Hello. I'm also sticking to only Icehouse games I've played. Zendo is my favorite icehouse game, by far. Martian Chess is fantastic! I prefer 4 player to 2 player. I've some foam board and printouts of ee0r's Martian Chessboard Sections (http://www.ee0r.com/tri-chess/index.html), but have not yet constructed my half dozen of these to try 3 player. I never got my head around Zarcana or Gnostica, but I love Zark City! I'm one of those who likes to blend luck with strategy: It's much better practice for real life. I like Homeworlds. With other adults I'd much rather play any of the above 3 games, but I'd not turn down a game of Homeworlds. Most of my gaming lately is with toddler to elementary school age players. We have a preschooler and toddler twins, and visits with elementary school aged nieces, friends' kids, etc. With these and Icehouse newbies I like Treehouse, Martian Coasters, Moonshot and Drip (in about that order). Our kids' favorite is Drip, or The Icehouse Null Game (http://icehousegames.com/contest/icedes-1/ting/ting.html) without a TUG :) They're only allowed to play with pyramids under close supervision, so every time is a treat. That's 8 games, but there are 3 types of mathematicians, those who can count and those who can't. I'm also fond of the pyramids for their other uses. I've used them for scoring, and pseudo-scoring counters, (e.g. hit points, fatigue and mana in role-playing games) in other games. They are also visually very appealing link markers for Illuminati New World Order (now sadly out of print). I shall never be drunk enough that spicklehead (http://www.dangermouse.net/games/icehouse/spicklehead.html) will sound like a good idea. Dennis D Duquette ============================================ Theorem: All numbers are equal. Proof: Choose arbitrary a and b, and let t = a + b. (a + b)(a - b) = t(a - b) a^2 - b^2 = ta - tb a^2 - ta = b^2 - tb a^2 - ta + (t^2)/4 = b^2 - tb + (t^2)/4 (a - t/2)^2 = (b - t/2)^2 a - t/2 = b - t/2 a = b