Looney Labs is a small game company based in College Park, Maryland, USA. It is named after its founders, Andrew Looney and Kristin Looney. Location in Maryland Founded  -Incorporated {{{incorporated}}}  County Prince Georges County Mayor Stephen A. Brayman Area  - Total  - Water 14. ... Official language(s) None Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 42nd 32,160 km² 145 km 400 km 21 37°53N to 39°43N 75°4W to 79°33W Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 19th 5,296,486 165... Andrew J. Looney (1963– ), better known as Andy Looney is an award-winning game designer, writer, cartoonist, photographer, computer programmer, Eagle Scout, activist, and self-declared Emperor of the Universe. ...

Card Games

The company is probably best known for its card games, especially Fluxx, whose rules and goals change as the result of its players' actions, and Chrononauts, themed around time travel. Both of these were designed by Andrew Looney and derive much of their popularity from the whimsical, unpredictable nature that he tends to give his games; while a player can definitely benefit from an overall strategy, the games are random enough to demand far more short-term tactical skill than long-term planning ability. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Fluxx is a card game, played with a specially-designed 84-card deck. ... Chrononauts is a card game. ...

Other games from Looney Labs include Aquarius, Nanofictionary, Proton, Q-turn, and Cosmic Coasters. They also sell a set of cards titled Are You A Werewolf?, a variation on the game Mafia Aquarius (Latin for the Water-bearer or Cup-bearer, symbol , Unicode â™’) is the eleventh sign of the zodiac, situated between Capricornus and Pisces. ... Cosmic Coasters is a board game designed by Andrew Looney and published by Looney Labs. ... It has been suggested that Are You a Werewolf? be merged into this article or section. ...

Icehouse Pyramids

Looney Labs also produces and sells Icehouse pieces, small, colorful plastic pyramids useful for playing a variety of games (as well as inventing new ones). In one sense they are the Labs' flagship product, being the original motivation for the company's launch (as "Icehouse Games, Inc.") in the 1980s, but they have yet to bring the company anything approaching the financial success of its card games. Rules for various Icehouse games are available on the web, as well as in a book titled Playing with Pyramids. Icehouse pyramids are sold by color in a "stash". At one the two popular Icehouse games, Ice Towers and Zendo were as standalone games, but these are now out of print. Zendo won the Origins award for best abstract board game of 2003). Icehouse pieces are pyramid-shaped gaming pieces invented by Andrew Looney and John Cooper in 1986, originally for use in the game of Icehouse. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... IceTowers is a turnless strategy game designed by Andrew Looney and published by Looney Labs. ... Zendo is a game of inductive logic designed by Kory Heath, in which the Master creates a rule and the Students attempt to discover it by building and studying arrangements of pyramids. ... Origins International Game Expo is one of North Americas most prominent annual gaming conventions, second in size only to Gen Con. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Activism

Andy sometimes lets his opposition to American marijuana prohibition shine through in the games that he designs, slipping in various references to marijuana and its attendant culture. These include the players' ability to legalize marijuana through timeline manipulation in Chrononauts, or the clock reading 4:20 that can be seen on one Fluxx card. More recently, the company has published Stoner Fluxx, a variant of the popular game that is an overt celebration of pot and the fight to legalize its consumption in the USA. Operation Mallorca, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, 2005 [1] The War on Drugs is an initiative undertaken in the United States to carry out an all-out offensive (as President Nixon described it) against the prohibited use of certain legally controlled drugs. ... Species Cannabis indica Cannabis ruderalis Cannabis sativa Cannabis is a genus of flowering plant that includes one or more species. ... The number 420 is a euphemism describing ones support for cannabis and drug culture. ... Fluxx is a card game. ...

External links

• Looney Labs' homepage
• Wunderland.com, a weekly newsletter by Andrew Looney, as well as a large collection of creative webpages by the Looneys and their friends