Icehouse Pieces

Icehouse Pieces

Designers: Andrew Looney, John Cooper
Publisher: Looney Labs
Type: Icehouse
Status: Patented, but free, designer-approved alternatives available (see below)
BGG entry: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/225
Available at: See below

Icehouse pieces are more of a game system than a game, since over a hundred games can be played with Icehouse pieces. Some of the more popular games include Gnostica, Zendo, Volcano, IceTowers, and the original game Icehouse.

Icehouse pieces come in 'stashes' of 15 pieces (5 each of 3 sizes) and are available from Looney Labs in 9 colors. Looney Labs also sells a book on games that can be played with Icehouse pieces.

While Icehouse is a commercial product, Andrew Looney has released the specifications for Icehouse pieces:
http://wunderland.com/icehouse/MakingIcehouse.html
Also, the Looney Labs website links to instructions on making an origami Icehouse set:
http://www.suberic.net/~dmm/games/oihp.html
For games that can be played with Icehouse sets, you can visit the S.L.I.C.K (Sortable List of Icehouse's Cool Kindred):
http://www.icehousegames.com/SLICK.html
You can also visit the IcehouseGames Wiki for info on just about all the games you can play with Icehouse pieces.