Origins 2008 Event Descriptions

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Origins Looney Lab Rabbits answer the call every year in helping make The Big Experiment happen at Origins! Info for Demo Rabbits Other 'How-to' Info

The Origins '07 Event descriptions are archived here: Origins_'07_Event_Descriptions

The first entry is GAMA's instructions on how they want these entries to be written.

For ease of reading, I've color coded the table thusly:

• GAMA instructions in grey
• Fluxx games (the entire Fluxx family) in blue
• Non-Fluxx card games in purple
• Pyramid games in tan
• Giant games in yellow
• Other stuff just left white

Event	Feature Text Description	Brief Description
Event name. Please be concise, as this goes into the Event Charts. For Tournaments, the name of the Game should be used in the Event Name (ex: Pokemon National Qualifier, Flames of War Challenge, etc)	This is a larger description with as much detail as you'd like to include. Please avoid any special characters or any strange formatting. Don't use paragraphs or other formatting here. Just write text please.	A BRIEF description of your event. This is a small description for the event grids. Plain text only. NO formatting or paragraphs at all! This field is limited to 150 characters (about 25 words) Please include all vital data for the event
Andy Versus Everybody!	How many of his games can Andy Looney play at once? Let's find out. Pick a Looney Labs game, grab a spot at the "Big Circular Table," get a Flag (which tells Andy it's his turn) and a few extra people (if you need it for the game – like Fluxx or Chrononauts or Aquarius do) and play! See Andy race around like a madman! Have fun and Play with the Creator of Fluxx!	Andy Looney, inventor of Fluxx, Chrononauts, and Icehouse pyramids takes on all challengers playing various Looney Labs games!
Aquarius Hair-Down	Long hair and tie-dye. Yup... Looney Labs IS that Hippie Gaming Company. Let your inner-hippie out to play and hang out with other long-haired cool people. There is a real reason for this tournament – the person with the longest hair always goes first in the game Aquarius. So, find out who to play against, and compete for a prize!	Who goes first in Aquarius? The person with the longest hair. Come compete for a medallion! Longest hair wins!!
Aquarius World Championship	Can you bluff your way to the 7th connection? Dazzlingly colorful, fun to play, and easy to learn, Aquarius plays kind of like dominos, with each player trying to be the first to connect seven panels of a particular element (Earth, Air, Fire, Water, or Ether). Each player has a different goal, but Action cards allow players to trade or scramble the goals, as well as changing the cards on the table, thus keeping the game exciting right up until the very end. And remember – the player with the longest hair goes first!	The groovy card game that's kinda like dominos--only better! Easy to learn, fun for all ages. Medallion awarded to the winner!
Are You a Werewolf?	A game of paranoia, deception and mob rule. A great party game! A mind game for 8-15 players per village, in which a vengeful group of villagers must figure out who among them is secretly a werewolf (before it's too late). Each "night" the werewolves eat a villager, and each "day" the surviving villagers attempt to rid the town of werewolves by lynching one of their own. Will the werewolves take down all the villagers? Or will the villagers cleanse their town? Games are usually short and sweet (except if you're killed...) and another game starts up as soon as one ends. Don't worry about being late - we run multiple villages and there's always room for more victims... I mean villagers. Don't worry – you can trust me because I am NOT a werewolf!	A vengeful group of villagers must figure out who among them is secretly a werewolf (before it's too late...)
Binary Homeworlds Floating Tournament Meet-up	Binary Homeworlds is a complex space conquest game with pyramids! As a Floating Tournament, games can happen any time, anywhere - just find someone with a "Homeworlds" ribbon and challenge them to a space battle! However, sometimes it's hard to find enough players - so this is a Homeworlds Meet-up. Set your astrogation gear to "The Lab" and sensors to maximum, find out who all is in the Floating Tourney and play 'em all! Results tallied and Medallion awarded to the Best Steely-Eyed Captain on Sunday. Check with the Tournament Director in the Lab for details.	Homeworlds – pyramids, strategy and space conquest!! Tourney happens over the entire weekend - come meet your competitors in the Lab and play them all!
Black Ice Tournament	In this game, the players are computer hackers trying to break into a secure system. To gain access, you need a three-color password. The secret codes are changed frequently, by the system's ICE (Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics). If you try to use the wrong password, the Black ICE will shut you down. Make sure you have the correct colors programmed in before you try to break the code!	Be a hacker and get the right code! Peek at hidden information, reprogram locks, foil your opponent! Medallion awarded to the winner!
Captain Looney's Homeworlds Academy	Binary Homeworlds is one of the most difficult Icehouse games to learn, but once mastered is also one of the most rewarding. Andy Looney will start out by explaining the basics then he'll show off some of the most complicated maneuvers you can use to vaporize your opponent's Homeworld. Examples will be presented using giant pyramids!	Andy Looney teaches the basics and the tricks for Binary Homeworlds, one of the most complex of all Icehouse games. Examples will be presented using giant pyramids!
Chrononauts Tournament	Each player becomes a time traveler, with a unique identity and a secret mission. Players travel backwards and forwards through history, visiting the great moments of the past, peeking into the future, collecting up artifacts, coming to grips with the paradoxes of time travel, and of course, changing pivotal events and altering the course of history itself. Medallion awarded to the winner of this event.	(Original Chrononauts) Compete with fellow Time Travelers to repair the timeline and collect artifacts!
Early American Chrononauts Tournament	The card game of 19th century time travel. Time travel moves into another century with the celebrated prequel to Chrononauts. Everything you always wanted to do with a time machine: change stuff, collect stuff, save the universe ... now in the 1800's. Like the original, it features a 32-card layout depicting the timeline, which players then alter to fit their requirements. Medallion awarded to the winner of this event.	(Early American Chrononauts) Compete with fellow Time Travelers to repair the timeline and collect artifacts!
EcoFluxx Tournament	The nature game of ever-changing rules. Game play is fast and fun, just like original Fluxx, but with all new, natural Keepers like dirt, leaves, bears and frogs! New "Eats" goals help teach about the food chain, and fun actions like Mass Migration and Extinction, and the new rule Composting help set the tone. Features beautiful nature drawings and ecologically friendly concepts. And remember - in the Lab we always recycle!	EcoFluxx, the Nature Game of Ever-Changing Rules! A new version of the Mensa-Award winning Fluxx, with eco-friendly themes!
Family Fluxx Tournament	Family Fluxx is the slimmed-down, brightened-up version of the hit card game Fluxx. With simpler Rules, colorful Keepers, and neat new family-oriented Bonuses for kids, parents and grandparents, it's fun for the whole family!	Fluxx, the Game of Ever-Changing Rules - for families! A new version of the Mensa-Award winning Fluxx, with family-friendly themes!
Fluxx Preliminary Tournament 1 (text has changed slightly)	Fluxx - this is the one that started it all - the grandaddy of the Mensa-award winning family of games! It's simple – to start, you just Draw 1 and Play 1. Keepers are played down on the table in front of you – Actions get played and then discarded – and New Rules change what you can do. It may become Draw 2, Play 3 – or suddenly you have a Hand Limit. But how do you win? You have to wait for a Goal to be played – and then match that... or change the Goal to match what you already have! It's fun, simple and easy to learn. Come play Original Fluxx!	Fluxx, the Game of Ever-Changing Rules!
Fluxx 3.1 Tournament Finals	Winners of all the preliminary Fluxx 3.1 rounds advance to this World Championship game Claim a spot in this Fluxx World Championship by winning a prelim. Championship Medallion awarded to the winner!	Winners of the various Fluxx 3.1 Preliminary Tournaments compete for the title of Fluxx World Champion!
IceTowers Tournament	IceTowers is a high-speed game of pyramid stacking, played without turns on any flat surface. Everyone plays at once, by "capping" other pieces with those of their own color. If yours is the top piece on a tower at the end of the game, you get points for the whole tower. As towers grow taller, you'll be able to "mine" pieces out and replay them, or even "split" some towers in two. The game ends when no more plays are possible.	IceTowers is a high-speed, no-turns game of pyramid stacking, using Treehouse pyramids. Simple to learn, medallion awarded to the winner!
Martian Chess Tournament (text has changed)	Sure, players take turns moving one of a variety of pieces on a chess board, but that's where the similarity with regular old chess ends. The most obvious paradigm shift in Martian Chess, a game playable by 2-6 players, is that piece ownership is determined by board position rather than color. Also, the winner is the player ahead on points of captured pieces (Large=3, Medium=2, Small=1) when any player clears out his quadrant. Stop by the lab before the tournament for a quick demo – easy to learn, and fun to master! Medallion awarded to the Winner!"	Chess-like strategy game in which location rather than color determines which pieces you may move. Played with Treehouse Pyramids.
Martian Coasters Tournament	Martian Coasters is a set of four colorful 4" drink coasters, each featuring a small gameboard. Playing a game of Martian Coasters requires a Treehouse set and a standard six-sided die. Each player has three pyramids of one color, which are distributed around the set of four coasters. The object is to move all of one's pyramids onto the coaster/gameboard of matching color and into a nested stack on the center of that board. Medallion awarded to the winner!	The newest drink-mat game from Looney Labs - it's a race with moveable game boards. Drop by the lab for a demo before the tourney!
Martian Hold'em Tournament (text has changed)	Everyone loves Texas Hold'em, but what if no one brought along that big heavy box of poker chips? It's not a problem if you've got an Icehouse set! We call it Martian Hold'em and it's just like the Texas version except with pyramids instead of chips. When you sit down, you get a stash of 15 Icehouse pieces (for playing, not for keeping), five each with values as follows: Small =1, Medium = 5, Large = 25. We play tournament-style, so when you go all-in and end up losing, you're out. Winner takes all, which in this case is prestige and a lovely medallion.	No-Limit Texas Hold'em using Treehouse pieces for score-keeping. Medallion awarded to the winner!
Nanofictionary Tournament	The card game of telling tiny stories. Where are we? Who is there? What's going on? And how is it all going to end? These are the crucial questions each player answers, choosing from the cards they're dealt to tell a very short story. Players combine and recombine Settings, Characters, Problems and Resolutions to create the best story they can, while other players mix things up with wacky Action cards. Everyone votes for their favorites, including onlookers, and the winner is the player whose story garners the most points! Two great stories from the 2006 tournament are on YouTube – check it out to see what a top NanoStory is like!	Arrange your cards to tell the best story as judged by a jury of your peers.
Pikeman Tournament	Another game for an Icehouse set and a chessboard, also played kind of like Chess. In Pikemen, pieces are warriors with long spears known as "Pikes." Each turn a Pikeman may charge in the direction he is pointing and then reorient his pike in a different direction, including straight up for defense. The player who captures a number of enemy Pikemen first wins. Medallion awarded to the winner!	A chess-like game using Treehouse pieces. Simple rules, yet surprisingly complex strategy.
RAMbots Tournament	Imagine a grid-style arena in which several armored,laser-equipped RAMbots, controlled by remote programmers, attempt to tag a series of shifting beacons, in a particular order, before this is done by any of the other RAMbots. To control your RAMbot, you will prepare a secret program: a series of up to 5 coded instructions. During each round, all players' programs are run at once, in a precedence-driven, interwoven sequence. It's all done with a classic 4 color Icehouse set on a standard chessboard, along with some little privacy screens to hide your programming work behind. Medallion awarded to the winner.	A programing-style strategy game using Treehouse pieces and a chessboard. Medallion awarded to the winner!
Stoner Fluxx Tournament	Stoner Fluxx is more than just a weed-themed version of the hit game Fluxx. It's a call for an end to the Unconstitutional War on Drugs, a celebration of what the word Freedom really means, and, yes, a game about smoking pot and getting the munchies with your friends. But just as marijuana should be regulated and taxed like alcohol, it also isn't for children, so this event will be held late at night and is restricted to adults only.	Adults only! The Game about Weed, Freedom, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
The Big Experiment	The Big Experiment is a corner of Origins where you can hang out and play Looney Labs Games with Mad Lab Rabbits from all over the world. One low admission cost (the Big Experiment Ribbon) allows you to take part in everything going on in The Lab (D233-234) from Tournaments to Seminars to playing with Giant Pyramids! Hang out and learn a new game or twelve, have a ton of fun, and maybe take home a prize! Medallions awarded to Tournament winners (and some finalists). Fun for the whole family – come check it out!	Join Looney Labs' "Big Experiment" as we celebrate 10 Years of Fluxx! With one ribbon you can hang out in The Lab and play in all games and tourneys.
Treehouse Tournament	Treehouse: the 2007 Origins Award winner for Best Board Game, is the exciting new pyramid game designed by Andrew Looney. Each player rolls the custom die to determine if they will TIP, SWAP, DIG, AIM, or HOP their Tree of three pyramids while they try to make them match the configuration of the shared goal called The House. Roll a WILD and you can change your own Tree or The House!	Can you be the first to match the House's pattern? Or can you get the House to match your Tree? Your win is only a WILD away!
ÜberChrononauts	For those who are wild and crazy enough to combine the timelines of Original Chrononauts and Early American Chrononauts, here's the game for you. Travel through time, and don't blow up the universe!! Unless of course you're just too crazy, then 13 paradoxes is your key to success. This is the game that can combine dinosaurs, the Mona Lisa and Shakespeare without breaking a sweat. Come play and don't get lost in time!	UberChrononauts goes where no other game has gone before -everywhen! Come and get your dinosaur or zero calorie pizza!
Volcano Floating Tournament Meet-up	The Volcano Floating Tournament will be going on all weekend – but this is the one time you're sure to find other Volcano players all in the same spot. To play in the Volcano Floating Tournament, you just need to get a ribbon in the Lab and you're in! Find someone else with a Ribbon and play!	The Volcano Floating Tournament will be going on all weekend, but this is the one time you're sure to find other Volcano players all in the same spot.
What's Next with Andy Looney	Be the first in your group to try playing Martian Fluxx! Try your hand at Secret Project EMR-35! Andy Looney will be running playtest sessions of these and other new games he's currently in the process of developing. Come see the prototypes of whatever else he's got in the works!	Test out new games in development by designer Andrew Looney, including the all-new Martian Fluxx plus whatever else he's currently got in the works!
XIX International Icehouse Tournament Finals	(See Icehouse Tournament Prelims) If you were a Top-4 finisher in the Preliminaries, compete against this year's three other best Icehouse players for the Championship Medallion and one year's possession of the coveted Icehouse Scepter.	Finals of the Nineteenth International Icehouse Tournament. Winners from the preliminaries compete for the championship!
XIX International Icehouse Tournament Prelimnaries	Icehouse is the game that spawned all other pyramid games (and Looney Labs as a whole). This contest of abstract strategy is a game of simple attacks and defenses, played without turns on a free-form surface and requires both hand-eye coordination and good diplomatic skills. Now in its 19th year, this annual tournament attracts the most dedicated and hard-core Icehouse players, but all are welcome! Medallions for the players who advance to the Finals, and the storied Cooler than Ice award for good sportspersonship.	Nineteenth International Icehouse Tournament, for the original game designed for Treehouse pieces. Come play with the best!
Zendo World Championship	Zendo is a game of inductive logic in which the Master creates a rule and the Students attempt to discover it by building and studying arrangements of pyramids. The first student to correctly state the rule wins. Zendo is a favorite among long-standing fans of the Icehouse/Treehouse game system; come find out why, and compete in the eighth annual tournament at Origins. Our thematically-garbed Zen Masters will help you attain enlightenment. Prize (medallion) for the tournament victor.	Origins Award winner! The game with the Buddha-nature--can you guess the rule before the other students? Medallion awarded to the winner!
Zombie Fluxx	In Zombie Fluxx, players explore the darker side of Fluxx with a new card-type called the Creeper. Creepers hang around in front of you, preventing you from winning, until you can do something to get rid of them. The good news is that the deck includes a Shotgun and a Chainsaw and various other cards you can use as weapons against the Zombies. Plus, you've got Sandwiches and Coffee and a couple of Friends to help you win. The bad news is, if your friends become zombies, you’ll have to destroy them. Come feed the Zombies your brains! 4 Prelim winners go on to the finals, Saturday at 8pm Medallion to the winner!	Braaaiiinnnsss.... Fluuuuuuuxx....Zombie Fluxx! 4 Prelim winners go on to finals, Saturday at 8pm.