Browse games/Medium playing time

This is a list of medium length games that, ideally, take 10 - 30 minutes (45 min tops) to play.

	Description	Players⠉	Players⠉	Stashes	Sets	Other Equipment	Game Mechanics	Primary Theme	Status
3-High	Cooperatively assemble the five trees without running out of cards.					Chessboard Playing cards	Cooperative	Abstract	Complete
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
Albiorix	A chess-like game without captures					Volcano board	Chess-like	Martian Civil War	Complete
Alien City (German)	Icehouse Piecepack Hybrid. Städtebau auf einem weit entfernten Planeten für zwei Spieler			3		piecepack set	Tile laying Complex scoring	Städtebau	Complete
Amoeba	A science themed game with an ever-increasing board size.			1 per player	5	16 Poker Chips per player	Placement	Science	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
Aquarius Rising	Connect your elements to the higher planes			5	4	Aquarius Deck	Placement Hidden goals	Getting higher	Complete
Arena	Roll a D20 to knock down as many pyramids as possible					chessboard D8s D6s coins	Unknown		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
Around & Around	Treehouse game where players race to the Safe House			5	1	N/A	Unknown		Unknown
Atom Smasher	A game of dexterity inspired by billiards, carrom, and marbles			1	1	One token per player some form of relatively smooth playing surface	Dexterity Turn-based	Science	Complete
Attack of the Mids	A coop game similar to Flash Point: Fire Rescue				3	Custom board Custom character cards Color die Treehouse die d4	Unknown		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
Bag of Ice	A simple push-your-luck game for many different player counts			5	2	Pyramid die any score-tracking method Opaque bag	Push-your-luck	None	Unknown
Ballistic Wars	A pure strategy game of knocking down enemy walls			4		toothpick	Unknown	War	Playtesting
Battle Royal	A Chesslike game for a TreeHouse set			1 per player	1	chessboard	Unknown	Royal Strategy	Unknown
Battle Zone					3	chessboard 3 six-sided dice	Unknown		Complete
Battle of the Body Snatchers	Capture more villagers and enemy aliens than your opponent.			4		6x5 board	Capturing	Aliens	Complete
Behind Enemy Lines	Multiplayer war based game				2	Chessboard Six-sided die	Roll and move	War	Initial design
Block ur Friends aka BurF	Inspired by the game Saikoro where board options are removed, in this one it fills			4	4	Chess board Pawns	Blocking Dice Rolling	Abstract	Nearly 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 (Polish)	Gra strategiczna, gracze zapełniają plansze swoimi piramidami.			1 per player	5	szachownica znaczniki	Zapełnianie planszy Dokładanie piramidek	Temat abstrakcyjny	Complete
Builders of R'lyeh	Constructing the drowned city of Cthulhu			1 per player + 1	5	dice "floor cards" of various shapes	Stacking Dexterity	Architecture	Complete
Buyer's Market				1 per player + 5	1	Zark City deck color die	Building Bidding		Complete
Candy Capture	Earn the most points once all candy pieces are captured				1	Custom board Custom cards Candy pieces (M&M's are ideal) or beads	Unknown		Initial design
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 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
Carrots and Broccoli	A abstract game about planning a garden			5	1 per player	Pyramid die Color die Chessboard Timer (optional)	Timer IceDice	Garden	Complete
Cascades	A two-player mountaineering race.			3	2	A deck of cards	Movement Cards	Mountaineering	Playtesting
Chaos	Collect all 10 colors					D10s	Unknown		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
Chivalry	Be the first player to jump two queens off the opposing side of the board.			2		Chessboard	Unknown		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
Colorful Clues	A deduction game where players try to guess the missing colors			10	2 (1 Rainbow and 1 Xeno)	pen&paper Opaque bag	Stacking Guessing	Deduction, Color Guessing	Complete
Continuum	Use pyramids and a poker deck to get your trees to exchange places			2	1	Playing cards	Unknown		Playtesting
Cover Up	Cover up your opponent's options and get 4-in-a-row					volcano board	Unknown		Complete
CoverFire	A war-game with programmed movement					6x6 grid	Unknown		Initial design
CrackeD ICE (Polish)	Gra zręcznościowa, stąpając po lodzie należy uważać, by się nie załamał.			1 na gracza	5	płyta CD dodatkowa duża piramidka	Dokładanie piramidek Gra zręcznościowa	Temat abstrakcyjny	Complete
CrackeD Ice	Don't tip the ice floe!			1 per player	5	an old CD; one extra large pyramid	Dexterity Balance	Ice	Complete
The Crossing	Chinese Checkers variant. Be the first to get your pieces to the opposite corner.			2	3	8x8 grid	Move Jump	Abstract	Complete
Dash	Be the first to finish.				1	Custom board Custom cards	Unknown		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
DogFight	A war-game with programmed movement						Unknown		Initial design
Dragon Gardens	Cultists work to build a garden worthy of dragon worship and performing rituals					Decktet	Unknown	Mystical	Unknown
Dragonflock	Dragons intimidate each other and lay waste to hapless towns			2	3	Volcano board	Stacking Capture	Dragons	Unknown
Elemental Towers	A solitaire game played with an Aquarius deck					Aquarius Deck	Unknown		Complete
Elementalist	Use the elements at your disposal and wage epic war against an opponent!				3		Direct conflict	Mystical	Initial design
Enantiomerfolk	Capture your opponent's pieces with their own pieces						Capturing		Complete
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
Fleet	A space fleet game				1-2	A few coins	Unknown	Space	Playtesting
Focus	A game that combines pyramids with Magic: The Gathering cards					Magic: The Gathering deck	Unknown	Wizards	Complete
Foxtrot	An abstract game of alignment				3		Unknown		Playtesting
Freeze Tag	Pyramids race to the other side, trying not to get frozen along the way.			1 per player	2	Pyramid die a 5x5 grid (a Volcano board is perfect)	Volcano Board Equipment/Dice	Playground	Complete
Game of Princes	The two sons of the king play a racing game to one another’s carpets with help of their servitors			5	5		Piece movement	Kid’s game	Initial design
Geomancy	The Game of Casting and Recasting			1 per player		Chessboard	Unknown	Dirt-tossing	Unknown
Gnaqush	Hop to the other end of the board and promote your pieces				1 stash per player	chessboard tiles	Unknown		Complete
Hailstorm	A very random betting game			4+		large flat surface Opaque bag	Dexterity	Abstract	Complete
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
Hextris	An abstract connection game of moving, swapping, and removing			1 per player	5	hex board (19 cells or spots)	Placement Movement		Unknown
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
Hostages	Be the first player to rescue all 5 of your hostages by returning them to your base.			2		Chessboard	Unknown	None	Complete
How Pretty Is That?	Players take turns making trees and placing them on a mega-volcano board			6+		Mega-Volcano board	Unknown	Abstract	Unknown
I Have Color	A color based children's word game.				1 or 2	An opaque bag or box	Abstract Draw	Educational	Complete
Ice Fishing				4		Opaque container and screens	Unknown	Fishing	Complete
Ice Miners	A 2-player game of underground survival inspired by Settlers of Catan.					1d6	Resource management Building	Underground survival	Initial design
Ice Stalks	Draw magic rocks to grow colored stalks					Colored stones or tokens	Unknown		Nearly Complete
Ice-Turn	Pyramid version of Q-Turn.				1	1 Q-Turn set Goal tiles Treehouse die 1d6	Stacking Race		Complete
IceDam	This is a multiplayer variant of IceSickle.			1 per player		Chessboard	IceSickle	Abstract	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	Set collection Push your luck	Abstract	Complete
IceHanoi	A solo game of trying to turn nests into trees			1	5		Unknown		Initial design
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
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
Initiative	An abstract fencing game of perfect information.				2	Pyramid die	Perfect information Piece placement	Abstract	Playtesting
Intersect	Placement and simultaneous capture			2		some playing cards	Placement Simultaneous action	Abstract	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
Kaeru	Jumping from waterlily to waterlily, your frogs try to eat the prey they like the most			2	1	1 Aquarius deck	Piece movement Collection	Frogs’ meal	Complete
King o' the Castle	A strategy game where players try to invade one another's castles					coin or disc	Unknown		Playtesting
King of the Sinking Iceberg	Jump and capture small caps on a shrinking board			2		none	Unknown	Sinking iceberg	Initial design
Kotra	A dice strategy game similar to Backgammon, played on a chessboard.			2		Chessboard two d4 dice	Movement		Complete
Krump	A chess-like game where your movement options increase as the game progresses.			2		Mega-Volcano board Playing cards	Unknown	None	Complete
La Columna de Trajano	An abstract strategy board game of elimination for Icehouse				3	9x2 board	Movement Elimination	Rome	Unknown
La Linterna de Lisi­crates	An abstract strategy game of stacking					Martian coasters	Unknown		Playtesting
Landrush	Compete to own the land worth the greatest value.			1 per player		1 Piecepack set (dice coins and tiles) Opaque bag	Unknown		Unknown
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
Logger	A lumberjack-themed game for 2-4 players					Volcano caps 5x5 board Player tokens	Board	Lumberjacks	Complete
Logistics	A game of Logistics in progress				4	8-10 index or playing cards	Capture Perfect information	Abstract	Playtesting
Looney Ludo	Navigate an ever-changing maze and collect the right pieces to win			1 per player	1	2 Six-sided dice Treehouse die Looney Ludo boards	Stacking Dynamic board	Abstract	Complete
Lunar Invaders	Interlunar teleportation death struggle!				3	moon boards (Cosmic Coasters) dice	Unknown	Space	Complete
Malice	An abstract strategy game of piece movement, capture and teleportation.			2	3		Capture Perfect information	Abstract	Playtesting
Martian Boggle	Move pyramids around a letter grid to spell words					Miniature Scrabble set opaque bag D4s Volcano board	Unknown		Complete
Martian Chaturaji	A four-player partnership variant of Martian Chaturanga.					stones D4s chessboard	Unknown		Complete
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