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IceTowers

IceTowers

Looney Labs · 1999
2–510 min10+ yrs1.9/5 complexity6.4 BGG#9.645 BGG464FamilyStrategy
short answer

How do you play IceTowers?

Icetowers is a real-time simultaneous play game for 2-5 players involving stacking smaller pyramids on top of larger ones to control them. With the Icetowers set, you can play nearly any of the Icehouse games.

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IceTowers box art
official art · Looney Labs

Icetowers is a real-time simultaneous play game for 2-5 players involving stacking smaller pyramids on top of larger ones to control them. With the Icetowers set, you can play nearly any of the Icehouse games. (The color scheme of the Icetowers set -- purple, white, clear, and pale blue -- may cause some mild confusion for players reading rules that refer to red, yellow, and green pyramids.)

Icetowers is an actual boxed game using Icehouse Pieces. It was sold for a while by Looney Labs but is currently discontinued.

Rules for IceTowers were included in Icehouse: The Martian Chess Set, in a shared booklet with Ice Traders (a predecessor to Homeworlds).

It is also included in Pyramid Arcade.

It was listed for 3-5 players earlier (e.g. in Playing With Pyramids) but now seems officially for 2-5 (e.g at http://www.looneylabs.com/rules/icetowers )

game anatomy
Complexity1.9 / 5
BGG rating6.4 / 10
Vibe
FamilyStrategy
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
10 min
Players
2–5
Recommended age
10+ yrs
BGG rank
#9.645
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Q1How much does IceTowers cost?
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Q2Where can I buy IceTowers cheapest?
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Q3How do you play IceTowers?
IceTowers is a abstract strategy game, for 2–5 players, taking ~10 minutes, featuring set collection. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about IceTowers — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does IceTowers support?
IceTowers is played by 2–5 players.
Q5How long does a game of IceTowers take?
A game of IceTowers takes about 10 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is IceTowers for?
IceTowers is recommended from age 10.
Q7How complex is IceTowers?
IceTowers has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.9 out of 5.
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