Browse games/Simple complexity

This is a list of games and are relatively simple and easy to learn.

	Description	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
A-A-Arctic Kettering	An abstract game of capturing trees on a mutated modular chessboard			Kettering Cards Chessboard	Modular board		Complete
Aeb	Grow your forces and destroy the enemy.	4	5 Rainbow or Xeno Stashes	Chessboard	Unknown	None	Playtesting
Ambush	A capture game for 2 players with 2 stashes and 4 Martian Coasters.	2		Martian Coasters	Beverage-coaster manipulation	Abstract	Complete
Amoeba	A science themed game with an ever-increasing board size.	1 per player	5	16 Poker Chips per player	Placement	Science	Complete
Apophis	A real-time co-op game of saving the world from an asteroid	5	1	Six-sided die Playing cards Timer 5 Counters	Cooperative Color powers	Space	Complete
Aquarius Rising	Connect your elements to the higher planes	5	4	Aquarius Deck	Placement Hidden goals	Getting higher	Complete
Ascendancy	A turn-based game of tower building.	1 per player		2 dice flat surface	Unknown		Playtesting
Atom Smasher	A game of dexterity inspired by billiards, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrom carrom, and marbles	1	1	One token per player some form of relatively smooth playing surface	Dexterity Turn-based	Science	Complete
Babylone	A simple and fast brain teaser for 2 players				Stacking	Abstract	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
Barrakesh Express	Control surface transport on Mars	1 per player	5	Special map board playing cards custom goal notes	Set collection Hidden goals	Martian Trains	Playtesting
Behind Enemy Lines	Multiplayer war based game		2	Chessboard Six-sided die	Roll and move	War	Initial design
Black ICE	The 3HOUSE game of computer cracking		3	cloth bag three Treehouse dice or Lightning dice	Discovering codes underneath opaque pyramids	Computer hacking	Complete
Blam!	Looking for someone to shove? Strategize in Blam! with two to four elbow-room seekers.	1 per player		Chessboard	Behavior prediction	Abstract, Strategy, explosions	Complete
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
Bowler Rink	Toss a die into the box containing stacks of pyramids. How many can you knock over without ejecting them from the arena?			Pyramid Arcade or similar box lid d6 dice	Dexterity		Complete
Breakthrough		2	5	Chessboard	Unknown		Initial design
Bridge	A strategy game where you try to connect opposing edges of an 8x8 board.	2	4	8x8 board	Movement	Abstract	Initial design
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
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
Capture the Flag	2 or 3 players try to capture an opponent's flag in an ever-shrinking space.	1 per player	5	Poker Chips and/or hex board	Capture Shrinking Board	Abstract	Initial design
CarboniteDice	A solo variant of IceDice		2	Pyramid die Color die	Push your luck Set building	Abstract	Playtesting
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
Catapults	In Catapults, each player builds a castle and then tries to tear down the castles of the other players.	1 per player		None	Unknown	Action, Medieval	Playtesting
Cathouse	Cathouse, a game for cats.	1		Cat	Unknown		Complete
Centrifice	Centrifice is a hurling match, introducing a new mechanic for stackable Icehouse pieces: Centrificeing (hurling your Icehouse pieces with the help of other Icehouse pieces).	1			Dexterity Centrificeing	Competition, Dexterity	Playtesting
Chain Reaction	Fire 'particles' at 'atoms' and direct the chain reaction to let you capture pieces	6		Volcano board	Stacking Placement	Science	Playtesting
Chivalry		2		Chessboard	Unknown		Complete
The Closest Ghost	A simple game played with pieces of candy				Unknown		Complete
Coaster Chess	Martian Chess meets Martian Coasters	1		4 Martian Coasters	Unknown	Martian	Playtesting
Color Claim	Build stacks with your claimed color on top to score points.		2	6x5 board	Capturing	None	Complete
Color Wheel	Try to connect all same colored pyramids before time runs out!			Wheel board	Cooperative Puzzle	Abstract	Complete
Colorblind	A color mixing logic game	9 (one opaque)	2 (One Rainbow, One Xeno)	A six-sided die per player	Deduction	Puzzle	Nearly Complete
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
Coup	Take over a small country	1		2 decks of cards jokers tokens	Unknown	Government	Initial design
Cover Up	Cover up your opponent's options and get 4-in-a-row			volcano board	Unknown		Complete
CrackeD Ice	Don't tip the ice floe!	1 per player	5	an old CD; one extra large pyramid	Dexterity Balance	Ice	Complete
Crossroads	A game of placing pyramids and tracing paths		1	Paper colored markers or crayons string	Placement Path Tracing	None	Nearly Complete
Crosswalk			1	1 Six-sided die	Stacking Blocking		Complete
Crystal Traders	Trade crystals with people from other worlds	4		timer	Unknown	Trading	Playtesting
Dash	Be the first to finish.		1	Custom board Custom cards	Unknown		Initial design
Depict	Can you get your friends to guess the secret word using only pyramids?	3	5		Unknown		Initial design
Der Marsigelwettkampf	A prickly pyramid game	1 per player	1	1 six-sided die	Stacking Freeform board	Abstract	Complete
Diamond Mine	Collect Diamonds from hidden Veins	6 (2 must be opaque)		Chessboard Playing cards	Unknown	Gem Collecting	Complete
Dodger	Catch the Fugitive in an ever changing landscape.	3			Unknown	Catch the Thief	Initial design
Dog Eat Dog	An abstract game of strategy and luck for 2 or more players	4		six-sided dice	Unknown		Unknown
Drag Race	An abstract race game of second guessing in second gear.		2	Chessboard screen	Unknown	Racing	Complete
Dragonflock	Dragons intimidate each other and lay waste to hapless towns	2	3	Volcano board	Stacking Capture	Dragons	Unknown
Drip	A stacking game using Icehouse pieces	1		Treehouse plastic tube	Unknown	A simple stack until you can't game	Complete
Edges	An abstract placement game played on the edges (not squares or points) of a grid representing the Martian canal network.	2		4x3 board each space about 2"x2"	Unknown	Mars	Complete
Elemental Towers	A solitaire game played with an Aquarius deck			Aquarius Deck	Unknown		Complete
Epicycle	Exchange your pieces for those in a circle. Avoid getting 3 pieces of the same size.	1	1	none	Unknown	Abstract, Strategy	Complete
Fire-Ice-Slime	A very fast and simple, 2-player, 1 Treehouse game, similar to Rock-Scissors-Paper.		1		Unknown	Ice theme	Complete
Folio	An abstract strategy game for two players inspired by Quarto	4	2	Chessboard	Unknown		Complete
Forts	A game of building and tearing down.	1 per player		one six-sided die	Unknown		Complete
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
Fuji-san		2		Custom board	Unknown		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
Geodeto	Planet Earth is full of beautiful and interesting places.	6	1	Pyramideto cards	Unknown		Complete
Giants and Dwarves	Single Stash Game being translated into Treehouse	1		Martian Coasters or Mega Volcano Board dice	Unknown		Unknown
Give or Take		1	1	Pyramid die	Set collection Trading	Abstract	Complete
Gleebs and Grues	Absorb your enemies while trying not to be eaten by a grue.		1	4x4 board	Placement Capturing	Aliens	Complete
Gnaqush	Hop to the other end of the board and promote your pieces		1 stash per player	chessboard tiles	Unknown		Complete
Green Hijinks	A luck-free variant of Pink Hijinks	1	3	3x3 grid	Pattern formation	Abstract	Complete
Hailstorm	A very random betting game	4+		large flat surface Opaque bag	Dexterity	Abstract	Complete
Hexachess	Chess for 2 to 3 players on a hexagonal board.	1 per player		Poker chips	Capture		Initial design
Hexano-Duel	A more strategic variant of Volcano played with 9 stashes on a hexagonal board	9		hexagonal board (PDF available)	Volcano	Abstract	Unknown
Hextris	An abstract connection game of moving, swapping, and removing	1 per player	5	hex board (19 cells or spots)	Placement Movement		Unknown
High Rise	A game of trying to build the biggest towers in order to control the most valuable properties on a Martian Coasters square	2	2	9 small six-sided dice 1 Martian Coaster	Unknown	Strategy	Unknown
How Pretty Is That?	Players take turns making trees and placing them on a mega-volcano board	6+		Mega-Volcano board	Unknown	Abstract	Unknown
Hunt	A hunt in a deadly maze	5	2	optional chessboard	Unknown	Abstract	Complete
I Have Color	A color based children's word game.		1 or 2	An opaque bag or box	Abstract Draw	Educational	Complete
Ice Age	Mastodons vs the Hunters	1		nickels and pennies; Volcano board	Unknown	Hunting	Unknown
Ice Boule	Play the dexterity game Boule with your Icehouse pieces, using the Centrifice-mechanic.	1 per player + 1		None	Unknown	Competition, Boule	Playtesting
Ice Draughts	Advanced variant of Draughts	1 per player	3	Chessboard or Chess Wedges	Unknown	Draughts	Playtesting
Ice Fishing		4		Opaque container and screens	Unknown	Fishing	Complete
Ice House Bowling	A game using IceHouse pieces for bowling.	4	1	2 six-sided dice blank sheet of paper for scores	Unknown	Get the high score!	Initial design
Ice Lady	A variant of Turkish checkers, aka Dama, using Icehouse pieces.	2		Chessboard	Unknown	Stackable icehouse pieces	Unknown
Ice Merchants	Venus is a hot place: The Place for the "in" crowd, party central for the solar system, and a tourist trap par excellance. There's just one problem. It's a HOT place...		5	deck of Tarot cards with numbers	Unknown	Trading	Unknown
Ice Miners	A 2-player game of underground survival inspired by Settlers of Catan.			1d6	Resource management Building	Underground survival	Initial design
Ice Points	An entirely luck driven card battle over a bank of pyramid points.	1 per player	5	Playing cards	Unknown		Initial design
Ice Race	Race opponents on a track using traditional and Treehouse dice.		1	1 six-sided die and 1 Treehouse die	Unknown	Race	Initial design
Ice Stackers	A dexterous stacking race game.	5	1 per player	A single coin	Unknown	Race Stacking	Complete
Ice Tiddly Winks	A quick dexterity game with simultaneous play	1 per player	5	Good size playing surface	Dexterity		Complete
Ice-Turn	Pyramid version of Q-Turn.		1	1 Q-Turn set Goal tiles Treehouse die 1d6	Stacking Race		Unknown
Ice3		4		Chessboard	Stacking		Unknown
IceCream	A two player game that requires no playing surface.	3	4	None.	Unknown	Abstract/Ice Cream Cones	Unknown
IceCubed	A game utilizing IceDice components and a Mega-Volcano board: Players are randomly given opportunities for movement, attack, and supply to the board while also presented the opportunity to seek revenge and wreak havoc on their opponents.	5	1 per player + 1	Mega-Volcano board ELBS (up to 2 sets) Pyramid die Color die	Unknown	None	Playtesting
IceDam	This is a multiplayer variant of IceSickle.	1 per player		Chessboard	IceSickle	Abstract	Complete
IceFrogs	Players jump their pyramids across the board in an attempt to get a piece into their opponent's start space.	1 per player		Poker Chips	Stacking Jumping	Abstract	Complete
IceFu	There can be only one	2		opaque container	Unknown	Martial arts	Unknown
IceGolf	Icehouse Golf, using a stash tube as the club			Martian Coasters (optional) Treehouse tube	Dexterity	Golf	Complete
IceSickle	IceSickle is a bit similar to checkers, but was originally inspired by solitaire peg jumping games	1		Volcano board	Placement Jumping	Abstract	Complete
IceToids	Explore a board made of print-and-play cards.			Special tiles	Area control		Complete
Icehouse Baseball	A baseball simulation.			six-sided die Custom board Custom cards	Unknown	Sports	Initial design
Icehouse Null Game	The Game of Playing with Pyramids	0	0	none	Unknown	Null	Unknown
Iceminers	Collect Gems from hidden Veins	6 (1 opaque)		Martian coasters (including black) 6 sided die	Unknown	Gem Collecting	Complete
Infiltrate	Build an army and fight your way through the enemy's lines.	2	4	Mega-Volcano board	Unknown	Abstract	Complete
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