Browse games/Five players

There are 126 games playable with five people.

Name	Description	Min Players	Max Players	Number of colors	Trios per color	Other Equipment	Game Mechanics	Status
3stica	What if Gnostica and Risk had a baby?	2	5	1 per player	3	turn marker, Tarot deck, FATE dice	Modular board, Card game, FATE dice	Playtesting
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	Modular board, Card game	Complete
Alchemy ICE	Noughts and crosses with randomized "symbols" of five different types.	2	6	5	5	Chessboard, Opaque bag	Stacking, Capture, Tile placement	Complete
Alheimur	An Icehouse space exploration game that uses an Aquarius deck.	2	8	1 per player	5	Aquarius deck, 3d6	Unknown	Playtesting
Amoeba	A science themed game with an ever-increasing board size.	2	6	1 per player	5	16 Poker Chips per player	Placement	Complete
Aquarius Rising	Connect your elements to the higher planes	2	5	4	5	Aquarius Deck	Placement, Hidden goals	Complete
Ascendancy	A turn-based game of tower building.	2	5	1 per player	5	2 dice, flat surface	Unknown	Playtesting
Ballistic Wars	A pure strategy game of knocking down enemy walls	3	6	4	5	toothpick	Unknown	Playtesting
Bottoms Up	A stacking game with color powers for 4 to 6 players	4	6	6	5	Opaque bag	Unknown	Playtesting
Builders of R'lyeh	Constructing the drowned city of Cthulhu	1	5	1 per player + 1	5	Dice, cards of various shapes	Stacking, Dexterity	Complete
Chain Reaction	Fire 'particles' at 'atoms' and direct the chain reaction to let you capture pieces	2	6	6	5	Volcano board	Stacking, Placement	Playtesting
Chaos	Collect all 10 colors	2	5	10	5	D10s	Unknown	Playtesting
Civil-ice-ation		3	6	7	5	pawns, tokens, Chessboard, Playing cards, Opaque bag	Unknown	Complete
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	Hidden Information, Deduction	Playtesting
Color Wheel	Try to connect all same colored pyramids before time runs out!	1	5	10	3	Wheel board	Cooperative, Puzzle	Complete
Coup	Take over a small country	3	5	1	5	2 decks of cards, jokers, tokens	Unknown	Initial design
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	Dokładanie piramidek, Gra zręcznościowa	Complete
CrackeD Ice	Don't tip the ice floe!	3	5	1 per player	5	an old CD; one extra large pyramid	Dexterity, Balance	Complete
Crossroads	A game of placing pyramids and tracing paths	3	5	5	1	Paper, colored markers or crayons, string	Placement, Path Tracing	Nearly Complete
Crystal Caverns	RPG played on a playing card dungeon map	1	5	5	5	Treehouse Dice, Counters	Board	Unknown
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	Stacking, Placement	Complete
Crystal Habit	A game of mineralogy. Create crystal composites of different sizes and composition.	2	5	1 per player	3 to 5		Stacking	Initial design
Crystal Traders	Trade crystals with people from other worlds	3	6	4	5	timer	Unknown	Playtesting
The Crystal in my Pocket	A collaborative fiction game	3	8	4	5		Unknown	Initial design
Dash	Be the first to finish.	2	5	5	1	Custom board, Custom cards	Unknown	Initial design
Dectana	Territory game like Zarcana/Gnostica, but using the Decktet	2	5	1 per player	3	Two Decktets	Territory Control, Hand Management	Complete
Dog Eat Dog	An abstract game of strategy and luck for 2 or more players	2	8	4	5	six-sided dice	Unknown	Unknown
Droom	An open, explorative game creation ruleset.	3	N	4	5	Tokens	Unknown	Unknown
E, the Game of Martian Chinese Checkers		2	6	1 per player	5	hex board	Unknown	Complete
Efni	Use pyramids to win Fluxx goals	2	6	1 per player	5	Fluxx deck	Set collection, Hidden information	Complete
The Fast and Ferocious; or, Black Ice	A racing game with multiple tracks and self-placed obstacles.	2	6	5	1	Three six-sided die, a 'Yes/No' chip, the board, obstacle, pointing finger, and Black Ice pieces.	Race	Initial design
Fleet	A space fleet game	2	5	5	1 - 2	A few coins	Unknown	Playtesting
Geodeto	Planet Earth is full of beautiful and interesting places.	2	6	6	1	Pyramideto cards	Unknown	Complete
Geomancy	The Game of Casting and Recasting	2	6	1 per player	5	Chessboard	Throwing	Unknown
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	Modular board, Card game	Complete
GravityPlane	A 2-8 player variant on Martian Coasters	2	8	1 per player	1	Two Martian Coaster Sets	Unknown	Playtesting
Homeworlds	A strategy game of starships, transformation, and negotiation	2	6	4	5	Homeworld markers (optional) and good/evil markers (optional)	Unknown	Complete
Homeworlds (German)	Ein Strategiespiel um epische Weltraumschlachten	2	6	5	4	Spielkarten (für Original Homeworlds)	Unknown	Complete
Houses of Thoth	Erecting Pyramids on Tarot cards, and vice versa	2	5	5	5	Tarot deck	Accumulation, Construction	Playtesting
How Pretty Is That?	Players take turns making trees and placing them on a mega-volcano board	1	99	6+	5	Mega-Volcano board	Unknown	Unknown
Ice Market	A real-time trading game	3	6	4	5	poker deck, pen, paper, timer	Unknown	Complete
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	Placement, Pyramid draw	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	Unknown	Complete
Ice Points	An entirely luck driven card battle over a bank of pyramid points.	5	8	1 per player	5	Playing cards	Unknown	Initial design
Ice Row	A programmed action game of raising your color to the top of the final stack on a shrinking board.	3	5	6	5	Ruler, Tokens, Start player marker, Player screens	Stacking, Programming	Complete
Ice Stackers	A dexterous stacking race game.	2	6	5	1 per player	A single coin	Unknown	Complete
Ice Storm		3	5	1 per player	5	chessboard, optional scoring board	Unknown	Complete
Ice Tiddly Winks	A quick dexterity game with simultaneous play	1	6	1 per player	5	Good size playing surface	Dexterity	Complete
IceTowers	Control the most valuable towers	2	6	1 per player	5		Stacking pyramids, Turnless	Complete
IceTraders	Starships battle for Good and Evil	2	6	4	5	pen and paper	Board game	Unknown
Icebomb Arena		4	5	4	5	Chessboard	Unknown	Initial design
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	Real time, Freeform board	Complete
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	Unknown	Complete
Jewellers	Our jewelry has always been taken care of by masters from Florence, Italy, the famous Piccolo-Espresso family.	2	8	5 or 6	1	poker cards	Unknown	Complete
Kickback	"Players are construction companies, each working on a block of four new skyscrapers. The first to finish 3 buildings wins!"	3	5	5	1 per player minus 1	Aquarius or Seven Dragons deck, Poker chips or Monopoly money, turn token	Unknown	Complete
Kumbha	Aquarius for IceHouse	2	5	5	3	Envelope, some Paper, Opaque bag	Unknown	Playtesting
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)	Dexterity	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	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	Stacking, Dynamic board	Complete
MadRobots	A rough initial design	2	8	5	3	chessboard, timer, player screen	Programmable Movement	Initial Design
Mandala	A deceptively simple game of set collection	2	5	5	5	unique token per player	Set collection, Perfect information	Complete
Martian 12s	The Martian version of Blackjack, played in casinos all over Mars!	2	5	5	2	Opaque bag	Press your luck, Gambling	Complete
Martian Bowling	A dexterity game with random setup	2	6	4	5		Dexterity, Random Setup	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	Stacking, Dynamic board	Complete
Martian Coasters (Polish)	Gra rozgrywająca się na podkładkach Martian Coasters	2	6	1 na gracza	1	podkładki Martian Coasters	Podkładki, Rzuty kością	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	Resource management, Dice rolling	Initial design
Martian Poker	Icehouse Additions to an Earthling Standard	2	6	1 per person	5	Playing Cards	Unknown	Playtesting
Martian Quilting	Assembling pyramidal pieces	2	6	1 per player	5	4x4 board, "needle" token	Unknown	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	Unknown	Complete
Martian Risk	Martian armies invade Earth	3	6	1 per player	5	any large map, 25 tokens, D4s	Unknown	Complete
Nimitz	A multiplayer combinatorial game with a very loose association to the game Nim.	2	6	5	1	1 Martian Coaster or 1 Volcano Board	Stacking, Placement	Initial design
Nothing Beats a Large	A simple and quick single Treehouse set game with goals	2	5	5	1	Twin Win deck	Hidden goals, Rock-Paper-Scissors	Complete
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.	Pyramid sliding, Tile collecting	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	Unknown
Pass The Pyramids	A "Dicehouse" game for 3 to 5 players.	3	5	1 per player	1	18 to 30 tokens	Equipment/Dice	Complete
Penguin Marathon	An epic race on the slippery Martian slopes	2	5	1 per player	1	Martian Coasters	Unknown	Playtesting
Plutonian Poker	Poker (sort-of) but with more stacking and pyramids. Played with 2 or more people.	2	6	5	1 per player + 1		Stacking	Complete
Powerhouse	Collect exactly five pyramids in one size but five different colors.	2	5	5	3	Drawstring bag, Any three dice	Semi-random draw	Complete
Precary-Ice	A dexterity game like Jenga	2	5	4	5	D6	Dexterity	Complete
PyLiPo		3	5	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	Unknown
Pyramid Punch	A quick game of pyramid combat.	2	5	1 per player	1	Six-sided dice, gaming stones, modular 2x2 tiles	Unknown	Unknown
Quintazone	An Icehouse/Aquarius hybrid	2	5	1 per player	2 - 5	Aquarius deck	Placement, Tile-laying	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	Race, Capture	Complete
Rat Patrol	A precursor to the game Turtler	2	6	5	1	80 specialized cards, chessboard, D8	Unknown	Initial design
Ricochet Pyramids	Simultaneous real-time searching for the shortest solution to move a robot to a goal.	2	8	3	5	Chessboard, Timer	Movement, Puzzle	Complete
Robot Battle Arena	Robot battles. In an arena. OF DEATH.	2	5	5	1	Two Six-sided dice	Stacking, Direct conflict	Complete
Scrambled Volcano	variation of Volcano published by Looney Labs	2	5	5	5	Volcano caps, Volcano board, Opaque bag	Unknown	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	Unknown	Initial design
Skurðir	An Icehouse Transportation Game	2	5	5	3	None	Unknown	Complete
Sky Rise	A game of hidden agendas and tower construction	2	5	5 or 6	3	A deck of playing cards, Twin Win cards, Turn token, Paper and pencil	Hidden goals, Tower building, Shared pieces	Complete
Snowball Fight!	A war game where you try to capture all the pieces.	2	8	5	3		Placement, Capture	Initial design
Spectra	A game of color theory	2	6	8	5	Opaque bag	Unknown	Unknown
Spellcycles	Cast complex spells on other players and gain prestige.	2	5	6	5	index cards, pencils, six-sided die, counters, chess pieces or checkers, Chessboard, Playing cards	Unknown	Complete
Sprawl	Competitive city building	3	8	1 per player	5	Chessboard	Building, Attacking	Complete
Stack Control	Capture and eliminate enemy pyramids so that you control the most stacks.	2	5	5	5	Chessboard	Unknown	Complete
Stack Control (Polish)	Gra strategiczna, gracze budują wieże z unikalnych elementów.	2	5	5	5	szachownica	Eliminacja elementów przeciwnika, Przemieszczanie stosów	Complete
Supercalifragilisticano	Square Volcano beyond "Mega"	1	5	10	5	Volcano caps, 7x7 board (optional)	Eruption	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	Unknown	Playtesting
TMAG: The Martian Assassination Game	Be the first victim to reach all of the bases	3	9	1 per player	4	piecepack	Unknown	Unknown
Take It Or Leave It	A "Press Your Luck" style Treehouse game	2	6	5	1	Opaque bag, Dealer chip, Pencil and paper	Press your luck, Drawing from a bag	Unknown
The Unnamed Archaeologist	A game of digging up bones	2	5	6	5	Opaque cloth bag, Color die, Pyramid die	Unknown	Complete
Ticket to Mars	Mashup of Icehouse with Ticket to Ride	2	5	9	5	The game Ticket to Ride (or Ticket to Ride: Europe)	Hand management, Connections, Contracts, Network building	Initial design
Topple	Be the last with pieces still standing	3	5	5	2	1 six-sided die	Elimination	Initial design
Torpedo	An Icehouse-style real-time space battle game.	2	5	1 per player	5	A straightedge (preferably a laser pointer)	Piece Placement	Complete
Torpedo (French)	Chaque pièce est un navire. Ceux-ci sont tous placés sur l’aire de jeu en précipitation. Les petits navires lancent alors des torpilles, puis les moyens, et enfin les grands. Le joueur auquel il reste le plus d’encoches À ses navires À la fin de la partie est le vainqueur.	2	5	1 par joueur	5	Une règle (ou mieux, un pointeur laser)	Placement de pièces (French), Placement de pièces	Complete
Tour de Pyramide	a bicycle race simulation set in the French mountains	1	6	5 to 10	1 to 5	tokens, Playing cards	Unknown	Complete
Treehouse Snakes and Ladders	Snakes & Ladders with pyramids, real decisions, and lots of player interaction.	2	5	5	1	A Snakes & Ladders game board; two dice, d6 or d8	Stacking, Roll and move	Playtesting
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	Unknown	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	Unknown	Initial design
Turning Points	Pyramids spin like interconnected gears as each new piece is added	1	6	4	1		Reactions	Complete
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	Placement, Territorial control	Complete
Undercut	In Undercut, players try to bid low to get pieces with the lowest value.	3	5	5	5	1 marker per player, 1 or 3 bags to draw pieces from, pen and paper	Unknown	Complete
Unocitta	A Zark City variant using a deck of Uno™ cards	2	5	5	3	Uno deck	Unknown	Complete
Vankor Gang Wars	A game of revolution and city takeover, for many players	4	8	1 per player	2	Board, 3d6	Destruction	Unknown
Venusian Bowling	Roll a D20 at pyramids to knock them down	2	6	1	5	D20, Mousepad	Unknown	Complete
Verticality	Build the tallest tower!	1	5	10	3	Pyramid die, Zark City deck	Dexterity, Tower building	Complete
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	Placement, Territorial control	Complete
Virus Fight	A game of combat between two ever changing computer programs	2	5	5	1 per player	5x5 or 6x6 Board, optional play-aids and hollow pawns/volcano caps/TH set of different type (as long as all the others are equal).	Unknown	Complete
Virus Fight (Spanish)	Un juego de combate entre virus informáticos	2	5	5	1 por jugador	Tablero de 5x5 o 6x6. Ficheros de ayuda opcionales y peones huecos/pirámides pequeñas de otros colores no usados/Volcano Caps.	Unknown	Complete
Yshuis	An abstract strategy game for two or more players (inspired by the game Y.)	2	6	5	1	1 "Official" Y board.	Placement, Movement	Initial design
Zark City	A 3HOUSE reduction of Zarcana, using playing cards	2	5	1 per player	3	Playing cards, Zark City deck	Modular board, Hand & stash management	Complete
Zark City (Polish)	Gra strategiczna, gracze zajmują terytorium zbudowane z kart.	2	5	1 na gracza	3	talia 52 kart do gry	Dokładanie piramidek, Tworzenie planszy	Complete
Zendo	Players achieve satori when they discover the secret rule that explains which koans have the elusive Buddha-nature	3	7	4	5	marking stones (~20 in each of 3 colors)	Unknown	Complete
Ziggurat Demolition Throwdown	A game of angry magic for pyramids and the Decktet	2	5	5	1 per color per player	Decktet	Turn-based, Hand-management	Complete
Zoink!	A game of chance by stealing and regaining pieces.	2	6	1 per player	5	six-sided die, Zoink! playing cards	Strategic collection	Initial design
Zoning Out	Solo game of urban zoning under constraints	1	99	5	3	Opaque bag	Unknown	Complete