Pyramids

• 1 stash of Looney Pyramids per player
• 1 standard deck of cards
• 1 set of dominoes per player (must be of the same size)

The players set aside their pyramids. Each player places their dominoes aside and face down. These are then mixed up to make the boneyard. Take one domino from the boneyard and place it face up in front of the player. This serves as the starting point for the player. The deck is shuffled and 5 cards are dealt to each player. The remaining cards are placed face down.

• Boneyard: the area where all the face down dominoes reside.
• Discard pile: the face up pile of cards that have been used.
• Draw pile: the face down pile of cards that are not in a player's hand and unused.

Roll a die or something legerdemain to your play group to determine who goes first.

At the start of their turn, a player draws a card. Next, they must discard a card from their hand and apply the effect. If there are no cards in the draw pile, shuffle the discard pile to form the new draw pile.

• Clubs: the player removes one domino from an opposing player's map and places it in their boneyard, which is shuffled. any pyramids on the domino are placed into the target player's stash.
• Diamonds: the player moves a domino from the boneyard and places it adjacent to another.
• Hearts: the player moves one of their pyramids onto an available domino or exchanges one pyramid on a domino with a larger one.
• Spades: the player moves one domino back into the boneyard. all pyramids on it are moved back to the owning player's stash.

Once a player exhausts their boneyard, the game is over. Players count the pips on their domino tiles to make their score. The player with the highest score wins.

• 1 trio of Looney Pyramids per player
• 5 six-sided dice per player (or 5 poker dice with aces high)
• 8 six-sided dice for all players

• The Board: the six-sided dice in the middle of the players.
• Forging Dice: the 5 six-sided dice that each player has to perform a forging action.
• Forging Target: the value of the current and previous die the player is at.
• Forging Value: the resulting value based on pip combinations from rolling the forging dice.

Each player stacks their trio, which represents their health and denotes their place along the board.

Roll a die or something legerdemain to your play group to determine who goes first.

The game is divided into rounds. Before each round, the players take turn choosing a die, rolls it and lays it result side up on the board in front of them. They repeat this seven more times, placing the next rolled die next to the previously rolled one. This represents the Board.

At the start of the round, the first player takes their turn by placing their stack on their side of the first die on the board. The first player chooses where the start is as long as it is a die on the end of the board. They must now perform a forging action. To do this, you will first calculate the total value of the current and previous die, if any. This is the forging target. If the forging action is successful, move on to the next die in the board until completing a forging action on the last one. Once this happens, the player that does so is the winner.

If a player completes the board, a new round is started with the other player starting first. If a player takes their turn and are in the middle of the board, they will pick up where they left off by moving to the next die on the board.

Once a player loses all their pyramids, they are out and the other player wins.

• 1 single color trio of Looney Pyramids per player
• 1 tarot deck, regardless of kind
• 1 ludo/parcheesi/pachisi (or similar board)
• 1 six-sided die

Some terminology needs covering before going into the game:

• Draw Deck: the face down deck from which players draw cards.
• Home Area: the place where all your pyramids will end up.
• Pips: these are the card values (e.g. 1 through 10 or the royal court).
• Royal Court: these are the pips that show the Roi (King), Dame (Queen), Chevalier (Knight), and Vance (Jack).
• Safe Zone: the colored squares leading up to the home area.
• Starting Area: the space from where all the player's pyramids will start.

Place all your pyramids in your starting area. Shuffle the deck of card and deal three cards to each player.

Roll a die or something legerdemain to your play group to determine who goes first.

On each turn, the players will first draw a card from the draw deck. Next, the player must discard any number of cards of the same suit from their hand, but no more than three, and apply the effect of the card combination, regardless of the outcome. If there is no possible card combination, the player ends their turn. At the end of the player's turn, they must discard cards if their hand size is greater than five.

The starting place is outside their start area and the pyramids move along the edge of the board until they reach the square outside their home. Once outside their home, they must have a move to enter the home.

If a player moves and lands on a space occupied by another player, move the other player's pyramids, regardless of size, back to their starting area.

Once the deck of cards is exhausted, shuffle the discard and form a new draw deck.

The game ends when one player moves all their pieces to the home area after having completed one circuit around the board. The first player to do so wins the game.

• 2 single colors of trios of Looney Pyramids per player
• 1 six-sided die
• 1 senet board

Some terminology needs covering before going into the game:

• Pyramid Pool: these are the pyramids that have not entered the board.
• Scoring Pool: these are the pyramids that the player has successfully moved through the entire board and off it.

Both players set aside the pool near them.

Roll the die to see who goes first.

At the start of their turn, the acting player rolls the die and moves a pyramid that many spaces. If the pyramid is chosen from the pyramid pool, it must start from the upper left side. The flow direction is left to right in the first row, right to left in the second, and left to right on the last row.

If a square has a complete tree, a player may not move any more pyramids on it. If the player lands on a square occupied by the opponent, all pyramids are returned to the pyramid pool.

A player may move their pyramids onto a square occupied by their own pyramid to construct a tree.

There are five squares that have Egyptian symbols on them. These are "safe" squares that mean they may not be attacked while on that spot.

When a pyramid reaches the final square and has moves available, they may move off the board into the scoring pool.

The game ends when a player has moved all their pyramids off the board. The first player to do so wins.

• 4 trios of Looney Pyramids per player
• 1 chessboard
• 1 six-sided die

Some terminology needs covering before going into the game:

• Home Row: the row on the chessboard that is immediately in front of a player.
• Returned Pool: the area where a player has their retrieved pyramids.
• Source Pool: the area where a player has their unretrieved pyramids.

Place all your large pyramids on the four black squares of the home row. The remaining pyramids, which are the small and medium pyramids, are placed in the source pool.

Roll a die or something legerdemain to your play group to determine who goes first.

Each turn, move a large pyramid, or tree, 1 black square either north, east, or west until they reach the player's other side. A player may not move their pyramid to a square occupied by the other player. If no square is available, no move may be made.

If a player reaches the opposing player's home row, place a smaller pyramid onto the large pyramid to form a tree. This newly formed tree may only move to the other side. Once that tree reaches the player's home row, move all pyramids except the large one and place them in the returned pool. This recently emptied large pyramid will now go to the other player's side again to get another smaller pyramid.

If at any time after moving and the other player has a pyramid diagonally from the landing square, the player may force the other player to remove all the pyramids that form the tree except the large pyramid. If there is a spot on the opponent's home row, the player will also move the large pyramid to the home row onto a square of the opponent's choosing.

The game ends when one player moves all their pyramids from the source pool to the returned pool.

• 2 single color of trios of Looney Pyramids per player
• 1 Zark City deck
• 1 six-sided die
• 4 tokens of some sort

The players set aside their pyramids. The Zark City deck is shuffled and 5 cards dealt to each player. All remaining cards are placed face down.

Roll a die or something legerdemain to your play group to determine who goes first.

The game is divided into two phases: the Building phase and the Exploration phase.

Once all tokens are acquired or all cards are revealed, the game is over. The winner is the one with the most tokens. In case of a tie, roll the six-sided die to determine who wins.

• 4 trios of Looney Pyramids per player
• 1 8x8 checkerboard
• 1 six-sided die

Each player places their 4 trios on the nearest darker colored squares. The home row, which is the row directly in front of the player, will contain the large pyramids, the next row after contains the medium pyramids, and the second row out contains the small pyramids.

Roll the die to determine who goes first.

The game plays just like standard draughts with a few exceptions.

First, a square may only capture another square of the same total pip size or smaller.

For example, a tree worth 5 pips may capture trees of 5 pips or less or pyramids of sizes large, medium, or small.

Second, when reaching the opposing home row, a pyramid is "crowned" by building a tree from pyramids captured by the opposing player (see the section titled "Crowning").

For example, a medium pyramid reaches the opposing player's home row and both a large pyramid and a small pyramid are captured. To build the tree, the player may choose either one.

Finally, pyramids may not move diagonal (unless trying to get to the opposing home row) and only trees may move backwards.

For the rules of standard draughts, please visit English Draughts.

The game ends once a player does not have any more pyramids on the board or a player cannot move. In either case, the other player is declared the winner.

• 2 single color of trios of Looney Pyramids per player
• 4 Looney Ludo squares
• 1 six-sided die

Some terminology needs covering before going into the game:

• Home Area: an area to the right where all your pyramids will end up.
• Pips: these are the values of the faces of the die (i.e. 1 through 6).
• Safe Circle: the circle form where all a player's pyramids start and end up.
• Starting Area: an area to the left from where all the player's pyramids are stored.

Place all your pyramids in your starting area. Arrange the Looney Ludo squares in a rose pattern with no middle square. This is the rose board.

Roll a die or something legerdemain to your play group to determine who goes first.

Roll a die and move a pyramid that many spaces clockwise around the edges of the rose-shaped board. Once the pyramid returns to the Safe Circle, it is moved to the Home Area. If there are pyramids in the Starting Area, they may be moved onto the Safe Circle and around the board.

If a player lands on a spot occupied by their own pyramids, a tree is constructed to a maximum of three pyramids in the tree. If there are already three pyramids, the piece may not move there.

If a player lands on a spot occupied by an opposing player, the pyramids are sent back to that player's Starting Area.

A player may not enter an opposing player's Safe Circle.

Once a player moves all their pyramids from the Starting Area to the Home Area, they immediately win.

• 2-4 trios of the same color of Looney Pyramids per player (both players will need the same amount)
• 1 six-sided die
• 1 Royal Game of Ur board

Some terminology needs covering before going into the game:

• Completion Pool: these are the pyramids that have completed the racetrack.
• Pyramid Pool: these are the pyramids that have not completed the racetrack to the other side.

There is no real set up. You just place your pyramids aside into the pyramid pool and lay out the Royal Game of Ur board.

Roll a die or something legerdemain to your play group to determine who goes first.

Each turn the player must do one of the following:

• Roll a die and move one of their pyramids on the board.
• Place one of the pyramids in the pyramid pool on the starting point if it is free.
• If no move is possible, they must do nothing.

If at any time a pyramid lands on the same spot as another pyramid that are both owned by the same player, they may stack to form a tree. If they cannot stack, the move may not be made.

Play continues down from the starting square to the middle, and around to the same side of the other side. If the player reaches the other side, they must have enough spaces to take them off the board to be moved into the completion pool. The paths are shown in the image below (blue marks safe spots and green marks combat areas).

If the player lands on the rosettes, they may roll the die and move that pyramid again.

If the player lands on the same spot as another player, they may optionally "knock them off" by forcing those pyramids, regardless of sizes, to go back to the pyramid pool.

The game ends once a player has moved all their pyramids into the completion pool. This player is the winner.