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===1992===
* Icehouse [https://web.archive.org/web/20061109020233/http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse email list established]
* March: Hypothermia #5 is published.
* Wooden pieces (aka: [[Xyloid pieces]]) are made available.
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* April: [[User:Aaron|Aaron Dalton]] launches Super Duper Games, which eventually hosts [[:Category:Games on SDG|online versions]] of several Icehouse games.
* April 25: IcehouseGames.org established.
* June: Mailing list migrated [https://web.archive.org/web/20061109020329/http://lists.looneylabs.com/pipermail/icehouse/ 2005-6 archive]
* June 6: [[Torpedo]] wins the 4th IGDC.
* [[Jacob Davenport]] wins the 16th International Icehouse Tournament. Davenport becomes the first person to win the IIT four times. Jesse Welton wins the Cooler Than Ice award.
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===2007===
* Andy Looney develops [[Black Ice]] for inclusion in the [[3HOUSE Book]], replacing a spot reserved for simplified [[IceTowers]].
* July 28: [http://www.oldergames.knurdz.com/ Oldergames.com] publishes [[Icebreaker|Icebreaker II]], the unfinished sequel to the original pyramid smashing video game. It was first new release for the obsolete 3DO console in over a decade.
* [[Treehouse]] wins the Origins Award for Best Board Game of 2006.
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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.
===2013===
: ''See also: [[New in
===2016===
* 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
* Looney Labs releases the [[Pyramid Quartet]], four standalone small-box releases of specific pyramid games: [[Product/Homeworlds| Homeworlds]], [[Product/Martian Chess| Martian Chess]], [[Product/Ice Duo| Ice Duo]] (a combination of [[IceDice]] and [[Twin Win]]), and the previously unpublished [[Product/Nomids| Nomids]]. [[Product/Martian Chess| Martian Chess]] is released with two new colors, silver for Kickstarter backers and opaque red for retail.
* Due to rising production costs, [[Product/Pyramid Arcade| Pyramid Arcade]] temporarily goes out of print.
* December: [[Bowler Rink]] is published as the Looney Labs [[Holiday Gift]] for 2020
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* Looney Labs releases [[Jinxx]] a new small-box format pyramid game. It reintroduces grey pyramids
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*[https://www.looneylabs.com/our-history Looney Labs history page]
*[http://archive.looneylabs.com/mailing-lists/icehouse/date_index.html email list archive from 2005-2012]
*[http://archive.looneylabs.com/ning-fan-club/ Ning forums 2010-17] (includes a Pyramid forum (but some others have some pyramidial posts)
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