Ricochet Pyramids

Good enough that I don't regret getting rid Ricochet Robots for the rare times I feel like playing

not made

icehouse plus chessboard

My Looney pyramid version of Ricochet Robots... We enjoy it, and most other people who try it seem to enjoy it. :)

My blog post about the design & evolution of the game: [blogpost=13755][/blogpost]

Clever game that challenges you to solve puzzles quickly and efficiently.

I much prefer this to original Ricochet Robots. This version is prettier, more elegant, and affords itself towards more complex solutions involving robot collaboration.

Contained in Pyramid Arcade.

• Not on TTS! *

Played this by substituting other bits and pieces for the pyramid pieces - some numbered wooden blocks for the towers, and meeples for the robots. Then used rage cards to select the targets. Could use one rage card per colour/target combination but I actually made two decks - one to choose the target number, then another to choose the robot colour. This way, I selected the target, and substituted the tower marker for a thin counter (to make it clear that it no longer acted as a block). Then revealed the robot colour. (I also added in a few rage wildcards to indicate any robot.)

Would still work with a single card to choose both, but then the person doing the tower substitution misses out on the first few seconds of analysis. Of course, the other players can start speculating, so eg if it's trivial for the blue robot to get there, they can be ready to shout out "two" if the blue / wildcard card is revealed.

Really fun. I have never played Ricochet Robots so I cannot make a comparison. The rules I have state that you would need 3 monochrome stashes, but I think you could get by fine with a trio each of 3 colors. The reason I mention it is the game is great and I wouldn't want anyone with pyramid arcade or one of the new small box games to think you didn't have enough to play.