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-Welcome to the Looney pyramid community wiki<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup>, a site by and for those who enjoy pyramid games<sup>[[#Footnotes|2]]</sup>.
-[[:Category:User page|People]] like you are reading and improving<sup>[[#Footnotes|3]] </sup>[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles concerning {{count of games}} on this site today.
-Enjoy!
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-{{:Main Page/Picture of the week}}
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-[[Current Events]] &mdash; the latest news about this site and the games we play
-[[What Can I Play?]] &mdash; a list to help new players find games to play based on desired inputs<sup>[[#Footnotes|4]]</sup>
-[[Published Games]] &mdash; made by Looney Labs or others, the most commonly known and played pyramids games.
-[[Award-Winning Games]] &mdash; have won awards from the hobby game industry, from within the pyramid fan community, or other game design communities.
-[[Community Games]] &mdash; new games by fans, for fans, in all stages of development from initial to finished.
-[[Strategy]] &mdash; strategy articles for particular games, or for gaming strategy in general
-[[Icehouse In General|Looney pyramid game system]] &mdash; all about the Looney Pyramid game system... history, culture, and miscellany
-</div>
-== Playing Games and Designing Games ==
-This site is not only a resource for people who want to '''play''' games. It's also a playground for people who want to '''design''' games. We use the [[Icehouse game system|Looney pyramid game system]] because it is especially versatile.  The pyramids are pawns, playing cards, and poker chips rolled into one.  If you play [[IceTowers]], [[Zendo]], and [[Homeworlds]], the pyramids will take on totally different roles in each game.
-When designing games with [[Icehouse piece|Looney pyramid]]s, you are encouraged to ''break the unwritten rules'' that players are used to in other games... rules like &quot;[[:Category:Turnless|you have to take turns]]&quot;, &quot;[[Martian Chess|my pieces are in my color]]&quot;, and &quot;[[Tic Tac Doh!|you have to play on a board.]]&quot; See below for specifics on how to get seen by other readers here.
-These games tend to be portable, too. Bring a [[stash]] or four, maybe a [[chessboard bandana]] or some [[marking stone]]s, and you're ready to play wherever you go.
-=== Designing Games ===
-The Looney pyramids are fertile ground for game designers, and new games for pyramids are being created [[New in 2012|all the time]].  Many people who play with Looney pyramids design a new game to play with them.  Some people only create one pyramid game, while others create many.  This wiki is a great place to record your ideas, seek inspiration, and leave advice for others.
-If you have created a pyramid game, make a page for it on this wiki.  Add your game to [[Template_talk:Count_of_games|the master list]] and to the [[Community Games]] page. Please add [[:Special:Categories|Categories]] to your game, so that others can find it based on their tastes and available equipment.  Don't forget to tell the rest of the pyramid community about your new creation.  If you do, you will get helpful feedback on how to improve your design from a group that has a lot of experience at testing new ideas.
-If you've tried out somebody else's pyramid game, liked it, and think it's ready for prime time, add it to the [[What Can I Play?]] page.
-== Using the Wiki ==
-=== Revisions ===
-Browse our pages and see what we have to see! Along the way, you'll find a page that needs your help. Maybe it needs a picture, or better spelling, or something else that you can do something about. This is a wiki: Dive right in! Also, anybody can make a page with the rules for a game that already exists ('''if you are substantially duplicating game rules or other potentially copyrighted materials, make sure you have permission to do so from the original designer''').
-However, you will need an account here to make edits, and that account will need to be manually added to a "regular users" whitelist by an [[User:Cerulean|admin]].  This is necessary to prevent spam attacks on this wiki.
-Please take a minute to read our page on [[Policies and Usage Conventions]].
-For even more possibilities, see the [[IcehouseOrg:to-do list|to-do list]] and the [[Talk:Main_Page|Main Page Talk]] for further info.
-=== Admins ===
-If you have something that needs admin attention, please use their Talk pages.  The template <nowiki>{{admin}}</nowiki> is also a helpful way to point out particular issues.
-[[User:Cerulean|Ryan Hackel]] is the most active Bureaucrat here.  He handles all the day-to-day maintenance of the Wiki, its users and its content.  Most concerns should be directed to him.
-[[User:Lambda|Brian Campbell]] is currently the webmaster of this site, and any MediaWiki or webhosting issues should be directed at him.
-[[User:Splooge169|Splooge169]] is a trusted spamfighting deputy.
-== Other Languages on this Wiki ==
-[[:Category:Czech|Czech]] ~ [[:Category:Esperanto|Esperanto]] ~ [[:Category:French|French (Francaise)]] ~ [[:Category:German|German (Deutsch)]] ~ [[Strona_Główna|Polish (Polski)]] ~ [[:Category:Slovak|Slovak]] ~ [[:Category:Spanish|Spanish (Espanol)]]
-== Footnotes ==
-# You can learn about [[Wikipedia:Wiki|Wiki]]s and see the complete primer on [[Help:Editing|editing]] wiki pages. If you want to test out editing, use the wiki [[sandbox]].
-# This site is not affiliated with [http://www.icehousegames.com IcehouseGames.com] or [[Looney Labs]], who publish and sell Looney pyramids.
-# To make edits, you must have a [[Special:Userlogin|user account]], and you need to request "regular" status from [[User:Cerulean]].
-# Games can be classified by number of stashes or players required, time to play, other play equipment used, and even themes and particular mechanics.