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IceFu
Glenn Overby

There can be only one
:Players	Players:	2
:Time	Length:	unknown
:Complexity	Complexity:	Low
Trios per color:		5
Number of colors:		2
Pyramid trios:
Monochr. stashes:		2
Five-color sets:
- - - - - - Other equipment - - - - - -
opaque container
Setup time:		1 minute
Playing time:
Strategy depth:		Medium
Random chance:		Medium
Game mechanics:
Theme:		martial arts
BGG Link:		IceFu

Status: Not Specified (v1.0), Year released: 2003

IceFu is an interesting 2-player game, inspired by Tai Chi. Players build trigrams using randomly drawn pyramids of only two colors. For each trigram there is an equal and opposite trigram. In a battle of attrition, trigrams are matched together until one player is out of trigrams.

Designed by Glenn Overby, 2003.

External Links[edit | edit source]

Entered in the Icehouse Game Design Competition, Autumn 2005
Iceberg – Ice Fu – Ice Ice Baby – Ice Pirates – Intersect

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+  subject_name=IceFu|
   designer=Glenn Overby|
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   description=There can be only one|
-  players=2|
+  max_players=2|
   stashes=2|
   other_equip=opaque container|
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   mechanics=matching|
   theme=martial arts|
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+  release_year=2003|
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+  BGG_Link=[http://boardgamegeek.com/game/33100 IceFu]
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-'''Ice Fu''' is an interesting 2-player game, inspired by Tai Chi.  Players build trigrams using randomly drawn pyramids of only two colors.  For each trigram there is an equal and opposite trigram.  In a battle of attrition, trigrams are matched together until one player is out of trigrams.
+'''IceFu''' is an interesting 2-player game, inspired by Tai Chi.  Players build trigrams using randomly drawn pyramids of only two colors.  For each trigram there is an equal and opposite trigram.  In a battle of attrition, trigrams are matched together until one player is out of trigrams.
-Designed by Glenn Overby, 2005.
+Designed by Glenn Overby, 2003.
 ==External Links==
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030204184442/http://home.earthlink.net/~guardcaptain/IceFu.html Original rules]
-* [http://icehousegames.com/contest/icedes-5/IceFu/IceFu.pdf Online rules]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080704121111/http://icehousegames.com/contest/icedes-5/IceFu/IceFu.pdf Rules from the Fifth Ice Game Design Competition]
-* Ice Fu is [http://boardgamegeek.com/game/33100 listed on BoardGameGeek].
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