October 7th, 2006

* Yet more games! I've added 13 new games to the Canonical List.

Random Game of the Week

[Dice Box] - Object: To place colored dice on a grid in a way that
maximizes your points and minimizes the points that you must concede
to your opponents.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_d.html#Dice%20Box

New Games (as of 10/07/06)

* [Bingo Battle] - A luck-of-the-dice piecepack game friendly and fair
to all ages, regardless of skill. Players take turns rolling dice,
trying to form locked stacks of coins that can later be claimed. Be
cafeul, or someone may steal your locked stacks before you can claim them!
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_b.html#Bingo%20Battle

* [Black Pawn Trucking] - You are the sole proprietor of the Black
Pawn Trucking Company, a small freight operation trying to compete for
goods delivery contracts in a tough economic environment.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_b.html#Black%20Pawn%20Trucking

* [Black Thursday] - You are a New York investor floating an economic
bubble that's about to burst. Suddenly caught in the market panic, you
use shrewd trading (and a bit of luck) to get rid of as much stock as
possible and avoid jumping out any windows.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_b.html#Black%20Thursday

* [Blockade (piecepack)] - Runner -- try to get one of your four pawns
to the end of the board. Blocker -- stop him at all costs.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_b.html#Blockade%20(piecepack)

* [Martian Backgammon] - A variation of backgammon, played with
Icehouse pieces
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_m.html#Martian%20Backgammon

* [Martian Chess] - Martian Chess is a chess-like strategy game in
which location, rather than piece color, determines which pieces you
may move.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_m.html#Martian%20Chess

* [Martian Mud Wrestling] - A 2-player Icehouse Game with 3 rules. Not
a lot like mud wrestling, but what can you expect from martians?
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_m.html#Martian%20Mud%20Wrestling

* [Pikemen] - Will your pikemen attack or defend? It's up to you in
this game played with Icehouse pieces.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_p.html#Pikemen

* [RAMbots] - Similar to RoboRally, each player controls a single
RAMbot, and will lay out strings of instructions which tell the RAMbot
how to move and shoot beams of colored energy. The first player to tag
four goals in a specified order wins the game.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_r.html#RAMbots

* [Rotationary] - A single-player puzzle game. Comparable to the
Rubik's Cube(TM), each move causes a chain reaction. Before making a
move each result must be considered. Unlike the cube, though, there
are no wrong moves; it is possible to solve a puzzle at any state.
Also unlike the Cube, the game is expandable.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_r.html#Rotationary

* [Thin Ice] - Sort of like Jenga, but with Icehouse pieces. This
quick party game pits your balancing skills against that of others,
allowing you to build piles up from three base pieces, but not
allowing any easy stacking.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_t.html#Thin%20Ice

* [Tic Tac Doh!] - A game similar to Tic-Tac-Toe played with Icehouse
pieces. Players attempt to get three same-sized pieces in a row on a
grid that is formed as the game is being played.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_t.html#Tic%20Tac%20Doh

* [Volcano] - A clever, puzzle-style game in which players move 'caps'
around on top of a group of volcanoes, triggering eruptions which
cause colored streams of lava to flow out across the playing field.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_v.html#Volcano

Donald Seagraves
Game-it-Yourself
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/