Looney-Pyramids on Parker Adey

An Asynchronous Zendo Variant

Wed, 19 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

We’ve been trying to think up a large multi-player game that can be played asynchronously, doesn’t involve lying or back-stabbing, and isn’t going to be wrecked by the players communicating with each other. In fact, it’d be great if the game encouraged players to communicate and work collaboratively. Such a game is still in the works; but, while we were working on it, the following occured to us.

Zendo: The Game of Science

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Zendo is a great game. It’s a really, really, great game. It’s one of those perfect examples of a game mechanism distilled to its finest and packaged into a game that really works. Kory Heath, the game’s designer, really hit on a genius idea. It’s also a very general game. You can play Zendo with Looney Pyramids, designed by Looney Labs, one of my favourite game companies, or almost any other set of things that are plentiful and can be assembled into a large number of configurations. I’ve played Zendo with pictures on a chalkboard, and with words over e-mail. As an illustration I’ve included below a game played with strings of zeros and ones.

Homeworlds (Two Player Version)

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Homeworlds is a game by John Cooper that uses Icehouse Pieces. It involves star systems and star ships and the battles and catastrophes that surround them.