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<small>Recommended materials if you have multiple colors available to you |
<small>Recommended materials if you have multiple colors available to you</small> |
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== Goal == |
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== Rules == |
== Rules == |
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Players take turns placing the Icehouse pieces on the table. Each piece must be placed in an imaginary square next to or on top of a piece already in play. (Diagonally counts as next to.) A piece cannot be played if it would lie outside the imaginary 3x3 grid. |
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'''Note:''' Since you create the grid as you go, you don't know where out of bounds is until you have played a few pieces. For example, the first piece you play can either be the center, corner or edge. Nobody knows until a few more piece have been played. |
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Pieces may be played on top of other pieces, but only when they are within one size of each other. For instance, if a large pyramid were on the table, a medium pyramid could be placed on top of it, but a small pyramid could not. |
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|{{PL|::ML|blue|10em}} |
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Players take turns placing the Icehouse pieces on the table in the |
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following manner: |
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|'''Legal placement''' |
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Each piece must be placed in an imaginary square next to or on top of |
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|'''Illegal placement''' |
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a piece already in play. (Diagonally counts as next to.) A piece |
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cannot be played if it would lie outside the imaginary 3x3 grid. |
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'''Note:''' Since you create the grid as you go, you don't know where out of |
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bounds is until you have played a few pieces. For example, the first |
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piece you play can either be the center, corner or edge. Nobody knows |
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until a few more piece have been played. |
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|{{PL|::MSE|green|10em}} |
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|{{PL|::LSE|green|10em}} |
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|'''Legal placement''' |
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|'''Illegal placement''' |
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You can play a piece on top of another piece in two ways. The first is |
You can play a piece on top of another piece in two ways. The first is |
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playing a smaller piece on top of a piece one size larger, forming a |
playing a smaller piece on top of a piece one size larger, forming a |
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trying to get three in a row. A small piece could then be played on top |
trying to get three in a row. A small piece could then be played on top |
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of the tree, making it count as any of the three types. |
of the tree, making it count as any of the three types. |
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
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|{{PL|::L|red|10em}} |
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|This counts for large |
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|This counts for medium ''and'' large |
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|This counts for all three sizes |
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The second way to play a piece on top of another is to nest them, by placing a larger piece on top of a piece one size smaller. For example, a medium could be played on top of a small one. |
The second way to play a piece on top of another is to nest them, by placing a larger piece on top of a piece one size smaller. For example, a medium could be played on top of a small one. |
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Later on, a large could be played on top of the nest. A nest only counts as the |
Later on, a large could be played on top of the nest. A nest only counts as the |
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outermost (biggest) piece. So a nest with a small and a medium only counts as |
outermost (biggest) piece. So a nest with a small and a medium only counts as |
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a medium piece. |
a medium piece. |
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|{{PL|::S|blue|10em}} |
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|{{PL|::MS|blue|10em}} |
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|This counts for small |
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|This counts for medium ''only'' |
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|This counts for large ''only'' |
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A grid space cannot have both a nest and a tree. This means the following placements (shown expanded for clarity) are forbidden. |
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Players take turns putting a piece on the board until someone gets |
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three pieces of the same size in a row, or until all of the pieces have |
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been placed on the board (a tie). In the event that a person cannot |
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make a legal move on his turn (but there are still pieces left), the other player wins. |
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|Illegal nest-tree combo |
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|Illegal nest-tree combo |
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|Illegal nest-tree combo |
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==Game End== |
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Players take turns putting a piece on the board until someone gets three pieces of the same size in a row, or until all of the pieces have been placed on the board (a tie). In the event that a person cannot make a legal move on his turn (but there are still pieces left), the other player wins. |
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This might work reasonably well as a 3- or 4-person game, but has not |
This might work reasonably well as a 3- or 4-person game, but has not |
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been tried. |
been tried. |
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The game is easier to see (and better-looking), if you use different |
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colors for the different sizes of pieces; for example, red smalls, |
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orange mediums, and yellow larges. |
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== External Links == |
== External Links == |
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* The official rules are available [http://web.archive.org/web/20040603122945/www.mojoyugen.net/TicTacDoh.htm online]. |
* The official rules are available [http://web.archive.org/web/20040603122945/www.mojoyugen.net/TicTacDoh.htm online]. |
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* Tic Tac Doh is listed on [http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/17748 BoardGameGeek]. |
* Tic Tac Doh is listed on [http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/17748 BoardGameGeek]. |