Browse games/Medium complexity

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

Name	Description	Players⠉	Players⠉	Stashes	Sets	Game Mechanics	Status
Abiegnus	Rosicrucian Volcano			5	5 (Rainbow only)	Eruption, Divination	Complete
Accelerator	Scientists compete to get the most particles out of an accelerator			2	2	Rotation, Free pyramid choice	Initial design
Advanced Colonization	A game of space combat and expansion.			5	2 Rainbow Stashes	None	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					Unknown	Complete
Albiorix	A chess-like game without captures			2		Chess-like	Complete
Alchemy ICE	Noughts and crosses with randomized "symbols" of five different types.			5		Unknown	Complete
Antshouse	Ants running the gauntlet over a pavement while mean kids tries to splat them.			1 per player		Unknown	Complete
Armada	In Armada, a fleet of fast, maneuverable ships does battle with a fleet of slow, powerful ships.			1		Measured movement	Complete
Armada 2K	In Armada 2K, fleets of warships do battle on the open seas.			1 per player		Unknown	Complete
Automaton	This is a Robotic Combat game			4		Simultaneous action	Complete
Autumn Ash	A strategic game of color change.			10	4, RX² (2 rainbow and 2 xeno sets)	Stacking, Movement	Complete
Battle Royal	A Chesslike game for a TreeHouse set			1 per player	1	Unknown	Unknown
Battle of the Body Snatchers	Capture more villagers and enemy aliens than your opponent.			4		None, Capturing	Complete
Bears, Foxes & Hares	A race to the center			1 per player + 1	1	Unknown	Complete
Blockade	3D race game			6	5	Unknown	Complete
Boundary	Transfer pyramids to the other world.				1	Race, Blocking	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	Unknown	Complete
Buyer's Market				1 per player + 5	1	Building, Bidding	Complete
Caldera	Redevelopment of Volcano				6	Stacking, Set collection	Complete
Capstone				4		Unknown	Complete
Capture The Card	Use Icehouse pieces and strategy to capture cards.			4		Unknown	Initial design
Capture the Card	Use Icehouse pieces and strategy to capture cards.			2	4	Unknown	Unknown
Cardinal Connections	In Cardinal Connections, players try to make more pyramids point towards themselves than toward the other players.			1	5	Board	Complete
Cascades	A mountaineering two-players race.			3	2	Movement, Cards	Playtesting
Chicken Run	A whimsical chicken roundup with overly enthusiastic spectators			10	2	Equipment/Chessboard, Equipment/Dice	Complete
Circuit Connection	A connection game of position where you score points for groups on a board I made			3		Connection, Positional play	Initial design
Cliff Mining	Use your deduction skills to work out what's in the cliff					Hidden Information, Deduction	Playtesting
Cold Spell	Spell the most valuable words with your tiles			1		Unknown	Complete
Colonization	A game of space conquest mixing light strategy and luck.				1 (2 for 3-4 players)	Stacking, Color powers	Complete
Conquest of Mars	Abstract wargame using pyramids, cards, and dice				3	Dice combat, Poker hands	Playtesting
Continuum	Use pyramids and a poker deck to get your trees to exchange places			2	1	Unknown	Playtesting
The Crossing	Chinese Checkers variant. Be the first to get your pieces to the opposite corner.			0	2	Move, Jump	Complete
Cryosquare	Dynamic two-player, two-stash connection game played on a chessboard.			2		Unknown	Initial design
Crystal Caverns	RPG played on a playing card dungeon map			5		Board	Unknown
Crystal Habit	A game of mineralogy. Create crystal composites of different sizes and composition.			2 to 5	3 to 5	Stacking	Initial design
Crystal Wars	Wargame played on Martian Coasters			5		Board	Playtesting
The Crystal in my Pocket	A collaborative fiction game			4		Unknown	Initial design
Deception	In Deception, players try to get their secret pyramid to the other end of the board while avoiding capture.			6		Unknown	Initial design
Dragon's Hoard	Be the hero who escapes the dungeon with the most treasure before sunset.			4+ up to 9	5+ up to 10	Unknown	Complete
E, the Game of Martian Chinese Checkers				1 per player	5	Unknown	Complete
EOF	Players use icehouse pieces to make patterns in a data stream.			4		Unknown	Playtesting
Efni	Use pyramids to win Fluxx goals			1 per player	5 or less (depending on number of players)	Set collection, Hidden information	Complete
Egyptian Solitaire	This is a solitaire puzzle game. Imagine a game of Peg Solitaire getting combined with a Rubik's Cube.			4	3	Stacking, Elimination	Complete
Elementalist	Use the elements at your disposal and wage epic war against an opponent!				3	Direct conflict	Initial design
Emperor's Garden	Try destroying the Fujiwara clan to assert the new Emperor's power			1 per player + 1	1	Victory points, Guessing	Complete
Erebusicehouse	A darkly-themed game of Life, Death, War, Disease, and Soul collection			6	10	Unknown	Unknown
European War	A variation on World War 5, created by Andy Looney.				3	Unknown	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	Stacking, Placement	Playtesting
Extinction	Two races of creatures fight to make the other go extinct.			2		Capture	Complete
The Fast and Ferocious; or, Black Ice	A racing game with multiple tracks and self-placed obstacles.				1	Race	Initial design
Flags	Move upper pyramid to create a flag				2	Unknown	Complete
Fleet	A space fleet game				1-2	Unknown	Playtesting
Force Field Factions	An abstract strategy game loosely inspired by Homeworlds and RAMBots			10	6 (3 rainbow, 3 xeno)	Unknown	Initial design
Geomancy	The Game of Casting and Recasting			1 per player		Unknown	Unknown
Gridiron	A simple little photo safari game.				2	Unknown	Unknown
Hexano	A variant of Volcano played on a hexagonal board instead of a square 5x5 one			5		Unknown	Playtesting
High Ground	High Ground is a game of Strategy and luck that uses playing cards as the board (gnostica fans unite!), and Icehouse pyramids as the player's pieces.			1 per player	2	Unknown	Playtesting
Homejinks	Tiny space combat inspired by Homeworlds			1	1	Capture, Freeform Board	Complete
Homeworlds	A strategy game of starships, transformation, and negotiation			4		Unknown	Complete
Homeworlds (German)	Ein Strategiespiel um epische Weltraumschlachten				4	Unknown	Complete
Homeworlds Settlers	Players vie for resources on a conquered Homeworld.			4	3	Placement, Color powers, Turn-based, Movement, Resource management, Capture	Complete
Ice Arena	Ice Arena is a tactical arena combat game.			4		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		Direct conflict, Elimination	Nearly Complete
Ice Derby	Ice Derby is a tactical Destruction derby game.				4	Unknown	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)	Placement, Pyramid draw	Complete
Ice Solo	A solitaire game.			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	Push your luck, Set Building	Complete
IceTowers	Control the most valuable towers			1 per player	5	Stacking pyramids, Turnless	Complete
IceTraders	Starships battle for Good and Evil			4		Unknown	Unknown
Icecaster	A two-fisted spell-casting battle for 2 or more players.			5	1 per player	Dexterity, Turnless	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		Real time, Freeform board	Complete
Iceland Volcano	Lava flows for points as the volcano erupts!			5	5	Unknown	Complete
Igloo	Four colors, but only one will be worth points by the end.			4	5	Unknown	Complete
Ikkozendo	Players achieve satori when they discover the secret rule that explains which koans have the elusive Buddha-nature			5	1	Turn-based, Inductive logic	Complete
Imperial Shuffle	Block your opponent's Emperor from being able to move			4	5	Unknown	Complete
Iriri	Build a crossword from a shrinking alien dictionary!					Pattern matching	Nearly Complete
Jewellers					1	Unknown	Complete
Krump	A chess-like game where your movement options increase as the game progresses.			2		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	Movement	Unknown
Leaning Towers	Build Out Build Up			1 per player + 1		Unknown	Complete
Leech	Capture your opponents' pieces and their score			5	2	Unknown	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	Complete
Lockpick	A solitaire lock-picking challenge					Unknown	Complete
Logger	A lumberjack-themed game for 2-4 players			3 to 5	3 to 5	Unknown	Complete
Lunar Invaders	Interlunar teleportation death struggle!				3	Unknown	Complete
MadRobots	An rough initial design					Programmable Movement	Initial Design
Magneto	It´s all about opposites.			2		Unknown	Unknown
Malice	Malice. Get some.			2	3	Capture, Perfect information	Playtesting
Martian BattleSpires	Martian BattleSpires is a game of domination by advantage.				5	Unknown	Playtesting
Martian Coaster Chaturanga	Martian Chess-like game; get the most points at end				1	Dynamic board	Complete
Martian Flood	Players score points by building ships & towers that survive the floods			1 per player	5	Unknown	Playtesting
Martian Go	Players build branching tree structures from a root, trying to always branch from their own pieces, not their opponent's.			1 per player	5	Unknown	Complete
Martian Merchants	A pickup-and-deliver puzzle game					Unknown	Complete
Martian Senet	A race through the Martian underworld			2	2	Stacking, Modular board	Unknown
Martian Shogi	Chess/shogi variant with pyramids.			4		Unknown	Complete
Martian Sparks	A Magical Game of Pure Strategy for Two Players based on Spark by Envelope Games			2		Unknown	Unknown
Mega Hexano	A variant of Volcano played with 9 stashes on a hexagonal board			9		Unknown	Playtesting
Moscow Ice	This is Chinese checkers for pyramids with some twists.			1 per player	4	Unknown	Complete
Munch	Ancient space monsters roam the galaxy, munching worlds and each other.			1 per player + 3	5 Rainbow (+1 Xeno for 3-4 players)	Placement, Capturing	Complete
Nile	Use your workers to build the great pyramids of Egypt			5	5	Unknown	Complete
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