Patents & Awards
Looney holds patents on the game mechanics for Icehouse, IceTowers and Chrononauts:
- Method of manipulating and interpreting playing pieces (U.S. Patent 4,936,585)
- Method of conducting simultaneous gameplay using stackable game pieces (U.S. Patent 6,352,262)
- Method of simulation time travel in a card game (U.S. Patent 6,474,650)
Looney has won the following game design awards:
- 1999 — Mensa Mind Games: Mensa Select Award for Fluxx
- 2000 — Origins Award: Best Traditional Card Game for Chrononauts
- 2000 — Origins Award: Best Abstract Board Game for Icehouse
- 2001 — Parents Choice Silver Honors Chrononauts
- 2001 — Origins Award: Best Abstract Board Game for Cosmic Coasters
- 2003 — Parents Choice Silver Honors Nanofictionary
- 2005 — Mensa Mind Games: Mensa Select Award for Zendo
- 2007 — Origins Award: Best Board Game or Expansion of the Year for Treehouse
- 2008 — Origins Award: Best Traditional Card Game of the Year for Zombie Fluxx
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