A class or two of Icehouse strategy sounds like a great idea. I haven't played Icehouse yet (Ice Towers either), and I feel a bit of an emotional wall about the learning curve. If it wasn't mentioned at the debriefing, I've wondered if we should award medallions for all the finalists in an event that has few competitors. Fluxx obviously deserves it, given its prelim session every day; but a medallion for 4 out of 5 competitors? That's something worth discussing for next year's Origins. Bryan On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Elliott C. Evans <eeyore@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > S Myers wrote: >> >> I hereby vow to be a contender in next year's IIT. >> I need to attend some sort of boot camp or something. =) > > I actually discussed this possibility with Kristin briefly. > > A few years ago I ran an Icehouse 101 session of basic skills, > and an Icehouse 102 session of strategy. Some years, I have > also run an open play event where people who want to exercise > their Icehouse skills without the pressure of a tournament > could come and play. > > These types of sessions always attract a bunch of new players > to the tournament. Often at least some of the finalists are > people who just learned, and sometimes the winner is a brand > new competitor. > > -- > Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans > eeyore@xxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > Icehouse mailing list > Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse >