Kickstarter Unboxing #119 – Nomids & Martian Chess

The Pyramid Quartet campaign on Kickstarter was a set of 4 portable and delightful abstract games that use Looney Pyramids. Here we take a look at two of them, which Matt backed last year.

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Board game · 2020

Nomids

Nomids is a fast, introductory Looney Pyramid game. A Nomids set contains one trio (a small, a medium, and a large pyramid) of ten different colors and a custom lightning die. To play, each player takes a trio made up of three different colors, with any remaining pyramids forming the bank. In turn, players roll the lightning die,...

6.2Community rating

1.0/5Complexity

2-10Players

10 minPlay time

6+Ages

#19820BGG rank

Designers

Andrew Looney

Artists

Andrew Looney, Eileen Tjan

Publishers

Looney Labs

Abstract StrategyDiceDice RollingSet Collection

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Board game · 1995

Martian Chess

Martian Chess is a 2-4 player game that uses Icehouse pieces, requiring one stash per player, and a chessboard. It was one of the games included in Icehouse: The Martian Chess Set and Pyramid Arcade. Much like its namesake, Martian Chess is a game of capturing pieces. Like Chess, Martian Chess is turn based, and played on a...

6.5Community rating

2.4/5Complexity

2-4Players

20 minPlay time

8+Ages

#7171BGG rank

Designers

Andrew Looney

Artists

Andrew Looney, Eileen Tjan

Publishers

Looney Labs

Abstract StrategyGrid Movement

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