Browse games/Medium complexity

This is a list of games that have a complexity of medium.

	Description	Stashes	Sets	Other Equipment	Game Mechanics	Primary Theme	Status
3stica	What if Gnostica and Risk had a baby?			deck of Tarot cards FATE dice turn marker	Modular board Card game FATE dice	Mystical	Playtesting
Abiegnus	Rosicrucian Volcano	5	5 (Rainbow only)	Volcano board 5 ELBs color die	Eruption Divination	Mystical	Complete
Accelerator	Scientists compete to get the most particles out of an accelerator	2	2	Cosmic Coaster Martian Coaster	Rotation Free pyramid choice	Science	Initial design
Advanced Colonization	A game of space combat and expansion.	5	2 Rainbow Stashes		Unknown	Space	Complete
Agents of M.A.R.S.	A game of altering the board state to fulfill your secret objective and mess with your opponent's presumed objective			Chessboard	Unknown		Complete
Albiorix	A chess-like game without captures			Volcano board	Chess-like	Martian Civil War	Complete
Alchemy ICE	Noughts and crosses with randomized "symbols" of five different types.	5		Chessboard Opaque bag	Stacking Capture Tile placement	Abstract	Complete
Antshouse	Ants running the gauntlet over a pavement while mean kids tries to splat them.	1 per player		Chessboard	Unknown	Unstackable icehouse pieces	Complete
Armada	In Armada, a fleet of fast, maneuverable ships does battle with a fleet of slow, powerful ships.	1		Chits to act as damage markers	Measured movement	Nautical	Complete
Armada 2K	In Armada 2K, fleets of warships do battle on the open seas.	1 per player		Chits to act as damage markers	Measured movement	Nautical	Complete
Automaton	This is a Robotic Combat game	4		Chessboard a unique token for each player a 3x5 card (or like implement) for each Automaton)	Simultaneous action	SciFi Battle	Complete
Autumn Ash	A strategic game of color change.	10	4, RX² (2 rainbow and 2 xeno sets)	A 5x6 Board	Stacking Movement	Leaves and the seasons	Complete
Battle Royal	A Chesslike game for a TreeHouse set	1 per player	1	chessboard	Unknown	Royal Strategy	Unknown
Battle of the Body Snatchers	Capture more villagers and enemy aliens than your opponent.	4		6x5 board	Capturing	Aliens	Complete
Bears, Foxes & Hares	A race to the center	1 per player + 1	1	1 six-sided die unique board	Unknown	Race	Complete
Blockade	3D race game	6	5	Volcano board 4 colored dice	Roll-and-move	Abstract	Complete
Boundary	Transfer pyramids to the other world.		1	6x6 board 2 stones in each of 2 colors	Race Blocking	Space	Complete
Branches & Twigs & Thorns	Players build branching tree structures from a root, trying to always branch from their own pieces, not their opponent's.	1 per player	5	Chessboard tokens coins	Unknown	Horticulture	Complete
Buyer's Market		1 per player + 5	1	Zark City deck color die	Building Bidding		Complete
Caldera	The Volcano variant with the hole in the middle, tree collection, and power plays		6	Volcano board	Stacking Set collection	Volcanism	Complete
Capstone	In Capstone, players try to build stacks that match their secret goal stacks.	4		a stash pad a bag to draw pyramids from shields	Stacking Hidden information	Abstract	Complete
Capture The Card	Use Icehouse pieces and strategy to capture cards.	4		a deck of cards including two Jokers	Unknown	Collect all 10, J, Q, K, A from one suit!	Unknown
Capture the Card	Use Icehouse pieces and strategy to capture a royal flush.	2	4	a deck of cards including two Jokers	Strategic movement		Unknown
Cardinal Connections	In Cardinal Connections, players try to make more pyramids point towards themselves than toward the other players.	1	5	Chessboard	Board	Abstract	Complete
Cascades	A two-player mountaineering race.	3	2	A deck of cards	Movement Cards	Mountaineering	Playtesting
Chicken Run	A whimsical chicken roundup with overly enthusiastic spectators	10	2	A 5x9 grid (a chessboard is suitable; see below) 2 six-sided dice	Equipment/Chessboard Equipment/Dice	Sports	Complete
Circuit Connection	A connection game of position where you score points for groups on a board I made	3		Printable board	Connection Positional play	Circuit board? Mainly Abstract	Initial design
Cliff Mining	Use your deduction skills to work out what's in the cliff			opaque screen per player opaque bag box paper and pencil	Hidden Information Deduction		Playtesting
Cold Spell	Spell the most valuable words with your tiles	1		An Alpha deck or Scrabble tiles	Collect and spell words		Complete
Colonization	A game of space conquest mixing light strategy and luck.		1 (2 for 3-4 players)	Treehouse die	Stacking Color powers	Space	Complete
Conquest of Mars	Abstract wargame using pyramids, cards, and dice		3	handful of assorted polyhedral dice playing cards	Dice combat Poker hands	War	Playtesting
Continuum	Use pyramids and a poker deck to get your trees to exchange places	2	1	Playing cards	Unknown		Playtesting
The Crossing	Chinese Checkers variant. Be the first to get your pieces to the opposite corner.	2	3	8x8 grid	Move Jump	Abstract	Complete
Cryosquare	Dynamic two-player, two-stash connection game played on a chessboard.	2		8x8 board	Connection	None	Initial design
Crystal Caverns	RPG played on a playing card dungeon map	5		Treehouse Dice Counters	Board	Roleplaying	Unknown
Crystal Habit	A game of mineralogy. Create crystal composites of different sizes and composition.	1 per player	3 to 5		Stacking	Mineralogy	Initial design
Crystal Wars	Wargame played on Martian Coasters	5		Dice or Counters	Board	Wargames	Playtesting
The Crystal in my Pocket	A collaborative fiction game	4			Unknown	Abstract	Initial design
Deception	In Deception, players try to get their secret pyramid to the other end of the board while avoiding capture.	6		chess board	Unknown	Abstract	Initial design
Dragon's Hoard	Be the hero who escapes the dungeon with the most treasure before sunset.			Piecepack Opaque bag	RPG	Dungeon Crawl	Complete
E, the Game of Martian Chinese Checkers		1 per player	5	hex board	Unknown		Complete
EOF	Players use icehouse pieces to make patterns in a data stream.	4		Shields bag BOF and EOF markers	Unknown	File manipulation	Playtesting
Efni	Use pyramids to win Fluxx goals	1 per player	5 or less (depending on number of players)	Fluxx deck	Set collection Hidden information	Fluxx	Complete
Egyptian Solitaire	A solitaire puzzle game combining Peg Solitaire with a Rubik's Cube.	4	3	3x4 grid of squares	Stacking Elimination	Egyptian	Complete
Elementalist	Use the elements at your disposal and wage epic war against an opponent!		3		Direct conflict	Mystical	Initial design
Emperor's Garden	Try destroying the Fujiwara clan to assert the new Emperor's power	1 per player + 1	1	Hanafuda cards VP markers	Victory points Guessing	Japan nobility	Complete
Erebusicehouse	A darkly-themed game of Life, Death, War, Disease, and Soul collection	6	10	Chess board	Unknown		Unknown
European War	A variation on Andy Looney's World War 5.		3	deck of cards	Unknown	Diplomacy and War	Complete
Evacuate	Get your Stacktor clans out of burning nightclubs before your rival/s manage/s to do the same.	4	5, 4 for a 2-player game	custom board	Stacking Placement	Martian	Playtesting
Extinction	Two races of creatures fight to make the other go extinct.	2		chessboard	Capture	Abstract, Strategy, Survival	Complete
The Fast and Ferocious; or, Black Ice	A racing game with multiple tracks and self-placed obstacles.		1	Three six-sided die a 'Yes/No' chip the board obstacle pointing finger and Black Ice pieces.	Race		Initial design
Fleet	A space fleet game		1-2	A few coins	Unknown	Space	Playtesting
Force Field Factions	An abstract strategy game loosely inspired by Homeworlds and RAMBots	10	6 (3 rainbow, 3 xeno)	Chessboard	Unknown	Abstract	Initial design
Gemini	A quick game of luck and strategy			d4 dice bag	Unknown	Transport	Playtesting
Geomancy	The Game of Casting and Recasting	1 per player		Chessboard	Unknown	Dirt-tossing	Unknown
Gridiron	A simple little photo safari game.		2	Playing cards	Unknown		Unknown
Hexano	A variant of Volcano played on a 3x3 hexagonal board instead of a 5x5 square one	5		hexagonal board (PDF available)	Eruption	Abstract	Playtesting
High Ground	A game of strategy and luck that uses playing cards as the board and pyramids as the pieces a la Gnostica.	1 per player	2	1 deck of normal playing cards or optionally a gnostica deck and a Treehouse die.	Playing card game board	King of the Hill / War game	Playtesting
Homejinks	Tiny space combat inspired by Homeworlds	1	1	color die	Capture Freeform Board	Space	Complete
Homeworlds	A strategy game of starships, transformation, and negotiation	4		Homeworld markers (optional) and good/evil markers (optional)	Unknown	Space	Complete
Homeworlds (German)	Ein Strategiespiel um epische Weltraumschlachten		4	Spielkarten (für Original Homeworlds)	Unknown	Space	Complete
Homeworlds Settlers	Players vie for resources on a conquered Homeworld.	4	3	Homeworlds Settlers Board	Placement Color powers Turn-based Movement Resource management Capture	Space	Complete
Ice Arena	Ice Arena is a tactical arena combat game.	4		dice tokens hex board	Unknown		Initial design
Ice Colony	A game of trying to build up your colony and take control of a variety of terrain and eliminate your opponent.	10		opaque bag 2 six-sided dice 1 5x5 Volcano Board 4 poker chips (or other tokens)	Direct conflict Elimination		Nearly Complete
Ice Derby	Ice Derby is a tactical Destruction derby game.		4	none.	Unknown	Destruction Derby	Initial design
Ice Palace	A game of simple mechanics but complex interactions where players compete to win “hands” and ultimately control the construction of the Ice Palace.	1 per player + 2	5 for 3 players (+1/additional player)	A smooth surface; an opaque bag a marker	Placement Pyramid draw	Palace building	Complete
Ice Solo	A solitaire game of tower and nest building.	4 or 5	5		Unknown		Complete
IceDice	Players roll dice to select pieces, but roll the same color twice and lose everything you gained this turn!	5	1 per player	Pyramid die Color die	Push your luck Set Building	Abstract	Complete
IceDuel	A miniatures-oriented, arena duel game with an unusual character creation format.	4	5	an 8-sided die Chessboards pawns tokens Tarot deck	Color powers	Dimensional travel	Initial design
IceTowers	Control the most valuable towers	1 per player	5	playing surface	Stacking pyramids Turnless	Tower building	Complete
IceTraders	Starships battle for Good and Evil	4		playing surface	Board game	Space battle	Unknown
Icecaster	A two-fisted spell-casting battle for 2 or more players.	5	1 per player	1 stash pad per player	Dexterity Turnless	Mystical	Initial design
Icehouse	Icehouse is a real time game with a freeform board, with players placing attacking and defending pieces as rapidly or as cautiously as they want. But don't go into meltdown!	1 per player		1 stash pad per player optional timer	Real time Freeform board	Ice	Complete
Iceland Volcano	Lava flows for points as the volcano erupts!	5	5	Volcano board	Game board	Volcano	Complete
Igloo	A turn-based version of Icehouse, with only one color worth points by the end.	4	5		Unknown		Complete
Ikkozendo	A Zendo variant with a limited number of pyramids and players	5	1	2 colors of marking stones (1 of each)	Turn-based Inductive logic	Abstract	Complete
Imperial Shuffle	Block your opponent's Emperor from being able to move	4	5	custom board of partial chessboard	Unknown	Abstract	Complete
Interstellar Conquest	Be the first alien race to set up four colonies in your opponents star systems.			Piecepack Bag	Unknown	Space	Complete
Iriri	Build a crossword from a shrinking alien dictionary!				Pattern matching	Abstract	Complete
Jewellers	Our jewelry has always been taken care of by masters from Florence, Italy, the famous Piccolo-Espresso family.		1	poker cards	Unknown	Jewels	Complete
Krump	A chess-like game where your movement options increase as the game progresses.	2		Mega-Volcano board Playing cards	Unknown	None	Complete
Latent Binaries	Abide by the rules of binaries... Rely on deductive reasoning and luck to create weaknesses in your opponent's defenses in order to have a clear shot at taking control of their base.	10	10	four gaming stones or markers and a 7X5 or 5X5 board	Movement	Abstract	Unknown
Leaning Towers	Build Out Build Up	1 per player + 1		playing surface maybe a newspaper	Unknown	Abstract 3D Dominoes	Complete
Leech	Capture your opponents' pieces and their score	5	2	Chessboard and 1 card for each color	Unknown	Abstract Strategy	Initial design
Litróf	A chess variation with Icehouse pyramids	6	10 or at least one full set of 5 plus a few of the other color set		Unknown	Abstract	Complete
Lockpick	A solitaire lock-picking challenge			Color die six-sided die Zark City deck	Equipment/Dice		Complete
Logger	A lumberjack-themed game for 2-4 players			Volcano caps 5x5 board Player tokens	Board	Lumberjacks	Complete
Lunar Invaders	Interlunar teleportation death struggle!		3	moon boards (Cosmic Coasters) dice	Unknown	Space	Complete
MadRobots	An rough initial design			chessboard timer player screen	Programmable Movement	Robots	Initial Design
Magneto	It´s all about opposites.	2		5x5 board	Unknown		Unknown
Malice	An abstract strategy game of piece movement, capture and teleportation.	2	3		Capture Perfect information	Abstract	Playtesting
Martian BattleSpires	Martian BattleSpires is a game of domination by advantage.		5	A volcano board would be handy but not required.	Unknown	???	Playtesting
Martian Coaster Chaturanga	Martian Chess-like game; get the most points at end		1	Set of Martian Coasters Treehouse die	Dynamic board	Abstract	Complete
Martian Flood	Players score points by building ships & towers that survive the floods	1 per player	5	One standard deck of playing cards three six-sided dice	Unknown	At sea / Flooding	Playtesting
Martian Go	Players build branching tree structures from a root in this predecessor to Branches & Twigs & Thorns.	1 per player	5	Chessboard four markers	Tile placement	Horticulture	Complete
Martian Merchants	A pickup-and-deliver puzzle game			Pyramid die	Unknown		Complete
Martian Poker	Icehouse Additions to an Earthling Standard			Playing Cards	Unknown		Playtesting
Martian Senet	A race through the Martian underworld	2	2	Martian Coasters dice	Stacking Modular board	Mars	Unknown
Martian Shogi	Chess/shogi variant with pyramids.	4		chessboard	Unknown		Complete
Martian Sparks	A Magical Game of Pure Strategy for Two Players based on Spark by Envelope Games	2		6x6 grid (Mega-Volcano board works if the lines are not raised	Unknown	Fantasy (but it's a stretch ;) )	Unknown
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