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* June: Tucker Taylor wins the XIX International Icehouse Tournament, held at Origins. Kat Dutton wins the Cooler Than Ice award.
* July: [[Ambush]], by Jason Spears, wins the [[Icehouse Game Design Competition]], Summer 2008.
* November: A free copy of board and rules for [[World War 5]] is mailed to all on the Looney Labs mailing list as their [[Holiday Gift]] for 2008.
* December: [[Pink Treehouse]] arrives on store shelves. Containing the eponymous 12th color of pyramids, proceeds from this special [[Treehouse]] package go towards fighting breast cancer.
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* [[Apophis]] wins the Spring 2009 IDGC.
* June: Jacob Davenport wins tthe XX International Icehouse Tournament. To date, he is the only person to win five IITs, and has been the IIT champion more often than any other human being. Timothy Eller wins the Cooler Than Ice award.
* [[Nothing Beats a Large]] debuts as the annual Looney Labs
===2010===
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** [[Quicksand]] wins the "Best of 2009" award.
** Ryan McGuire wins the XXI IIT, and the Cooler Than Ice award.
* [[Pharaoh]] debuts as the annual Looney Labs
===2011===
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* Looney Labs discontinues its official presence at Origins. This ends the Big Experiments. 2012 was the first year since 1997 without an IIT.
* [[Treehouse]] (second edition) is published, which includes the rules and cloth board for [[Pharaoh]].
* [[Pink Hijinks]] is published, and the rules are distributed online as the Looney Labs
* [[Pyramid Primer]] is published.
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* August: Looney Labs successfully crowdfunds [[Pyramid Arcade]], a set of 90 pyramids in 10 colors. "Kickstarter Green" becomes the 13th pyramid color and the 4th opaque pyramid color. The chessboard bandana is reprinted as a stretch goal.
* November: [[Pyramid Arcade]] hits the shelves of brick-and-mortar stores.
* December: [[Sandships]] is published as the Looney Labs
===2017===
* December: [[Zendo]] gets a new boxed release.
* [[Lava Flows]] is published as the Looney Labs
===2018===
* December: [[IceToids]] is published as the Looney Labs
===2019===
* December: [[The Closest Ghost]] is published as the Looney Labs
===2020===
* Looney Labs releases the [[Pyramid Quartet]], four standalone small-box releases of specific pyramid games: [[Homeworlds]], [[Martian Chess]], **IceDuo** (a combination of [[IceDice]] and [[Twin Win]]), and the previously unpublished [[Nomids]]. **Martian Chess** is released with two new colors, silver for Kickstarter backers and opaque red for retail.
* Due to rising production costs, [[Pyramid Arcade]] temporarily goes out of print.
* December: [[Bowler Rink]] is published as the Looney Labs
===2024===
* Looney Labs releases [[Jinxx]] a new small-box format pyramid game. It reintroduces grey pyramids
==A History of IcehouseGames.org==
===2005===
* [[MiSuBa|Mike Sugarbaker]] founds the
===2007===
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