Andy Looney's and John Cooper's game Icehouse ("the 100,000-year-old game from Mars") is a boardless, turnless, abstract strategy game. An Icehouse set has 60 pyramid-shaped game pieces, five each of three sizes in four colors, and additional colors are available. Rules for well over 50 different games played with Icehouse pieces are available on the Web.
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- Gallery of Icehouse Pieces Pictures of hand-painted xyloid pieces by Andrew "Zarf" Plotkin. Plus valuable tips on painting them.
- Zarcana A board game played with Icehouse pieces and tarot cards.
- Icehouse Official site includes games and variant information, testimonials, FAQs, and purchasing.
- Zendo A game of inductive logic using an Icehouse set. Rules, strategies, variations, philosophy.
- Icehouse Handbook Rules, strategies, and extras for the original Icehouse game.
- Zendo Stones Instructions for construction of stones with polymer clay.
- Zendobun Game variant using sentences.
- The Martian Chessboard Section A four player variant. Provides instructions.
- IcehouseGames.org A wiki for posting games, creating new games, and discussion of the game.