Editing Andy Looney (section)

== Patents & awards ==
Andy has three U.S. patents and five Origins Awards.<ref name=gms/>

Looney holds [[patent]]s on the game mechanics for:

* ''[[Icehouse (game)|Icehouse]]'' – U.S. Patent 4,936,585 - Method of manipulating and interpreting playing pieces
** https://patents.google.com/patent/US4936585A
* ''[[IceTowers]]'' – U.S. Patent 6,352,262 - Method of conducting simultaneous gameplay using stackable game pieces
** https://patents.google.com/patent/US6352262B1
* ''[[Chrononauts (game)|Chrononauts]]'' – U.S. Patent 6,474,650 - Method of simulation time travel in a card game
** https://patents.google.com/patent/US6474650B1

Looney has won the following game design awards:
* 1999 – Mensa Mind Games: Mensa Select Award for ''[[Fluxx]]''<ref name=gms/>
* 2000 – Origins Award: Best Abstract Board Game for ''[[Icehouse: The Martian Chess Set]]''<ref name=gms/>
* ''[[Chrononauts (game)|Chrononauts]]''
** 2000 – Origins Award: Best Traditional Card Game<ref name=gms/>
** 2001 – Parents Choice Silver Honors<ref name=gms/>
* 2001 – Origins Award: Best Abstract Board Game for ''[[Cosmic Coasters]]''<ref name=gms/>
* 2003 – Parents Choice Silver Honors ''Nanofictionary''<ref name=pca>{{cite web|title=Parents' Choice Award-Winning Company: Looney Labs|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/company.cfm?the_co=3516&from=Loonacy|website=Parents-Choice.org|publisher=Parents' Choice Foundation|access-date=June 24, 2015}}</ref>
* 2007 – Origins Award: Best Board Game or Expansion of the Year for ''[[Treehouse (game)|Treehouse]]''<ref name=icv2>{{cite news|title=2007 Origins Award Winners|url=http://icv2.com/articles/games/view/10881/2007-origins-award-winners|access-date=June 8, 2015|work=ICv2|date=July 9, 2007}}</ref>
* 2008 – Origins Award: Best Traditional Card Game of the Year for ''[[Zombie Fluxx]]''<ref name="origins2008">[http://www.originsgamefair.com/aagad 34th Annual Origins Award Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418005900/http://www.originsgamefair.com/aagad |date=2008-04-18 }}</ref>
* Fall 2013 – Parents' Choice Recommended Seal category Games for ''Fluxx: The Board Game''<ref name=pca/>
* Spring 2014 – Parents' Choice FunStuff Award for Loonacy<ref name=pca/>