Browse games/Complex complexity

This is a list of games that are either relatively complex to learn or deceptively simple but have a lot of complex interaction.

Name	Description	Min Players	Max Players	Number of colors	Trios per color	Game Mechanics	Status
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)	Modular board, Card game	Complete
Alien City	Icehouse/piecepack hybrid game of city building		2	3 or more	5	Tile laying, Complex scoring, City building	Complete
Barsoomian Jetan	Fantasy chess on Barsoom (Mars)		2	4	4	Chess, Angular movement	Complete
Binary Homeworlds	A 2-player variant of the standard Homeworlds game		2	4	3	Color powers, Resource management	Complete
Chaos Checkers	A twist on checkers where the pieces constantly gain new abilities		2	10	5	Turn-based, Strategic placement	Unknown
Civil-ice-ation		3	6	7	5	Unknown	Complete
CoverFire	A war-game with programmed movement		2	4	1	Unknown	Initial design
Crystal City Catan	Colonial building in the style of The Settlers of Catan card game		2	6	5	Resource Management	Complete
Dectana	Territory game like Zarcana/Gnostica, but using the Decktet	2	5	1 per player	3	Territory Control, Hand Management	Complete
DogFight	A war-game with programmed movement		2	5	1	Unknown	Initial design
Elementalist	Use the elements at your disposal and wage epic war against an opponent!		2	5	3	Direct conflict	Initial design
Freimaurerei	Conduct lodge-based conspiracies during the European Enlightenment		2	10	5	Hidden goals, Resource management	Complete
Gala	A traditional chess-like game from northern Europe a.k.a. Farmer's Chess.	2	4	4	4	Capture	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	Modular board, Card game	Complete
Gorean Kaissa	Fantasy chess on the planet Gor		2	6	5	Chess	Complete
Houses of Thoth	Erecting Pyramids on Tarot cards, and vice versa	2	5	5	5	Accumulation, Construction	Playtesting
Ice Arena	Ice Arena is a tactical arena combat game.	2	4	4	5	Unknown	Initial design
IceDungeons	Quest through the world with your guide, and lots of paper				5	Unknown	Unknown
The IceStar	A geometrical puzzle game.		1	6	1	Unknown	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	Resource management, Dice rolling	Initial design
Martian Gunslinger	An abstract Western theme boardgame with a checkerboard	2	4	5	2	Set collection, Resource management, Direct conflict	Nearly Complete
Martian Mah Jongg	A rummy game in the style of Chinese Mah Jongg	2	4	10	5	Observation, Memory	Complete
Martian Shogi	Chess/shogi variant with pyramids.		2	4	5	Capture, Promotion	Complete
Node Wars	The metagame of playing the three (or four) games of the Node Wars trilogy, simultaneously or in sequence.	2	3 or more	5	1	Programming	Initial design
Nomice	An Icehouse/Nomic hybrid game.	2	10	1+ per player	5	Unknown	Unknown
Peaceful Homeworlds	Peaceful Homeworlds centers on gathering crystals rather than invasion.		2	4	3	Color powers, Resource management	Unknown
Phalanstery	Organize a harmonious group within the utopian phalanx	1	2	10	3	Eruption, Draw	Playtesting
PyLiPo		3	5	3 to 4	2	Movement, Creative Writing	Unknown
Rat Patrol	A precursor to the game Turtler	2	6	5	1	Unknown	Initial design
Ratones Colorados	A game of mice, cats, and traps	3	4	7	5	Area control	Playtesting
Robot House	Robot House is a tactical arena game inspired by Meatbot Massacre.	2	4	4	5	Unknown	Initial design
Rosicrucian Chess	occult chess variant a.k.a. Enochian Chess	2	4	5	4	Divination, Chess	Complete
Share and Share Alike	A game of shifting loyalties		4	4 (any color or colors)	5	Tower-building, Market speculation	Complete
Simple Life or Death		2	10	1 per player	5	Unknown	Unknown
The Sniper	Survive an abduction by outwitting The Sniper		4	5	1	Unknown	Initial design
Solomids	A solo game of stacking, sliding, and swapping		1	5	3	Unknown	Complete
Spy vs Spy	Collect all the pieces of the Thingamajig, avoid the other spy and the police, and get out alive!		2	10	3	Strategic placement	Unknown
Stacktors!	A role-playing game system using pyramids.	2	100	12	10	Tactics, Comparison	Playtesting
Super Death Ray	Use fighter ships, thievery, super death rays, and a clone army to destroy your opponent's inter-planetary empire.	2	3	5	5	Freeform board, Color powers	Playtesting
Triangulation	A war-game with programmed movement	2	4	5	1	Unknown	Initial design
TubeTanks	A war-game with programmed movement		2	4	1	Unknown	Initial design