Showing posts with label Looney Pyramids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Looney Pyramids. Show all posts
Monday, March 30, 2026

So, you want to play Sprawlopolis with pyramids

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  Zoning Out is a Looney Pyramid adaptation of Sprawlopolis. That’s the elevator pitch and also pretty much everything you need to know if y...
Monday, February 23, 2026

Egyptian Solitaire and other pyramid thoughts

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  The first activity I used the Pyramid Arcade for was playing Egyptian Solitaire. Honestly, I thought it would be Treehouse since I have a ...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

Looney Labs included the kitchen sink in Pyramid Arcade

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  I recently made what I feel is one of my most indulgent game purchases in years, Looney Labs Pyramid Arcade. I had been interested in it e...
Friday, June 7, 2024

So what is a foundation deck?

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  Button Shy’s June Kickstarter is Mysticana: A Foundation Deck. I haven’t finished making a copy of the demo version but I did want to get ...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

My inner game snob can’t beat Treehouse

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One game, or really a game system, that was never in danger of being purged from my collection is IceHouse/Treehouse/Looney Pyramids. Yes, b...
Thursday, May 4, 2017

Okay, you can play with Daddy's Looney Pyramids

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Our son has often wanted to play with Daddy's games, even though it makes Daddy turn pale and shake. At first, I just let him play with ...
Friday, January 27, 2017

Of Ricocheting Robots and Pyramids

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OK, since I have been thinking about real-time, turnless games, let us look at Ricochet Robots, which I feel pretty safe saying is one of t...
Thursday, December 22, 2016

Looney Labs sent one heck of a holiday gift this year

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I've been on Looney Labs Holiday Gift list since...2005. Wow. And, up until this point, my favorite holiday gift from Looney Labs ha...
Friday, May 6, 2016

Pyramid Arcade funded with flying colors

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It isn't a surprise that the Arcade Pyramid got funded, seeing as how it matched its funding goal on day one. Additional stretch goals, ...
Monday, May 2, 2016

Zendo is the best pyramid game

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I have played a lot of games over the years with the Looney Pyramids. Hands down, the best game I have played has been Zendo. As far as I am...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Volcano, one of the classics of Looney Pyramids

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If there is a game that truly embraces the unique nature of the Looney Pyramids, it is Volcano. There are a lot of abstract strategy gam...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Treehouse was the killer ap for Loony Pyramids

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When discussing the Looney Pyramids, it's impossible to not touch on Treehouse because it was an important change in the way that the sy...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Pikemen: a traditional game done in pyramids

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Since I've already written about Martian Chess, I feel like I should also talk about Pikemen, the Looney Pyramid game that most closely ...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

A knife fight in a phone booth that keeps shrinking

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I really like Branches and Twigs and Thorns more than I should. It's one of the slightly obscure Looney Pyramid games. By slightly obs...
Monday, April 11, 2016

Martian Chess showed me the secret of the pyramids

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Martian Chess was the first game that really got me into the Looney Pyramid system. At the time, a lot of my experience with Looney Labs...

Pyramid Arcade is on Kickstarter

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Looney Labs has just started a Kickstarter project called Pyramid Arcade, which is the largest tool kit they've offered for their Looney...