Treehouse
a basic ICEHOUSE game for 2-4 players
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Treehouse is the exciting new pyramid game designed by Andrew Looney, the creator of the card game Fluxx.

For 2-4 players, each game lasts only 5-10 minutes - but you'll want to rack them up again and again each time someone wins.

Each player rolls the custom die to determine if they will TIP, SWAP, DIG, AIM, or HOP their Tree of three pyramids while they try to make them match the configuration of the shared goal called The House. Roll a WILD and you can change your own Tree or The House! (Here are the rules to the game.)

Look for a copy in Your Local Game Store - or - Buy Online

Information for Retailers - please sell Treehouse!

Available in two color combos - Rainbow (red, green, yellow, blue, black) & Xeno (purple, orange, clear, cyan, white) - $12

But what is ICEHOUSE?

Icehouse is a game system. Think of a deck of regular playing cards with which you can play many games (Poker, Go Fish, Hearts, Spades, etc.) Likewise, Icehouse pyramids can be used to play 100's of different games.

If you have never played a pyramid game before, start with Treehouse. This is the perfect game to introduce new players to the pyramids, and it is now the basic unit in which the Icehouse pyramids are sold. There are 10 colors available, 5 in each of the two spectra of Treehouse sets.

About monochrome stashes...
Treehouse is Expandable!
With one Treehouse set you can play Treehouse, plus any of the other single stash games that have been invented for the pyramids. Including: Rotationary, IceSickle, and Tic Tac Doh!
Next, add a copy of Martian Coasters...

This new pyramid game comes with a set of four 4" beverage coasters. Martian Coasters is not a stand alone game. In order to play you also need one Treehouse set, the custom die that comes with the Treehouse set, and a standard six sided die. It's a zany little race across an ever-shifting grid of colorful squares! Martian Coasters is an easy, fast, fun game for all ages, and when you aren't playing you can use the gameboards as a place to put your drink! [Buy Online]


Add two more Treehouse sets...

With three Treehouse sets and the little rule booklet called 3HOUSE, you have the rules and enough pyramids to play 3 of the best Icehouse classics: Black Ice, Martian Chess, and Binary Homeworlds. [Buy Online]

Black Ice is an easy two-player game of secret-code matching, where the players are computer hackers trying to break into a secure system by being the first to display the correct color code hidden under the opaque pyramids in the center. Martian Chess is a game where color does not matter, and as soon as you use one of your pieces to capture an opponents piece, that same piece is no longer yours to control. Binary Homewolds is an epic space battle with pyramids - an awesome strategy game for serious gamers. [Buy Treehouse Online]
Add yet two more Treehouse sets...

With five Treehouse sets (of a single color spectrum) you have enough pyramids to play just about every Icehouse game there is. [Buy Online]

The twelve games featured in the book Playing with Pyramids include: Icetowers, Volcano(*), Zendo, Thin Ice, Martian Chess, Martian Backgammon, Gnostica, RAMbots, Pikemen, Zagami, Homeworlds, and the original Icehouse game. But there are hundreds of other games that have been invented by pyramid fans... look for them on the (S)L.I.C.K. and the fan run Icehouse Wiki.

This represents Big Changes!

The Icehouse Game System underwent BIG changes in early 2006
Read the details in our weekly webzine: Redesigning Icehouse - A tree grows in Vegas

We have a new tri-fold brochure to help explain/promote the new way the pyramids are sold:

- click on either image to view a larger low-rez version
- download these higher-rez pdf files (inside/outside) and print them out yourself

Thanks for helping us get the word out about the changes to the Icehouse Game System!

Other Icehouse Accessories you can purchase:

Treehouse Dice - This is the custom die that comes in the new Treehouse game sets - the black die comes in the Rainbow set, the white die comes in the Xeno set. Each die has six sides, each with one of these actions: TIP, SWAP, HOP, DIG, AIM, and WILD. (Got too many dice? Rabbits can trade them in for Rabbit Points!)
3HOUSE - 3HOUSE is a little 28 page glossy booklet - with rules for 3 games you can play with the pyramids in 3 Treehouse sets. Includes rules to Martian Chess, Black Ice, and Binary Homeworlds. Priced at only $3 this publications functions as a cheap little glossy catalog presenting the Icehouse Game System.
Playing with Pyramids - This indispensable 128 page book contains complete rules and strategy advice for a dozen of the best games you can play with the pyramids you get in 5 Treehouse sets. The games include: Icetowers, Thin Ice, Zendo, Martian Backgammon, Volcano, Martian Chess, RAMbots, Pikemen, Zagami, Icehouse, Homeworlds, and Gnostica.
The Empty City - A 152 page paperback novel, containing the fictional origins of the Icehouse game system. Enter a secret city where dreams blur with reality, eccentric characters populate the diners and donut shops, and instead of chess, everyone plays an exotic game with pyramids.
Volcano Caps - Volcano, one of the most popular games for the pyramids, requires 15 each of 5 colors of pyramids (i.e. 5 Treehouse sets) PLUS 5 small "cap" pieces. A special 11th color of pyramids have been made especially for use as Volcano Caps - you get 5 pyramids of just the smallest size - in a new color: opaque gray.
Deluxe Volcano Boards - These are hand made laser cut boards - formed from a black laser-cut grid affixed to a white base. Stunningly beautiful. Available as a 5x5 regular Volcano board, or a 6x6 MegaVolcano (*MEGA*Volcano!!!) board. (Your local game store can special order this for you, ask them to ask us!)
Zendo Cards - Zendo, the Mensa award winning pyramid game of inductive logic, can be played with 5 Treehouse sets and 60 small stones. These 16 cards provide an initial set of Masters rules for students to unravel. (Zendo rules are in PWP and free online.)
Here we have gathered all of the products which are primarily accessories rather than standalone games. Expansion packs, rule books, promo cards, boxes, boards, and other fun stuff from Looney Labs.
Crystal Caste Cut Stone Pyramids - Beautiful gemstone Icehouse pyramids are available from Crystal Caste. Read our webzine about these amazing pyramids - they stack and nest just like the plastic pyramids!

Other links to things relating to these wonderful little pyramids...

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