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{{Infobox_Game|
subject_name=Ice FuIceFu|
designer=Glenn Overby|
image_link=|
description=There can be only one|
playersmax_players=2|
stashes=2|
other_equip=opaque container|
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mechanics=matching|
theme=martial arts|
release_year=20052003|
footnotes =|
* Ice Fu is BGG_Link=[http://boardgamegeek.com/game/33100 listed on BoardGameGeekIceFu].
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'''Ice FuIceFu''' is an interesting 2-player game, inspired by Tai Chi. Players build trigrams using randomly drawn pyramids of only two colors. For each trigram there is an equal and opposite trigram. In a battle of attrition, trigrams are matched together until one player is out of trigrams.
 
Designed by Glenn Overby, 20052003.
 
==External Links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030204184442/http://home.earthlink.net/~guardcaptain/IceFu.html Original rules]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080704121111/http://icehousegames.com/contest/icedes-5/IceFu/IceFu.pdf OnlineRules from the Fifth Ice Game Design rulesCompetition]
* Ice Fu is [http://boardgamegeek.com/game/33100 listed on BoardGameGeek].
 
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Latest revision as of 22:27, 2 May 2024

IceFu
Glenn Overby
There can be only one
:Players Players: 2
:Time Length: unknown
:Complexity Complexity: Low
Trios per color: 5
Number of colors: 2
Pyramid trios:
Monochr. stashes: 2
Five-color sets:
- - - - - - Other equipment - - - - - -
opaque container
Setup time: 1 minute
Playing time:
Strategy depth: Medium
Random chance: Medium
Game mechanics:
Theme: martial arts
BGG Link: IceFu
Status: Not Specified (v1.0), Year released: 2003


IceFu is an interesting 2-player game, inspired by Tai Chi. Players build trigrams using randomly drawn pyramids of only two colors. For each trigram there is an equal and opposite trigram. In a battle of attrition, trigrams are matched together until one player is out of trigrams.

Designed by Glenn Overby, 2003.

External Links Edit

Entered in the Icehouse Game Design Competition, Autumn 2005
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