[Icehouse] Game recommendations

[Dale Sheldon]

On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, miyu wrote:

> I'm doing a project in my class sometime next week where a few groups of 
> kids will be given the rules to an Icehouse game they have never played 
> before.  They will read the rules, learn the game, and try teaching it 
> to another group of kids.
>
> I am going to need 5-6 games that people would recommend as being decent 
> games to use.  Something fun, 2-4 players, plays in under 40 minutes, 
> and doesn't need any ridiculous extras.  I have standard things, 
> chessboards, marbles, pawns, poker chips, dice etc.
>
> So, hit me with some recommendations. :)

How old are the kids?  Would Homeworlds be beyond them?

Treehouse is an obvious one.  IceTowers, Martian Chess, Cracked Ice, 
Martian Mud Wrestling; all are relatively easy to learn.  Pylon and 
Penguin Soccer (and maybe Zamboni Wars?) from the current IGDC are also 
pretty simple to teach.

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Dale Sheldon
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