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==Overview==
Epicycle is a simple game for two players that requires a single Icehouse stash. The object of the game is to force your opponent to pick up three pyramids of the same size or to deprive your opponent of any legal move.
(Theoretically, more players could join using multiple stashes.)▼
==Setup==
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|style="border: 1px solid black;"|[[Image:Epicycle_Setup.jpg|200px|Initial setup]]
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Pieces are arranged as if to form a pie shape of ten pieces. The tip of each piece
(Once the players are familiar with the basic game, the setup of the board could be randomized, with pieces drawn from a bag or something similar, and placed around nine places in the pie shape.)▼
Each players receives one pyramid of each size.
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==Play==
On your turn, place one pyramid from your inventory into the gap in the center of the table. Then remove one other pyramid from the board.
*It must be a different size than the one you just placed.
*It has to be an exact number of spaces away from the one you just placed.
The number of spaces is determined by the size of the pyramid you have just placed: count the pips on your pyramid and then count that exact number of spaces away from it, either clockwise or counterclockwise. You may take either piece as long as it ''differs in size'' from one you have just placed. So if you just placed a medium piece, you are prohibited from picking up another medium. This keeps players from immediately reversing the last move, and also keeps your inventory in constant flux.
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|[[Image:Epicycle.Example01.jpg|200px|Example Play]]
|Example: Player 1 has placed a 3-pip pyramid in the gap (shown in green). He counts ''exactly'' three to the right or three to the left of the pyramid he has just placed. Three spaces to the right is another large pyramid, which he is not allowed to take because it is the same size as the pyramid he has just placed. Three spaces to the left is a small pyramid. He takes that pyramid, which creates the new gap
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A player cannot pass on a turn if any move is possible. If no move is possible,
▲A player cannot pass on a turn if any move is possible. If no move is possible, they have lost (see below).
==Victory Conditions==
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The strategy in the game comes from forcing your opponent to make certain moves, by limiting the choices available to them.
*Although two move loops are impossible (because you cannot take a piece of the same size you play), larger loops are theoretically possible. If both players agree the game has become stuck in a loop which neither can break out of, then they can quit and start a new game, or go off and play something else, or do whatever they wish.
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[[Category:2-player]]
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