Current Looney Labs Contests

Old Logo Patch

This is not actually a patch, but rather an embroidery sample for some purple polo shirts we wore at conventions and trade shows from about 2009 to 2011, as can be partially seen in this rare photo of Kristin without a bandana. It features our old company logo. It does not have finished edges, but could be used as a patch.

Doctor Who Fluxx Alpha Prototype

This is one of several prototpyes of Doctor Who Fluxx we made for playtesting before we finally managed to secure the rights to actually publish it. This deck features low-rez placeholder images grabbed off the internet, i.e. not the final artwork. It has nicely printed cards (rather than stickered cards like many of Andy's early prototypes). Includes a box, but no rulesheet.

Paper Icehouse

This is a kit for making a set of Icehouse pyramids by punching out and folding together scored & perforated cardstock pieces. Each kit includes enough to make a classic Icehouse set with 15 pyramids in each of 4 colors. These were made using a paper-cutting die that stamps 3 pieces, one of each size, at once. We commissioned this die in 1991 when we had no other way of manufacturing pyramids. In those days we called them "origami" pyramids, but these are from a re-bundling of old stock we did in 2002, when we called them Paper Icehouse pieces. Also included is an old Icehouse sticker.

10th Anniversary Party Promos

15 years ago we were celebrating our 10th year with this packet of promo cards we were giving away at that year's conventions. Contains 7 at-that-time new cards, including the first appearances of The Party and the Radioactive Potato. The artwork is B&W since that's how we did things back then. Although the concept of the Creeper was created for Zombie Fluxx, we ended up releasing this first, making the spud in this pack the actual first Creeper.

Xyloid Icehouse Set

This is a full 60 pyramid Icehouse set featuring wooden pyramids stained in the classic 4 colors. These sets were sold under the name Xyloid Icehouse, since “xyloid” is an obscure term meaning “of or relating to wood.” Includes The Icehouse Handbook, our 80-page comprehensive explanation of the game published in Jan 1992. Also includes a cloth drawstring bag, a reference card, a business card, and an Icehouse sticker of the type we would have put on the top of the plain white shipping boxes we were packing these into back then.

The Icehouse Handbook

More Icehouse Games

Unopened Original Zendo Set

Games Magazine, October 2005

Just Desserts Beta

Stoner Fluxx First Edition

Set of Pyramid Game Rule Booklets from Plastic Box edition

Regular Show Fluxx Expansion From the Future

Homeworlds Prototype

Caldera Prototype

Collection of 11 Promo Card Postcards

Envelope of Looney Labs Ephemera

A vintage Looney Labs envelope containing a dozen items of marketing materials from various eras: 3 Nanofictionary postcards, a packet of Loonacy Promo cards featuring Timmy the Think Geek monkey, a Tirade sticker, a Looney Labs doorway sticker, a Looney Labs Atom sticker, the rules for Kristin's Aquarius Solitaire, a very old reference card about Icehouse, a business card about Parsely Muffins, a brochure about Icehouse, and a Looney Labs catalog from 2004.

"Pine" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube. (Note that we had two trios that were so similar in color that we decided to call them both "pine.")

"Fir" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube.

"Cedar" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube.

"Cypress" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube.

"Juniper" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube.

"Hemlock" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube.

"Spruce" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube.

"Sequoia" Trio

Adventure Time Fluxx

This version of Fluxx, based on the Cartoon Network series Adventure Time, is out of print and unlikely to ever be printed again.

Are You a Werewolf? 2006 Edition

We published 5 different versions of this game over the years, always the same, very simple (“pure”) version (just Villagers, Seer, and 2 Werewolves). The first was created just by getting 3 types of business cards printed, which were packaged in a ziplock with a folded sheet of rules. This is the second, which features real cards (several of which contain the rules) and was again just packaged in a ziplock. (The 3rd version put those cards into a little folded box we called the Wedge, then we did the fancy Deluxe version, and the final version put those cards into one of our standard card game boxes. After that we decided to put this into the Vault.)

Batman Fluxx

This version of Fluxx, based on Batman: The Animated Series, is out of print and unlikely to ever be printed again.

Back to the Future: The Card Game

Our Back to the Future game was based on Chrononauts and features incredible original art by Derek Ring. It's been out of priint for many years and unlikely to be reprinted. One of the 8 winners will also receive the display box!

Cartoon Network Fluxx

This hang-tab version of Fluxx features a mashup of Cartoon Network characters and is unlikely to ever be printed again.

EcoFluxx First Edition

This is the original version of Nature Fluxx, and features black and white line drawings by Alison Frane. 84 cards in a tuckbox.

Give or Take Prototype

Hypothermia #16

This is the last issue published of the newsletter about the original pyramid game, Icehouse. It features the rules for 5 new games: Sprawl, Undercut, Hextris, Torpedo, and Armada. Full contents of the issue in question are available here.

ICEBREAKER, Macintosh version, Full Game

This is the Mac edition of ICEBREAKER, ported by Andrew Plotkin in 1995. It’s still in the original shrink-wrap, and is basically a big empty box with a CD-ROM inside. Requires System 7 or greater, a double speed CD-ROM drive, and a computer that will run vintage Mac software.

ICEBREAKER, PC version, Demo Disc

This is a sampler version of ICEBREAKER released in 1995, featuring just a few of the levels. It was meant to hook players into buying the full game, as was so amusingly recounted in the mini-documentary about the game recently released by Bonus HiTops. Requires Windows 3.1, a double-speed CD-ROM drive, and a computer than will run vintage PC software.

Nanofictionary, First Edition

The original version of the Card Game of Telling Tiny Stories is really quite different than the current edition.

Regular Show Fluxx

This version of Fluxx, based on the Cartoon Network series Regular Show, is out of print and unlikely to ever be printed again.

Zombie Boss Box, Small

These cool wooden, hinged-lid Fluxx boxes were made in two flavors (regular and Zombie) and two sizes (shorter and taller). This is one of the shorter, Zombie-themed boxes. (We call it the Zombie Boss Box because originally it also included a promo-card version of the New Rule, Zombie Boss, but we later we made that card part of the actual game.)

Zombie Boss Box, Large

These cool wooden, hinged-lid Fluxx boxes were made in two flavors (regular and Zombie) and two sizes (shorter and taller). This is one of the taller, Zombie-themed boxes. (We call it the Zombie Boss Box because originally it also included a promo-card version of the New Rule, Zombie Boss, but we later we made that card part of the actual game.)

Proton, New in Package

Proton is a game we made as our 1998 Holiday Gift by printing special patterns (instead of numbers or a picture) onto one of those sliding-tile puzzles. (The rules are here, and you can play it online here.) This is an unused copy, still in the display-hook-ready packaging we made for it.

Proton, Used

"Dark Smoke" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube.

"Red-Streaked Purple" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube.

"Gunmetal Gray" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube.

"Darker Than Tangerine" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube.

"Darker Than Watermelon" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube.

"Deep Orange Sunset" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube.

"Very Light Mint" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube.

"Slightly Opaque Avocado" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube.

"Night Sea Blue" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube.

Star Wars Fluxx... in Russian!

The Star Wars license is basically impossible to obtain in the US, but our Russian partners, HobbyWorld, work with that license all the time -- although, of course, only for Russia. So Andy designed the game and HobbyWorld printed it, but we can't sell it here -- we can't even buy more copies ourselves! Even so, we do have a few spare copies of the publishing samples they gave us, which we are making available for this raffle! At least a few fans have already translated the text... just sleeve these cards with slips of paper for the translating text and you're good to go!

Marvel Fluxx in Russian

HobbyWorld has brought several versions of Fluxx to the Russian market, including this one: Marvel Fluxx! It's basically the same as our version, except it's all in Russian! This was based on the specialty edition, i.e. the 7 extra cards are included.

Fluxx The Board Game

We brought several of our classics back from the Vault this year, but Fluxx the Board Game is still out of print.

Fluxx Version 4.0

This is the version of Fluxx that introduced Creepers, before we took them out again for Version 5.0. This copy is from one of the latter printings, after the "Rules Escalation" meta rule was replaced by the "No Creepers" meta rule.

Fluxx Version 3.1

This is a sealed copy of Version 3.1. It contains 84 cards in a tuckbox.

Fluxx Version 2.1

This is a sealed copy of Version 2.1. It contains 84 cards in a tuckbox.

Chrononauts, First Edition

This is the original version of Chrononauts, in a tuckbox. It doesn't say first Edition but you can tell it is because it doesn't say "Second Printing" or "Third Prinitng" and doesn't mention the Patent or the Origins Award. 

Early American Chrononauts, First Edition

There was only one printing of EAC using this box size, so these are definitely from the First Edition.

Fire Water Wood

This is one of Andy's earliest game design experiments, both with expanding Rock Paper Scissors and a minimalist game that can be played anywhere. Published by Looney Labs in 1997, but in a very small print-run, probably less than 100 copies.

Wooden Fluxx box

These cool wooden, hinged-lid Fluxx boxes were made in two flavors (regular and Zombie) and two sizes (shorter and taller). This is one of the shorter, regular boxes. Under the shrink wrap is a promo card: Pandora's Box! 

The Cake That Baked Itself

Before starting Looney Labs with Kristin, Andy "published" several books & booklets under the imaginary company name of Empire Publications. One of these was a kid's book with cartoons Andy also drew. You can see a little more about it here.

Homeworlds Sticker

This is a high-quality color sticker featuring that Homewords cartoon Andy created long ago. The diameter is 3.5", just the right size to put on one of those tins Andy recommends!

Electric Rainbow Stash

During one of the last production runs by KLON in Baltimore, a small number of Rainbow stashes were produced that contained the so-called Electric yellow pyramids instead of the standard yellow. The red pyramids are also off-standard. This is just a sealed bag of 15 pyramids.

Rainbow Stash, boxed edition

One of the ways you could buy pyramids during the Pyramid Primer Era was in a tuckbox the size of our standard card games. These a la carte pyramid boxes each contained a trio of Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Black pyramids, along with a small info booklet. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips.

Pyramid-Shaped Packaging Prototype, Rainbox version

Before deciding to use the tuckbox design described in Bucket 14, we considered trying to use actual, pyramid-shaped boxes as packaging for our pyramids. We decided it wasn't worth the hassle of figuring out how to put these into cases for shipment without the tips constantly being crushed and bent. This and the Xeno mockup are all that remains of that idea. (Yes, it includes a set of pyramids.)

Pyramid-Shaped Packaging Prototype, Xeno version

Before deciding to use the tuckbox design described in Bucket 14, we considered trying to use actual, pyramid-shaped boxes as packaging for our pyramids. We decided it wasn't worth the hassle of figuring out how to put these into cases for shipment without the tips constantly being crushed and bent. This and the Rainbow mockup are all that remains of that idea. (Yes, it includes a set of pyramids.)

Powerhouse Prototype

This is Andy's standalone playtest prototype for the pyramid game Powerhouse. It was eventually featured in Pyramid Arcade, but at one time we were considering publishing it like this. Included with the rules and pyramids is the fancy hemp pyramid bag Andy was using for playtesting, which collectors will recognize as a "Black Ice" bag.

"Watermelon" Trio

"Tangerine" Trio

"Pearl-ish" Trio

"Mint" Trio

"Lime" Trio

"Blue Raspberry" Trio

"Lavender" Trio

"Smoke" Trio

This trio of pyramids is of a unique color, created during the changeover from one color of plastic to another. As the new color works its way through the injection molding machinery, several "shots" are produced of weird, in-between colors. Usually such pieces are simply ground up and reused, but these are pieces we managed to save. These are vintage, American-made pyramids, with pointy tips. Includes shortened plastic display tube. Click here to see how this color compares to the standard colors.

Gazette Article from 1999

A complete copy of a local paper from 1999, with a cover story about Looneys. It's a great article, and there are all sorts of fun throwbacks to 22 years ago!

Y2K T-shirts from 1999

The calendar is correct again in 2021... mostly! These are the plain (ash) versions of the shirt, size XL. Lots of info about these shirts on these webpages from 1999.

Tie dyed Y2K T-shirts from 1999

The calendar is correct again in 2021... mostly! These are the tie-dyed versions of the shirt, size XL. Lots of info about these shirts on these webpages from 1999.

Rainbow Treehouse tubes

Before there was Pyramid Arcade or the cloth bags, there were Treehouse sets! Bucket 4 contains the Rainbow version... 1 trio each of red, yellow, green, blue, & black, plus a Treehouse Die, and a tiny folded copy of the rules for the game, all in a plastic tube.

Xeno Treehouse tubes

Before there was Pyramid Arcade or the cloth bags, there were Treehouse sets! Bucket 5 contains the Xeno version... 1 trio each of clear, cyan, purple, orange, & white, plus a Treehouse Die, and a tiny folded copy of the rules for the game, all in a plastic tube.

Electric Yellow pyramids

This is a full 15-pyramid stash of these neon yellow pyramids that were the result of a printing error long ago.

First Edition Seven Dragons

Seven Dragons is finally being re-released, but very little is being changed. (The only change for the new version is that the green dragon-rider will have a slightly less revealing dress.) So this one is really meant for the collectors!

First Edition Oz Fluxx

Oz Fluxx is finally being re-released, and the cards have been updated to use the new format. For collectors looking for the original version, here it is!

First Edition Martian Fluxx

Martian Fluxx is finally being re-released, and the cards have been updated to use the new format. For collectors looking for the original version, here it is!

Clear Icehouse Stash

This is a classic 15-pyramid stash of "Icehouse Pieces," with clear pieces, packaged as they used to be, in a clear plastic tube.

Blue Icehouse Stash

This is a classic 15-pyramid stash of "Icehouse Pieces," with blue pieces, packaged as they used to be, in a clear plastic tube.

Green Icehouse Stash

This is a classic 15-pyramid stash of "Icehouse Pieces," with green pieces, packaged as they used to be, in a clear plastic tube.

Orange Icehouse Stash

This is a classic 15-pyramid stash of "Icehouse Pieces," with orange pieces, packaged as they used to be, in a clear plastic tube.

White Icehouse Stash

This is a classic 15-pyramid stash of "Icehouse Pieces," with white pieces, packaged as they used to be, in a clear plastic tube.

Yellow Icehouse Stash

This is a classic 15-pyramid stash of "Icehouse Pieces," with yellow pieces, packaged as they used to be, in a clear plastic tube.

Leftover Holiday Chocolates

This is a box containing 24 chocolate marbles. The Looneys send these boxes out to friends and family as a gift for the holidays, but we still have a few left! (Don't worry, the box we send you has been kept in the fridge since the holidays...)

Family Fluxx (small box)

Family Fluxx has delightful child-like artwork and kid-friendly themes, but is still in the vault. This is the original version, with tuckbox style packaging.

Family Fluxx (bigger box)

Family Fluxx has delightful child-like artwork and kid-friendly themes, but is still out-of-print. This version is in the standard two-part box size.

Roll of Fluxx Stickers

This is a whole roll of Fluxx stickers featuring milk and cookies. They're rather old, but they still stick! Perfect for computer bling, notebook covers, postcards to friends, or sticker collections!

Vintage Cloth Pyramid Bag

This is a single Icehouse bag from the early pyramid days pre-Looney Labs existing. Note the company name of Icehouse Games, Inc. This is the type of bag that the wooden pyramids ("Xyloid") were packaged with. This does NOT include any pyramids... it's just the bag.

Pyramid Tube

These are some of the last of the clear plastic tubes we packaged pyramids in for many years. These tubes do not contain any pyramids.

Aquarius Uncut Sheet

This is a production sheet from the first printing of Aquarius in 1998. The uncut sheet features the cards from 2 copies of the game.

Andrew Looney's Interactive Literature Souvenir Sampler Packet

This is a sealed envelope full of some artifacts of some of the Interative Literature games he helped write and organize back in the 80s, before such games became known as LARPs. This is one of the last of such packets Andy made to sell on eBay long ago. This page contains a more detailed description of this artifact.

Petal Battle Prototype

Andy's prototype version of Petal Battle. It comes with two boards, an early rule sheet, the pyramids needed to play, and a slightly dented tin. This is a one-of-a-kind item.

Q-Turn Wooden Coins

This is a reconstructed copy of Q-Turn, one of 21 sets which Andy assembled from leftover parts in early 2021. The mix of 16 wooden nickels doesn't quite match the original game (details decribed on the insert you can read in the photo) and it comes in a plastic bag instead of a tube, but otherwise it's exactly the same as a copy of the original game -- including the rulesheet and 4 bingo chip game tokens.