Browse games/Colors per player

This is a list of games which require pyramids in as many colors as there are players (some require an extra color or two).

Note: many of these games can be played using 2 (or more) different colors per player, as long as no two players share the same colors and it is clear who is playing with what colors.

Name	Description	Min Players	Max Players	Number of colors	Trios per color	Other Equipment	Status
3stica	What if Gnostica and Risk had a baby?	2	5	1 per player	3	turn marker, Tarot deck, FATE dice	Playtesting
A-A-Arctic Kettering	An abstract game of capturing trees on a mutated modular chessboard		2	1 per player	5	Kettering Cards, Chessboard	Complete
Agnostica	Agnostica, a simplified version of Gnostica, involves capturing territory on an evolving board made up of Zark City cards.	2	5	1 per player	3 (5 for the complex game)	Color die, Zark City deck	Complete
Alheimur	An Icehouse space exploration game that uses an Aquarius deck.	2	8	1 per player	5	Aquarius deck, 3d6	Playtesting
Amoeba	A science themed game with an ever-increasing board size.	2	6	1 per player	5	16 Poker Chips per player	Complete
Antshouse	Ants running the gauntlet over a pavement while mean kids tries to splat them.	2	4	1 per player	5	Chessboard	Complete
Armada 2K	In Armada 2K, fleets of warships do battle on the open seas.	2	10	1 per player	5	Chits to act as damage markers	Complete
Around & Around	Treehouse game where players race to the Safe House	2	4	1 per player	1		Unknown
Ascendancy	A turn-based game of tower building.	2	5	1 per player	5	2 dice, flat surface	Playtesting
Barrakesh Express	Control surface transport on Mars	2	4	1 per player	5	Special map board, playing cards, custom goal notes	Playtesting
Battle Royal	A Chesslike game for a TreeHouse set	2	4	1 per player	1	chessboard	Unknown
Bears, Foxes & Hares	A race to the center	2	4	1 per player + 1	1	1 six-sided die, unique board	Complete
Behind Enemy Lines	Multiplayer war based game	2	4	1 per player	2	Chessboard, Six-sided die	Initial design
Blam!	Looking for someone to shove? Strategize in Blam! with two to four elbow-room seekers.	2	4	1 per player	5	Chessboard	Complete
Blam! (Polish)	Abstrakcyjna gra planszowa polegająca na wypychaniu piramid przeciwnika poza obręb szachownicy	2	4	1 na gracza	5	szachownica	Complete
Bowler Rink	Toss a die into the box containing stacks of pyramids. How many can you knock over without ejecting them from the arena?	2	10	1 per player	3	d6 dice, Pyramid Arcade or similar box lid	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	Chessboard, tokens, coins	Complete
Branches & Twigs & Thorns (Polish)	Gra strategiczna, gracze zapełniają plansze swoimi piramidami.	2	4	1 per player	5	szachownica, znaczniki	Complete
Builders of R'lyeh	Constructing the drowned city of Cthulhu	1	5	1 per player + 1	5	Dice, cards of various shapes	Complete
Buyer's Market		2	4	1 per player + 5	3 to 4	Zark City deck, color die	Complete
Capture the Flag	2 or 3 players try to capture an opponent's flag in an ever-shrinking space.	2	3	1 per player	5	Poker Chips and/or hex board	Initial design
Catapults	In Catapults, each player builds a castle and then tries to tear down the castles of the other players.	1	10	1 per player	5		Playtesting
Cliff Mining	Use your deduction skills to work out what's in the cliff	3	5	1 per player + 1	2	box, paper and pencil, Player screens, Opaque bag	Playtesting
CrackeD ICE (Polish)	Gra zręcznościowa, stąpając po lodzie należy uważać, by się nie załamał.	2	5	1 na gracza	5	płyta CD, dodatkowa duża piramidka	Complete
CrackeD Ice	Don't tip the ice floe!	3	5	1 per player	5	an old CD; one extra large pyramid	Complete
Crystal Formation	Create crystals formed into trees while trying to influence the development of your opponents nodes.	2	6	1 per player	5 or more	Chessboard	Complete
Crystal Habit	A game of mineralogy. Create crystal composites of different sizes and composition.	2	5	1 per player	3 to 5		Initial design
Dectana	Territory game like Zarcana/Gnostica, but using the Decktet	2	5	1 per player	3	Two Decktets	Complete
Der Marsigelwettkampf	A prickly pyramid game	2	13	1 per player	1	1 six-sided die	Complete
Dragon Gardens	Cultists work to build a garden worthy of dragon worship and performing rituals	2	4	1 per player	1	Decktet	Unknown
E, the Game of Martian Chinese Checkers		2	6	1 per player	5	hex board	Complete
Efni	Use pyramids to win Fluxx goals	2	6	1 per player	5	Fluxx deck	Complete
Emperor's Garden	Try destroying the Fujiwara clan to assert the new Emperor's power	2	4	1 per player + 1	1	Hanafuda cards, VP markers	Complete
Forts	A game of building and tearing down.	2	4	1 per player	5	one six-sided die	Complete
Freeze Tag	Pyramids race to the other side, trying not to get frozen along the way.	2	4	1 per player	2	Pyramid die, a 5x5 grid (a Volcano board is perfect)	Complete
Geomancy	The Game of Casting and Recasting	2	6	1 per player	5	Chessboard	Unknown
Gnaqush	Hop to the other end of the board and promote your pieces	2	4	1 per player	5	tiles, Chessboard	Complete
Gnostica	Gnostica, an updated version of Zarcana, involves capturing territory on an evolving board made up of Tarot cards.	2	6	1 per player	5	Tarot deck	Complete
GravityPlane	A 2-8 player variant on Martian Coasters	2	8	1 per player	1	Two Martian Coaster Sets	Playtesting
Hexachess	Chess for 2 to 3 players on a hexagonal board.	2	3	1 per player	5	Poker chips	Initial design
Hextris	An abstract connection game of moving, swapping, and removing	2	3	1 per player	5	hex board (19 cells or spots)	Unknown
High Ground	A game of strategy and luck that uses playing cards as the board and pyramids as the pieces a la Gnostica.	2	4	1 per player	2	1 deck of normal playing cards or optionally, a gnostica deck and a Treehouse die.	Playtesting
Ice Boule	Play the dexterity game Boule with your Icehouse pieces, using the Centrifice-mechanic.	1	10	1 per player + 1	5	None	Playtesting
Ice Draughts	Advanced variant of Draughts	2	4	1 per player	3	Chessboard or Chess Wedges	Playtesting
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	A smooth surface; an opaque bag, a marker	Complete
Ice Pirates	Explore islands, battle opponents, and pilfer their ships and homes in an effort to become the wealthiest pirate around	2	5	1 per player + 2 (opaque)	5	1 postcard per player, a few chits or markers	Complete
Ice Points	An entirely luck driven card battle over a bank of pyramid points.	5	8	1 per player	5	Playing cards	Initial design
Ice Storm		3	5	1 per player	5	chessboard, optional scoring board	Complete
Ice Tiddly Winks	A quick dexterity game with simultaneous play	1	6	1 per player	5	Good size playing surface	Complete
IceDam	This is a multiplayer variant of IceSickle.	2	4	1 per player	5	Chessboard	Complete
IceFrogs	Players jump their pyramids across the board in an attempt to get a piece into their opponent's start space.	2	3	1 per player	5	Poker Chips	Complete
IceGolf	Icehouse Golf, using a stash tube as the club	1	100	1 per player or fewer	1+	Treehouse tube, Martian Coasters (optional)	Complete
IceToids	Explore a board made of print-and-play cards.	2	4	1 per player	3	Special tiles	Complete
IceTowers	Control the most valuable towers	2	6	1 per player	5		Complete
IceTowers (Polish)	Kontrola najcenniejszych wież	2	4	1 na gracza	5	brak	Complete
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	5	1 stash pad per player, optional timer	Complete
Influence	A game of push and pull in which players play their pyramids onto a hex grid to exert influence on stones of three different colors.	3	4	1 per player (approx)	5	1 black stone, 6 green stones, 12 white stones, Hex board	Complete
Influenza	An Icehouse influence game where different bacteria fight over creating the greatest infections	3	4	1 per player + 1	5	pencil and paper	Unknown
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Interstellar Conquest	Be the first alien race to set up four colonies in your opponents star systems.	2	8	1 per player	5	Piecepack, Bag	Complete
Invaders of Mars	Players take turns fleeing from a powerful alien menace bent on using them as fodder for breeding until only one player is left standing.	2	4	1 per player + 1	5 for 2 players, 10 for 4 players	Volcano board for 2 players, Chessboard for 4 players	Complete
Jinxx		2	4	1 per player	3	Pyramid die, Hijinks board	Complete
Landing Zone	Crash land your ship to get the diamonds	2	5	1 per player	2	A large-ish flat surface, 4 Zendo Stones (1 in a different color from the other 3)	Complete
Landrush	Compete to own the land worth the greatest value.	2	5	1 per player	5	1 Piecepack set (dice, coins, and tiles), Opaque bag	Unknown
Leaning Towers	Build Out Build Up	2	10	1 per player + 1	5	playing surface maybe a newspaper	Complete
Leave No Man Behind	"a mix of Chinese checkers and macho 'leave no man behind' wartime bravado"	2	4	1 per player	5		Unknown
Looney Ludo	Navigate an ever-changing maze and collect the right pieces to win	2	6	1 per player	1	2 Six-sided dice, Treehouse die, Looney Ludo boards	Complete
Magic Mids	Mages play a game of placement and capture.	2	4	1 per player	5	Piecepack	Complete
Martian Canals	A placement and capture game of Martian stone circles and pyramids.	2	12	1 per player	5	A 7x13 board, Gaming stones in player colors, Fudge dice	Complete
Martian Chess	Colorless simplified chess nevertheless has subtle strategy	2	4	1 per player	3	Chessboard	Complete
Martian Coasters	The Beverage-Coaster Treehouse Board Game	2	6	1 per player	1	Six-sided die, Treehouse die, Looney Ludo boards or Martian Coasters	Complete
Martian Coasters (Polish)	Gra rozgrywająca się na podkładkach Martian Coasters	2	6	1 na gracza	1	podkładki Martian Coasters	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	2	8	1 per player + 1	5	1-3 Piecepacks, coloured dice, Aquarius deck, Opaque bag	Initial design
Martian Flood	Players score points by building ships & towers that survive the floods	3	4	1 per player	5	One standard deck of playing cards, three six-sided dice	Playtesting
Martian Go	Players build branching tree structures from a root in this predecessor to Branches & Twigs & Thorns.	2	4	1 per player	5	Chessboard, four markers	Complete
Martian Life		2	4	1 per player	5	Chessboard	Complete
Martian Miners	Be the first mining company to construct two mines on the dark side of Mars.	2	4	1 per player	5	Piecepack, 4 six-sided dice per player, Opaque bag	Unknown
Martian Pachisi	An Icehouse version of Pachisi	2	10	1 per player	5	One die (d6 recommended).	Complete
Martian Quilting	Assembling pyramidal pieces	2	6	1 per player	5	4x4 board, "needle" token	Unknown
Martian Race	Be the first to have your family go up in the rocket and down in history!	2	5	1 per player	5	chessboard	Complete
Martian Risk	Martian armies invade Earth	3	6	1 per player	5	any large map, 25 tokens, D4s	Complete
Martian Shuffleboard	A game of dexterous strategy for 2 to 10 players.	2	10	1 per player	1	A table or large game board off of which pieces can slide	Playtesting
Martianopolis 500	Zip around the track to the finish.	2	4	1 per player	1	12 Chessboard wedges, playing cards, marking stones	Playtesting
Moscow Ice	This is Chinese checkers for pyramids with some twists.	2	4	1 per player	4	Chessboard or 10x10 board	Complete
Munabo	A real-time game played on a napkin	2	10	1 per player	5	Napkin, timer	Complete
Munch	Ancient space monsters roam the galaxy, munching worlds and each other.	2	4	1 per player + 3	5	6x6 board	Complete
Nomice	An Icehouse/Nomic hybrid game.	2	10	1+ per player	5	As decided per game	Unknown
Oi! That's My Phish!	A tile collection game inspired by Hey! That's My Fish.	2	9	1 per player	1	1 Piecepack set per three players. All the plastic cards in your wallet.	Initial design
Pantopia	Pantopia is a game of territorial struggle, shifting fortune, and elemental magic.	2	5	1 per player	5	two Aquarius decks	Unknown
Par-Trees-i	Get all your pieces to the center goal	2	4	1 per player	1	one six-sided die, Volcano board	Complete
Pass The Pyramids	A "Dicehouse" game for 3 to 5 players.	3	5	1 per player	1	18 to 30 tokens	Complete
Penguin Marathon	An epic race on the slippery Martian slopes	2	5	1 per player	1	Martian Coasters	Playtesting
Petri Dish	Bacteria fight for dominion inside a Petri Dish	2	10	1 per player	3	Wheel board, Three Lightning dice, Extra token	Complete
Pharaoh	Players roll dice to claim the title of the King of The Pyramids	2	4	1 per player	1	Volcano Board, six-sided die	Complete
Pikemen	Defend your pieces from jousting pikemen!	2	4	1 per player	5 (fewer with more players)	Chessboard	Complete
Pikemen (Polish)	Broń swoje jednostki przed szarżującymi pikinierami!	2	4	1 na gracza	5	szachownica	Complete
Polymer Chains	Create Big Molecules at Home	2	10	1 per player + 1	5	Poker Chips, Opaque Bag	Initial design
Power Tower	Build high towers by taking over pieces from other towers.	2	4	1 per player	5	None	Unknown
Protozoa	Create the most successful multi-celled colony creature	2	4	1 per player	5	chessboard	Unknown
Pyramid Punch	A quick game of pyramid combat.	2	5	1 per player	1	Six-sided dice, gaming stones, modular 2x2 tiles	Unknown
Pyramid Scheme	Build pyramids, attack your enemy, and earn Ra’s favor by being the first to gather the correct number of favor tokens.	2	4	1 per player	5	favor tokens, stones (in 2 to 4 different colors), chessboard	Unknown
Pyramid Shambo	Tournament-style Rock Paper Scissors (aka Roshambo), with pyramids used as scoring chips.	2	10	1 per player	1	none	Complete
Quintazone	An Icehouse/Aquarius hybrid	2	5	1 per player	2 - 5	Aquarius deck	Complete
Quintazone-Chaser	Further play to follow on a game of Quintazone	2	5	1 per player	2 - 5	Color die, Aquarius deck, player tokens	Complete
Sandships		2	4	1 per player + 1	3	Three Lightning dice, Sandships board	Complete
Shield Bashers	In Shield Bashers, spaceships battle through interaction of hidden shields.	2	6	1 per player + 3	5	chessboard or Tri-Chess set	Initial design
Simple Life or Death		2	10	1 per player	5	Large grid (>16x16), 1 deck of cards for every 2 players, set of polyhedral dice (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20)	Unknown
Space Mines	a freeform game of asteroid mining and corporate combat	2	4	1 per player plus one extra trio	5		Unknown
Space Monkeys	Space monkeys have come to Earth and are trying to get home!	2	2	1 per player	5	Chessboard	Unknown
Sprawl	Competitive city building	3	8	1 per player	5	Chessboard	Complete
Subdivision	A real estate development game	2	4	1 per player	5	some markers, A board (a Chessboard Bandana works nicely)	Complete
T-Minus	It's Not Rocket Science.	2	6	1 per player	3	three six-sided dice, 12 to 18 risk tokens (e.g. pennies), game board	Playtesting
TMAG: The Martian Assassination Game	Be the first victim to reach all of the bases	3	9	1 per player	4	piecepack	Unknown
Tactonix	A geological Combination Game	2	4	1 per player + 1	2	A chessboard ( a Chessboard Bandana works nicely (a volcano board for 2 or 3 players will work too. ))and a card for each color used	Complete
Thin Ice	Grow your fragile ice crystal until it shatters	2	10	1 per player	5	stable or shaky playing surface	Complete
Tink	A four-in-a-row game with a twist	2	4	1 per player	5	Chessboard	Unknown
Torpedo	An Icehouse-style real-time space battle game.	2	5	1 per player	5	A straightedge (preferably a laser pointer)	Complete
Traction	Players walk their pyramids in a race to the finish line, and stop their opponents from getting there first!	2	4	1 per player	2	1 stash pad per player	Playtesting
Tree-Halma	Treehouse update to an older game	2	4	1 per player + 1	1	Volcano board	Unknown
Treehouse	Make your trio match the House trio before anyone else	2	4	1 per player + 1	1	Treehouse die	Complete
Tri-Prism Face Off	A game of luck and some strategy in which each player races to get their Icehouse pieces to the finish line first	2	5	1 per player	1	1 die, 22in. x 28in. board	Playtesting
Triforce	In Triforce, players combat for control over a portion of a triangular playing field.	3	6	1 per player + 3	5	d20, d12s, pawns	Initial design
U.S. President	Will you be the next US President? Place your pyramids to control key states.	2	6	1 per player	3	Modified map and State cards	Complete
UberMartian Coasters	Super-sized variant of Looney Labs' game Martian Coasters.	2	10	1 per player	1	Martian Coasters, D6, D12	Complete
Vankor Gang Wars	A game of revolution and city takeover, for many players	4	8	1 per player	2	Board, 3d6	Unknown
Vankor Wars	A game of revolution and city takeover	2	4	1 per player	3 - 5	3d6, Custom board	Unknown
Viribus Unitis	Control key regions of a language map of Austria-Hungary, as in U.S. President	3	6	1 per player	3	Modified map and cards	Complete
Walk Like an Egyptian	Walk like an Egyptian by racing back and forth across a chessboard with checkers-like movement.	2	4	1 per player	1	Chessboard	Complete
Ways of the Towering Tribesmen	Two barbaric tribes at war		2 or 4	1 per player	5	Volcano board	Unknown
What Blind Ninjas?	A game of moving silently and striking carefully	2	4	1 per player	5	4x8 grid per player (half a chess board)	Complete
Wormholes	A mind-warping space battle for 2 or more players.	2	10	1 per player	1	One Martian Coaster per player; one six-sided die	Unknown
WreckTangle	A chess-like multiplayer game using a Treehouse die.	2	4	1 per player	2	Chessboard, one coin, Treehouse die	Complete
Zamboni Wars	What could possibly be cooler than driving a Zamboni? How about armor plating your Zamboni and arming it with a giant, frickin' laser!	2	4	1 per player	1	Martian Coasters, 1 six-sided die	Complete
Zarcana	territorial control on a board of Tarot cards, with CCG-like card effects	2	4	1 per player	5	deck of Tarot cards or playing cards	Complete
Zark City	A 3HOUSE reduction of Zarcana, using playing cards	2	5	1 per player	3	Playing cards, Zark City deck	Complete
Zark City (Polish)	Gra strategiczna, gracze zajmują terytorium zbudowane z kart.	2	5	1 na gracza	3	talia 52 kart do gry	Complete
Zoink!	A game of chance by stealing and regaining pieces.	2	6	1 per player	5	six-sided die, Zoink! playing cards	Initial design
Zombie Coasters	Stop the Zombie plague before it gets out of hand!	1	3	1 per player + 1	5	Treehouse die, Martian coasters, 15 markers	Playtesting