Making a Travel-Sized Homeworlds set

[simpledamon]

That is clever, but I don't know if I could bring myself to cut up a set.

[youmayfindithere]

It's actually quite a good idea, as converting one Treehouse set would give you enough zeroes for a 3HOUSE set on the mark.

The only problem is (assuming one has a full set of five Treehouse tubes) that for the cost of another tube to convert, you could buy pink Treehouse instead.

So the question is, which is more valuable to the average Icehouse gamer; a 3House set of zero-pips, or another monochrome stash?

Personally, I'd go with the 6th stash.

[TeamMagePowerSS]

2000th view =)

[jordythebest]

you're a very cool geek and nice video

[KnucklesEki]

Are you ever going to release the 0-pips?

I have a sold out Zendo set, and I don't want to rip the tops of a Zendo set

[slyford]

Andy, I think you've got a great product in the making here. If you could pack Binary Homeworlds into a playing card-sized plastic box I think you could sell it at your website quite easily.

I do remember reading somewhere that the Treehosue rebranding was a way to market a single game to a mass market. I think this would make a great next step for the Icehosue system.

(Who has spent his first year as a secondary school teacher teaching his students all the Icehouse games he knows.)

[spearjr]

Excellent video and instructions. I'll be making some of these soon, I just need to add the treehouse sets to my next order.

[fullcontactgeek]

Is there anything you can do with the remaining pyramid off cuts?

[Lime2K]

If you wanted to make a full set of these (five of each color) you'd only have to use two full Treehouse sets -- just cut the tops off of all the large and medium pieces, and one of the smalls. You'll even have an extra of each color to use as a guide, and just in case you roll a Critical Glitch on your Craft skill roll ^_^.

[njr75003]

The OBVIOUS other app for the 0-pointers is the five-player version of MARTIAN COASTERS. You could either just give them the same 1-space value as 1 pointers, or bump ALL the pieces up a point (1-pip cost 2 points to move, and so on up) and either keep using the D6 (for a tough game) or raise it appropriately to a D8 or D10 (or even a D12 or 2D6 if you're generous) to accomodate the greater point values.

[KrisjohnTwin]

And then when you pack them into the box you nest the 2-pips together, the 1-pips together and just fill the remaining space in the box with loose 0-pippers?

[AndrewLooney]

yup, that's how I do it!

[archangeljames]

Unfortunately, since I don't really dig the DIY scene, I'm going to have to wait until the 0-pippers are commercially available. Or maybe I can find someone to do it for me...

[krakendwaggin]

Interesting, i must make sure to spend money buying games from Looney Labs, i have crononauts, i want the rest of them ^_^