Browse games/Medium complexity

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

Name	Description	Min Players	Max Players	Stashes	Sets	Game Mechanics	Status
Abiegnus	Rosicrucian Volcano	1	2	5	5 (Rainbow only)	Eruption, Divination	Complete
Accelerator	Scientists compete to get the most particles out of an accelerator	2	4	2	2	Rotation, Free pyramid choice	Initial design
Advanced Colonization	A game of space combat and expansion.		2	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	2	2			Unknown	Complete
Albiorix	A chess-like game without captures		2	2		Chess-like	Complete
Alchemy ICE	Noughts and crosses with randomized "symbols" of five different types.	2	6	5		Unknown	Complete
Antshouse	Ants running the gauntlet over a pavement while mean kids tries to splat them.	2	4	1 per player		Unknown	Complete
Armada	In Armada, a fleet of fast, maneuverable ships does battle with a fleet of slow, powerful ships.		2	1		Measured movement	Complete
Armada 2K	In Armada 2K, fleets of warships do battle on the open seas.	2	10	1 per player		Unknown	Complete
Automaton	This is a Robotic Combat game	2	4	4		Simultaneous action	Complete
Autumn Ash	A strategic game of color change.		2	10	4, RX² (2 rainbow and 2 xeno sets)	Stacking, Movement	Complete
Battle Royal	A Chesslike game for a TreeHouse set	2	4	1 per player	1	Unknown	Unknown
Battle of the Body Snatchers	Capture more villagers and enemy aliens than your opponent.		2	4		None, Capturing	Complete
Bears, Foxes & Hares	A race to the center	2	4	1 per player + 1	1	Unknown	Complete
Blockade	3D race game		2	6	5	Unknown	Complete
Boundary	Transfer pyramids to the other world.		2		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.	2	4	1 per player	5	Unknown	Complete
Buyer's Market		2	4	1 per player + 5	1	Building, Bidding	Complete
Caldera	Redevelopment of Volcano	2	3		6	Stacking, Set collection	Complete
Capstone			2	4		Unknown	Complete
Capture The Card	Use Icehouse pieces and strategy to capture cards.		2	4		Unknown	Initial design
Capture the Card	Use Icehouse pieces and strategy to capture cards.		2	2	4	Unknown	Unknown
Cardinal Connections	In Cardinal Connections, players try to make more pyramids point towards themselves than toward the other players.	2	4	1	5	Board	Complete
Cascades	A mountaineering two-players race.		2	3	2	Movement, Cards	Playtesting
Chicken Run	A whimsical chicken roundup with overly enthusiastic spectators		2	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		2	3		Connection, Positional play	Initial design
Cliff Mining	Use your deduction skills to work out what's in the cliff	3	5			Hidden Information, Deduction	Playtesting
Cold Spell	Spell the most valuable words with your tiles	2	4	1		Unknown	Complete
Colonization	A game of space conquest mixing light strategy and luck.	2	4		1 (2 for 3-4 players)	Stacking, Color powers	Complete
Conquest of Mars	Abstract wargame using pyramids, cards, and dice	2	4		3	Dice combat, Poker hands	Playtesting
Continuum	Use pyramids and a poker deck to get your trees to exchange places	2	2	2	1	Unknown	Playtesting
The Crossing	Chinese Checkers variant. Be the first to get your pieces to the opposite corner.	2	4	0	2	Move, Jump	Complete
Cryosquare	Dynamic two-player, two-stash connection game played on a chessboard.		2	2		Unknown	Initial design
Crystal Caverns	RPG played on a playing card dungeon map	1	5	5		Board	Unknown
Crystal Habit	A game of mineralogy. Create crystal composites of different sizes and composition.	2	5	2 to 5	3 to 5	Stacking	Initial design
Crystal Wars	Wargame played on Martian Coasters	2	4	5		Board	Playtesting
The Crystal in my Pocket	A collaborative fiction game	3	8	4		Unknown	Initial design
Deception	In Deception, players try to get their secret pyramid to the other end of the board while avoiding capture.		2	6		Unknown	Initial design
Dragon's Hoard	Be the hero who escapes the dungeon with the most treasure before sunset.	1	4	4+ up to 9	5+ up to 10	Unknown	Complete
E, the Game of Martian Chinese Checkers		2	6	1 per player	5	Unknown	Complete
EOF	Players use icehouse pieces to make patterns in a data stream.	2	4	4		Unknown	Playtesting
Efni	Use pyramids to win Fluxx goals	2	6	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.	1	4	4	3	Stacking, Elimination	Complete
Elementalist	Use the elements at your disposal and wage epic war against an opponent!		2		3	Direct conflict	Initial design
Emperor's Garden	Try destroying the Fujiwara clan to assert the new Emperor's power	2	4	1 per player + 1	1	Victory points, Guessing	Complete
Erebusicehouse	A darkly-themed game of Life, Death, War, Disease, and Soul collection		2	6	10	Unknown	Unknown
European War	A variation on World War 5, created by Andy Looney.	2	4		3	Unknown	Complete
Evacuate	Get your Stacktor clans out of burning nightclubs before your rival/s manage/s to do the same.	2	4	4	5, 4 for a 2-player game	Stacking, Placement	Playtesting
Extinction	Two races of creatures fight to make the other go extinct.		2	2		Capture	Complete
The Fast and Ferocious; or, Black Ice	A racing game with multiple tracks and self-placed obstacles.	2	6		1	Race	Initial design
Flags	Move upper pyramid to create a flag	2	4		2	Unknown	Complete
Fleet	A space fleet game	2	5		1-2	Unknown	Playtesting
Force Field Factions	An abstract strategy game loosely inspired by Homeworlds and RAMBots		2	10	6 (3 rainbow, 3 xeno)	Unknown	Initial design
Geomancy	The Game of Casting and Recasting	2	6	1 per player		Unknown	Unknown
Gridiron	A simple little photo safari game.	2	4		2	Unknown	Unknown
Hexano	A variant of Volcano played on a hexagonal board instead of a square 5x5 one		2	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.	2	4	1 per player	2	Unknown	Playtesting
Homejinks	Tiny space combat inspired by Homeworlds	2	3	1	1	Capture, Freeform Board	Complete
Homeworlds	A strategy game of starships, transformation, and negotiation	2	6	4		Unknown	Complete
Homeworlds (German)	Ein Strategiespiel um epische Weltraumschlachten	2	6		4	Unknown	Complete
Homeworlds Settlers	Players vie for resources on a conquered Homeworld.		2	4	3	Placement, Color powers, Turn-based, Movement, Resource management, Capture	Complete
Ice Arena	Ice Arena is a tactical arena combat game.	2	4	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.	2	4	10		Direct conflict, Elimination	Nearly Complete
Ice Derby	Ice Derby is a tactical Destruction derby game.	2	4		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.	3	6	1 per player + 2	5 for 3 players (+1/additional player)	Placement, Pyramid draw	Complete
Ice Solo	A solitaire game.		1	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!	2	4	5	1 per player	Push your luck, Set Building	Complete
IceTowers	Control the most valuable towers	2	6	1 per player	5	Stacking pyramids, Turnless	Complete
IceTraders	Starships battle for Good and Evil	2	6	4		Unknown	Unknown
Icecaster	A two-fisted spell-casting battle for 2 or more players.	2	10	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!	3	5	1 per player		Real time, Freeform board	Complete
Iceland Volcano	Lava flows for points as the volcano erupts!	1	4	5	5	Unknown	Complete
Igloo	Four colors, but only one will be worth points by the end.		2	4	5	Unknown	Complete
Ikkozendo	Players achieve satori when they discover the secret rule that explains which koans have the elusive Buddha-nature	2	100	5	1	Turn-based, Inductive logic	Complete
Imperial Shuffle	Block your opponent's Emperor from being able to move		2	4	5	Unknown	Complete
Iriri	Build a crossword from a shrinking alien dictionary!	2	2			Pattern matching	Nearly Complete
Jewellers		2	8		1	Unknown	Complete
Krump	A chess-like game where your movement options increase as the game progresses.		2	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.		2	10	10	Movement	Unknown
Leaning Towers	Build Out Build Up	2	10	1 per player + 1		Unknown	Complete
Leech	Capture your opponents' pieces and their score	2	4	5	2	Unknown	Initial design
Litróf	A chess variation with Icehouse pyramids		2	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		1			Unknown	Complete
Logger	A lumberjack-themed game for 2-4 players	2	4	3 to 5	3 to 5	Unknown	Complete
Lunar Invaders	Interlunar teleportation death struggle!		2		3	Unknown	Complete
MadRobots	An rough initial design	2	8			Programmable Movement	Initial Design
Magneto	It´s all about opposites.		2	2		Unknown	Unknown
Malice	Malice. Get some.		2	2	3	Capture, Perfect information	Playtesting
Martian BattleSpires	Martian BattleSpires is a game of domination by advantage.		2		5	Unknown	Playtesting
Martian Coaster Chaturanga	Martian Chess-like game; get the most points at end	2	4		1	Dynamic board	Complete
Martian Flood	Players score points by building ships & towers that survive the floods	3	4	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.	2	4	1 per player	5	Unknown	Complete
Martian Merchants	A pickup-and-deliver puzzle game	2	4			Unknown	Complete
Martian Senet	A race through the Martian underworld		2	2	2	Stacking, Modular board	Unknown
Martian Shogi	Chess/shogi variant with pyramids.		2	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	2	4	9		Unknown	Playtesting
Moscow Ice	This is Chinese checkers for pyramids with some twists.	2	4	1 per player	4	Unknown	Complete
Munch	Ancient space monsters roam the galaxy, munching worlds and each other.	2	4	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		2	5	5	Unknown	Complete
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