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==Games== [[File:Zendo game.jpg|thumb|Icehouse pieces being used to play ''Zendo'']] As a game system, Icehouse pieces can be used to play many different abstract [[strategy game]]s.<ref name="gms" /> Most games need at least two colors, and some require other readily available equipment such as glass stones or a [[checkerboard]]. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Game !! Year !! Publication !! Designer(s) !! description/note |- | ''Icehouse'' || {{dts|1989}} || PwP, PP1 || Andrew Looney and John Cooper || |- | ''[[Martian Chess]]'' || {{dts|1995}} || MCS, PwP, 3H, PP1, PA, PQ || Andrew Looney<ref name=pyd/>|| |- |''Zarcana''<ref name=gms/> || 1996 || MCS || John Cooper || an early form of Gnostica |- |''Pikemen'' || rowspan=2|1997|| rowspan=2|PwP || rowspan=2|Jacob Davenport || |- |''Thin Ice'' || |- |''[[IceTowers]]'' || rowspan=2|1999 || MCS, PwP, PP1, PA || Andrew Looney || a stacking game<ref name=gms/> |- | ''IceTraders'' || MCS || John Cooper || an early version of Homeworlds |- |''Volcano'' || rowspan=2|2000 ||PwP, PA || Kristin Looney || |- |''Zagami'' || PwP || Kory Heath || |- |''Gnostica'' || rowspan=5|2001 || PwP<ref name=wl/> || John Cooper, Kory Heath, Kristin Matherly, Jacob Davenport || |- | ''Homeworlds'' || PwP, PP1, PA, PQ || John Cooper || a [[4X]] conquest and abstract space battle/exploration game<ref name=wr/> |- |''Martian Backgammon'' || rowspan=3|PwP || Kristin Looney || |- |''RAMbots'' || rowspan=2|Kory Heath || |- | ''[[Zendo (game)|Zendo]]'' || Origins Award: ''Best Abstract Board Game of 2003''<ref name=icv1/> |- | ''Binary Homeworlds'' || 2004 || 3H || John Cooper<ref name=wl0/> || variant of Homeworlds |- |''Martian Coasters'' (later ''Looney Ludo'') || rowspan=2|2006 || PP1, PA || rowspan="7" | Andrew Looney || |- |''[[Treehouse (game)|Treehouse]]'' || Treehouse, PP1, PA || a [[matching game]]; Origins Award for ''Best Board Game of 2006''<ref name=icv2/> |- |''Black ICE'' || rowspan="2" | 2007 || 3H, PP1, PA<ref name=wl0/> || |- |''Twin Win'' |PA, PQ|| First published on Andrew Looney's website<ref>{{Cite web |last=Looney |first=Andrew |date=6 September 2007 |title=Twin Win A new game to play with a Treehouse set |url=https://archive.wunderland.com/WTS/Andy/Games/TwinWin/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521145613/https://archive.wunderland.com/WTS/Andy/Games/TwinWin/index.html |archive-date=21 May 2022 |website=Wunderland}}</ref> |- |''World War 5'' || rowspan=2|2008 || rowspan=2|PP1, PA || |- |''Zark City'' || Inspired by Zarcana and Gnostica |- |''Pharaoh''<ref name=wr/> || 2010 || PP1, Treehouse 2nd Edition, PA || |- |''Caldera'' || rowspan=3|2011 || PP1 || Kristin Looney || variant of Volcano |- |''IceDice'' || PP1, IceDice, PA, PQ || rowspan="12" | Andrew Looney || |- |''Launchpad 23'' ||PP1, IceDice, PA || collecting game<ref name=icv/> |- |''Pink Hijinks'' (later ''Hijinks'') || {{dts|2012|12}} || Pink Hijinks, PA || "king of the hill" strategy<ref name=icv0/> |- |''Color Wheel'' | rowspan="8" | {{dts|2016|11|3}} |rowspan=8| PA || |- |''Give or Take'' || |- |''Lunar Invaders'' || variant of Cosmic Coasters |- |''Petal Battle'' || |- |''Petri Dish'' || |- |''Powerhouse'' || |- |''Pyramid-Sham-Bo'' || |- | ''Verticality'' || |- | ''Nomids'' || 2020 || PQ || |}
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