ICBRG 2025

ICBRG is a 2 player abstract strategy game played on a hexagonal grid covered by 37 stackable ice tiles.

Players each have 3 penguin pawns in their color which are placed on ice tiles in the corners of the board.

Each turn, a player will do the following actions:

Slide one of their penguin pawns in a straight line, in any direction, through as many empty ice tiles as possible. Remove all ice tiles from the space they exited, and stack them on top of the smallest existing stack(s) of ice tiles on the board.

When moving a penguin, you may only enter an ice tile stack that is the same height, or one tile shorter, or one tile taller than your penguin's current tile stack. If a penguin ever enters an ice tile stack of a different height, you must end their movement.

Players continue alternating turns in this manner until one player loses by being unable to move at the start of their turn.

Variants are included for 3 player games (using 2 pawns each) and 4 player games (2 v 2 games using 1 pawn each).

—description from the designer

This game was entered in the BGG 2025 Children & Family Game Design Contest, where it was voted #1 Best Family Game