From Looney Pyramid Games Wiki
This is a list of games that are either relatively complex to learn or deceptively simple but have a lot of complex interaction.
Description Players ⠉ Players ⠉ Stashes Sets Other Equipment Game Mechanics Primary Theme Status Agnostica Agnostica, a simplified version of Gnostica, involves capturing territory on an evolving board made up of Zark City cards. 1 per player 3 (5 for the complex game) deck of Zark City cards Color die Modular board Card game Mystical Complete Alien City Icehouse/piecepack hybrid game of city building 3 piecepack set Tile laying Complex scoring City building Complete Barsoomian Jetan Fantasy chess on Barsoom (Mars) 4 4 10x10 grid board Chess Angular movement Mars Complete Binary Homeworlds A 2-player variant of the standard Homeworlds game 3 matching sets None Color powers Resource management Space Complete Chaos Checkers A twist on checkers where the pieces constantly gain new abilities 5 5 3 dice bags 1 set of Volcano Caps Turn-based Strategic placement Strategy Unknown Civil-ice-ation 7 chessboard playing cards pawns tokens opaque bag Unknown Time Travel Complete CoverFire A war-game with programmed movement 6x6 grid Unknown Initial design Dectana Territory game like Zarcana/Gnostica, but using the Decktet 1 per player 3 Two Decktets Territory Control Hand Management Fantasy Complete DogFight A war-game with programmed movement Unknown Initial design Freimaurerei Conduct lodge-based conspiracies during the European Enlightenment 9 10 playing cards opaque bag Pyramid die Treehouse die Hidden goals Resource management Conspiracy Complete Gala A traditional chess-like game from northern Europe a.k.a. Farmer's Chess. 4 4 10 x 10 grid board Capture Complete Gnostica Gnostica, an updated version of Zarcana, involves capturing territory on an evolving board made up of Tarot cards. 1 per player 5 deck of Tarot cards Modular board Card game Mystical Complete Gorean Kaissa Fantasy chess on the planet Gor 6 5 10x10 grid board Chess Chess Complete Houses of Thoth Erecting Pyramids on Tarot cards, and vice versa 5 5 Tarot deck Accumulation Construction Mystical Playtesting IceDungeons Quest through the world with your guide, and lots of paper maps lots of pencil and paper Unknown Role-playing game Unknown The IceStar A geometrical puzzle game. Tape 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 1 per player + 1 Piecepack : 1-3 sets. Some coloured dice see rules. Aquarius . Opaque bag.Unknown Martiany Colonisingy Initial design Martian Gunslinger An abstract Western theme boardgame with a checkerboard 2 Deck of Playing cards Chessboard One Six-sided die (d6) per player plus one extra die and a potato Set collection Resource management Direct conflict Western Nearly Complete Martian Mah Jongg A rummy game in the style of Chinese Mah Jongg 10 One six-sided die (d6) and one eight-sided die (d8). A screen for each player (RAMbot screens work well) Observation Memory Matching and collecting Icehouse pieces Complete Node Wars The metagame of playing the three (or four) games of the Node Wars trilogy, simultaneously or in sequence. 6x6 grid Programming War Initial design Nomice An Icehouse/Nomic hybrid game. 1+ per player As decided per game Unknown Unknown Peaceful Homeworlds Peaceful Homeworlds centers on gathering crystals rather than invasion. 3 matching sets None Color powers Resource management Space Unknown Phalanstery Organize a harmonious group within the utopian phalanx 10 6, i.e. 3 RX Volcano board 5 Volcano caps set of double-six dominoes Eruption Draw Utopian community Playtesting PyLiPo 3 to 4 2 Chessboard several gaming stones or tokens of at least five different colors or styles Scrabble tiles and one six-sided die. Optional: a dictionary a timer and some printed material.Movement Creative Writing Literary Unknown Rat Patrol A precursor to the game Turtler 80 specialized cards chessboard D8 Unknown Initial design Ratones Colorados A game of mice, cats, and traps player screens colored string Area control Animals Playtesting Share and Share Alike A game of shifting loyalties 4 (any color or colors) A poker deck a six-sided die custom board and play tracker sheets pens for each player Tower-building Market speculation Free market Complete Simple Life or Death 1 per player Large grid (>16x16) 1 deck of cards for every 2 players set of polyhedral dice (d4 d6 d8 d10 d12 d20) Unknown Abstract Unknown The Sniper Survive an abduction by outwitting The Sniper 1 Rainbow Stash Six-sided die Playing cards Timer 5 Counters Unknown Survival Initial design Solomids A solo game of stacking, sliding, and swapping Unknown Abstract Complete Spy vs Spy Collect all the pieces of the Thingamajig, avoid the other spy and the police, and get out alive! 10 6 Two six-sided dice Two d8s 2 dice bags 5x5 Volcano board 2 dividers Strategic placement Strategy Unknown Stacktors! A role-playing game system using pyramids. 12 10 battlemat prepared or freeform adventure plans; pen and paper. Tactics Comparison Roleplaying Playtesting Super Death Ray Image coming soon... 5 Turn Token 5 White Volcano Caps (for 3-Player Games) Freeform board Color powers Space Playtesting Triangulation A war-game with programmed movement beads ruler Unknown Politics Initial design TubeTanks A war-game with programmed movement 3x6 grid Unknown War Initial design