Browse games/Complex complexity

This is a list of games that are either relatively complex to learn or deceptively simple but have a lot of complex interaction.

Name	Description	Players⠉	Players⠉	Stashes	Sets	Game Mechanics	Status
Agnostica	Agnostica, a simplified version of Gnostica, involves capturing territory on an evolving board made up of Zark City cards.			1 per player	3 (5 for the complex game)	Modular board, Card game	Complete
Alien City	Icehouse/piecepack hybrid game of city building			3		Tile laying, Complex scoring	Complete
Barsoomian Jetan	Fantasy chess on Barsoom (Mars)			4	4	Chess, Angular movement	Complete
Binary Homeworlds	A 2-player variant of the standard Homeworlds game				3 matching sets	Color powers, Resource management	Complete
Chaos Checkers	A twist on checkers where the pieces constantly gain new abilities			5	5	Turn-based, Strategic placement	Unknown
Civil-ice-ation					7	Unknown	Complete
Coastercano	Mega Volcano that uses Martian Coasters and Treehouse Dice			9		Unknown	Playtesting
CoverFire	A war-game with programmed movement					Unknown	Initial design
Dectana	Territory game like Zarcana/Gnostica, but using the Decktet			1 per player	3	Territory Control, Hand Management	Complete
DogFight	A war-game with programmed movement					Unknown	Initial design
Example Game	Not really a game			4	N/A	Unknown	Unknown
Freimaurerei	Conduct lodge-based conspiracies during the European Enlightenment			9	10	Hidden goals, Resource management	Complete
Gala	A.k.a. Farmer's Chess			4	4	Capture	Complete
Gnostica	Gnostica, an updated version of Zarcana, involves capturing territory on an evolving board made up of Tarot cards.			1 per player	5	Modular board, Card game	Complete
Gorean Kaissa	Fantasy chess on the planet Gor			6	5	Chess	Complete
Houses of Thoth	Erecting Pyramids on Tarot cards, and vice versa			5	5	Accumulation, Construction	Playtesting
IceDungeons	Quest through the world with your guide, and lots of paper					Unknown	Unknown
The IceStar	A geometrical puzzle game.			6	2 One Xeno and one Rainbow Stash	Unknown	Complete
Martian Colonists	A resource gathering race, vaguely inspired by Settlers of Catan and a set of dice that match the colours of Icehouse pyramids			1 per player + 1		Unknown	Initial design
Martian Gunslinger	An abstract Western theme boardgame with a checkerboard				2	Set collection, Resource management, Direct conflict	Nearly Complete
Martian Mah Jongg	A rummy game in the style of Chinese Mah Jongg			10		Unknown	Complete
Nomice	An Icehouse/Nomic hybrid game.			At least 1 per player. The more, the better for a dynamic game	At least 1 per player, or as established by players	Unknown	Unknown
Peaceful Homeworlds	Peaceful Homeworlds centers on gathering crystals rather than invasion.				3 matching sets	Color powers, Resource management	Unknown
Phalanstery	Organize a harmonious group within the utopian phalanx			10	6, i.e. 3 RX	Eruption, Draw	Playtesting
PyLiPo				3 to 4	2	Movement, Creative Writing	Unknown
Rat Patrol	A precursor to the game Turtler					Unknown	Initial design
Ratones Colorados	A game of mice, cats, and traps					Area control	Playtesting
Simple Life or Death				1 per player		Unknown	Unknown
The Sniper	Survive an abduction by outwitting The Sniper				1 Rainbow Stash	Unknown	Initial design
Solomids	A solo game of stacking, sliding, and swapping					Unknown	Complete
Spy vs Spy	Collect all the pieces of the Thingamajig, avoid the other spy and the police, and get out alive!			10	6	Unknown	Unknown
Stacktors!	A role-playing game system using pyramids.			12	10	Tactics, Comparison	Playtesting
Super Death Ray	Image coming soon...			5		Freeform board, Color powers	Playtesting
Triangulation	A war-game with programmed movement					Unknown	Initial design
TubeTanks	A war-game with programmed movement					Unknown	Initial design