm to 8pm
Veteran pyramid fan Ryan Hackel will be teaching pyramid games from the Starship Captain syllabus (and beyond).  Come earn your wings!See More
Apr 3
Ryan Hackel commented on Ryan Hackel's event 'Starship Captain Training Session'
"I taught four pyramid games to Michael O'Connor and a bystander we roped in named Doug. 2x Treehouse 4x Martian Coasters 3x Zark City 2x World War 5 All four games went over well, and another Training session will take place in early May."
Apr 3
Ryan Hackel commented on Ryan Hackel's event 'Starship Captain Training Session'
"I will bring Everything."
Mar 10
Michael P. O'Connor commented on Ryan Hackel's event 'Starship Captain Training Session'
"Also besides my 2 sets of Ice Dice should I bring anything else?"
Mar 9

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Ryan Hackel's Event Reports

IceDice with my niece and nephew

I played IceDice with my niece and nephew, who are 4 and 6 years old, respectively.  They had no trouble at all learning the game, though my niece did have some difficulty matching the size die with the pyramid sizes.  Both kids had a roller coaster ride of fun with IceDice.  Their eyes glowed with the thrill of victory (getting to steal someone else's pyramid) and the agony of defeat (going bust when pushing for the Rainbow bonus).  My nephew even won the game (which I had to point out to…

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Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:44pm — 3 Comments

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At 7:32pm on July 12, 2011, Antoine Richard said…
I was not aware of that aluminium pyramid. What is the idea of it? Like i told you before, i choose a map showing the states where slavery was permited. It is apparent that the distribution of the slaves was not equaly distributed in the states. On your old map we can see that there was plenty of slaves in the valley of the missisipi, in and around the state of Virginia. Anyway, my firts idea when i showed part of your starship captains map was to make a mirror between the number of captains in the north and in the south, and the johnny rebs are still outnumbered like during the civil war. Now i think we better lay it down  before the Looneys told us that we are out of the main subject here.
At 6:48pm on June 17, 2011, Slawomir Krupa said…
Hi! I changed my SSCL. Thanks for all your contribution here!
At 8:49am on April 3, 2011, Robert R Quick II said…
Ryan, GRYB is a game board. see: http://www.jdbgames.com/gryb/index.htm - the game board is representative pryamid. 
At 12:05am on April 2, 2011, Mike Peterson said…
My application just got approved for SSC status. My list is ordered and on my wall. The Stereotypical SSCL is awesome. Thanks!
At 11:22pm on March 3, 2011, Greg Lattanzio said…

Per your request, I'm letting you know that I changed my SSCL on 3/4/11. Please note the changes in your tally.

At 5:45pm on January 28, 2011, Brian Campbell said…
Hi Ryan! I joined the Ning site after you compiled you SSCL v2. You asked for anyone who's interested in an update to ping your wall, so I thought I'd let you know. Also, there are 61 captains now, so there may be a few other new lists as well.
At 1:44pm on January 24, 2011, Dennis D Duquette said…

Hello Ryan.

 

I changed my SSCL on or just after 2011-01-19, following the games played at Arisia SF Con in Boston.

 

Thank you for the Stereotypical SSCL!

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