From Looney Pyramid Games Wiki
This is a list of games that are either relatively complex to learn or deceptively simple but have a lot of complex interaction.
Description Players ⠉ Players ⠉ Stashes Sets Other Equipment Game Mechanics Primary Theme 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) deck of Zark City cards Modular board Card game Mystical Complete Alien City Icehouse/piecepack hybrid game of city building 3 piecepack set Tile laying Complex scoring City building Complete Barsoomian Jetan Fantasy chess on Barsoom (Mars) 4 4 10x10 grid board Chess Angular movement Mars Complete Binary Homeworlds A 2-player variant of the standard Homeworlds game 3 matching sets None Color powers Resource management Space Complete Chaos Checkers A twist on checkers where the pieces constantly gain new abilities 5 5 3 dice bags Turn-based Strategic placement Strategy Unknown Civil-ice-ation 7 chessboard Unknown Time Travel Complete Coastercano Mega Volcano that uses Martian Coasters and Treehouse Dice 9 Martian Coasters Unknown Volcano Playtesting CoverFire A war-game with programmed movement 6x6 grid Unknown Initial design Dectana Territory game like Zarcana/Gnostica, but using the Decktet 1 per player 3 Two Decktets Territory Control Hand Management Fantasy Complete DogFight A war-game with programmed movement Unknown Initial design Example Game Not really a game 4 N/A dice Unknown Teaching Unknown Freimaurerei Conduct lodge-based conspiracies during the European Enlightenment 9 10 playing cards Hidden goals Resource management Conspiracy Complete Gala A.k.a. Farmer's Chess 4 4 10 x 10 grid board 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 deck of Tarot cards Modular board Card game Mystical Complete Gorean Kaissa Fantasy chess on the planet Gor 6 5 10x10 grid board Chess Chess Complete Houses of Thoth Erecting Pyramids on Tarot cards, and vice versa 5 5 Tarot deck Accumulation Construction Mystical Playtesting IceDungeons Quest through the world with your guide, and lots of paper maps Unknown Role-playing game Unknown The IceStar A geometrical puzzle game. 6 2 One Xeno and one Rainbow Stash Tape 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 Piecepack : 1-3 sets. Some coloured diceAquarius . Opaque bag.Unknown Martiany Colonisingy Initial design Martian Gunslinger An abstract Western theme boardgame with a checkerboard 2 Deck of Playing cards Set collection Resource management Direct conflict Western Nearly Complete Martian Mah Jongg A rummy game in the style of Chinese Mah Jongg 10 One six-sided die (d6) and one eight-sided die (d8).
A screen for each player (RAMbot screens work well) Unknown Matching and collecting Icehouse pieces 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 As decided per game Unknown Unknown Peaceful Homeworlds Peaceful Homeworlds centers on gathering crystals rather than invasion. 3 matching sets None Color powers Resource management Space Unknown Phalanstery Organize a harmonious group within the utopian phalanx 10 6, i.e. 3 RX Volcano board dominoes Eruption Draw Utopian community Playtesting PyLiPo 3 to 4 2 Chessboard Movement Creative Writing Literary Unknown Rat Patrol A precursor to the game Turtler 80 specialized cards Unknown Initial design Ratones Colorados A game of mice, cats, and traps player screens Area control Animals Playtesting Simple Life or Death 1 per player Large grid (>16x16) Unknown Abstract Unknown The Sniper Survive an abduction by outwitting The Sniper 1 Rainbow Stash Six-sided die Unknown Survival Initial design Solomids A solo game of stacking, sliding, and swapping Unknown Politics Complete Spy vs Spy Collect all the pieces of the Thingamajig, avoid the other spy and the police, and get out alive! 10 6 Two six-sided dice Unknown Strategy Unknown Stacktors! A role-playing game system using pyramids. 12 10 battlemat Tactics Comparison Roleplaying Playtesting Super Death Ray Image coming soon... 5 Turn Token Freeform board Color powers Space Playtesting Triangulation A war-game with programmed movement beads Unknown Politics Initial design TubeTanks A war-game with programmed movement 3x6 grid Unknown War Initial design