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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
Iceberg – Ice Fu – Ice Ice Baby – Ice Pirates – Intersect

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-  subject_name=Ice Fu|
+  subject_name=IceFu|
   designer=Glenn Overby|
   image_link=|
   description=There can be only one|
-  players=2|
+  max_players=2|
   stashes=2|
   other_equip=opaque container|
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   mechanics=matching|
   theme=martial arts|
-  release_year=2005|
+  release_year=2003|
-  footnotes =
+  footnotes =|
+  BGG_Link=[http://boardgamegeek.com/game/33100 IceFu]
 }}
-'''Ice Fu''' 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.
+'''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, 2005.
+Designed by Glenn Overby, 2003.
 ==External Links==
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030204184442/http://home.earthlink.net/~guardcaptain/IceFu.html Original rules]
-* [http://icehousegames.com/contest/icedes-5/IceFu/IceFu.pdf Online rules]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080704121111/http://icehousegames.com/contest/icedes-5/IceFu/IceFu.pdf Rules from the Fifth Ice Game Design Competition]
-* Ice Fu is [http://boardgamegeek.com/game/33100 listed on BoardGameGeek].
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