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Line 15: random_chance=medium \| theme= \| BGG_Link=[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/419649/lonely-ice Lonely Ice]\| release_year=2000\| game_status=Complete\| footnotes= \|\| }} == Lonely Ice == A solitaire game for Icehouse pieces ~~Designed~~designed by Ross Andrews === ~~What You Need~~Info === ~~Additional equipment: At least 20 playing cards, or playing card shaped things. (Blank Fluxx cards work great. Or business cards)~~ Number of Players: 1 ~~Number of Stashes: 4~~ Playing time: 15-30 minutes. My record time is ten. === Components === *4 stashes of 4 different colors = 60 pyramids (basic game), or 5 stashes of 5 colors = 75 pyramids (advanced game)<br/> {{PL\|::SML\|green\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|green\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|green\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|green\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|green\|5em}} <br>{{PL\|::SML\|orange\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|orange\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|orange\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|orange\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|orange\|5em}} <br>{{PL\|::SML\|blue\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|blue\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|blue\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|blue\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|blue\|5em}} <br>{{PL\|::SML\|red\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|red\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|red\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|red\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|red\|5em}} <br>optional for advanced game: <br> {{PL\|::SML\|black\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|black\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|black\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|black\|5em}} {{PL\|::SML\|black\|5em}} <br>plus:<br> {{PL\|:Index\|black\|3em}} 20 or 25 playing cards (for basic vs. advanced game) === Overview === Line 34 ⟶ 65: Lonely Ice is a game of sorting pieces. It is played on a board formed of playing cards, and uses a few simple rules to dictate which pieces may move where. === Setup: Basic Game === Set up the cards in a 4x5 grid ~~(5x5 if you're using Black Ice as well)~~, so that the cards go horizontal-vertical-horizontal-vertical and so on. Then put all the Icehouse pieces in a bag or box or something, and draw them out one at a time, placing them three to a card. If you get a card that has all three pyramids the same color, drop them back in the bag and draw three more. Stop when you have each card in the grid containing three pyramids of not all the same color (i.e. red-green-yellow is good, and red-red-blue is good, but blue-blue-blue is not). [[Image:Board of Cards qty 20 example setup.svg\|thumb\|none\|751px\|''<big>Example random setup for basic game</big>'']] === Setup: Advanced Game === Set up the cards in a 5x5 grid, so that the cards go horizontal-vertical-horizontal-vertical and so on. Then put all the Icehouse pieces in a bag or box or something, and draw them out one at a time, placing them three to a card. If you get a card that has all three pyramids the same color, drop them back in the bag and draw three more. Stop when you have each card in the grid containing three pyramids of not all the same color (i.e. red-green-yellow is good, and red-red-blue is good, but blue-blue-blue is not). [[Image:Board of Cards qty 25 example setup.svg\|thumb\|none\|751px\|''<big>Example random setup for advanced game</big>'']] === Moving the Pyramids === Line 45 ⟶ 84: === Winning === To win the game, attack pieces in such a way that it ends up where each card contains only one color of piece. For more fun than that (if you've got about 45 minutes to kill) see that each row contains only one color. To make it even more interesting (this will take over an hour, on average) make each card contain one small pyramid, one medium pyramid, and one large pyramid. [[Image:Board_of_Cards_win_condition_Lonely_Ice.svg\|thumb\|none\|751px\|''<big>Example win state, achievable from the Basic Game setup state above.</big>'']] ===Extra Challenges=== For more fun than that (if you've got about 45 minutes to kill) see that each row contains only one color. To make it even more interesting (this will take over an hour, on average) make each card contain one small pyramid, one medium pyramid, and one large pyramid. Sound simple? It isn't.