Don't Break the Ice
This Milton Bradley game, published in 1984, probably is the best-known ice game. Thirty-three white plastic blocks (32 small and one large) are fit into a frame, and a small "iceman" is placed on the large block. Players take turns using plastic mallets to knock out one block at a time. The player who makes the iceman fall loses.
Icebergs
As captains of oil tankers, players race through Arctic waters, dodging icebergs and ice floes, to be the first to reach port with oil on board. Published in 1982 by TSR, Icebergs was part of that company's minigame series and was designed by Tom Wham, who also designed Awful Green Things from Outer Space.
Ice Lake
The ice is thin. So thin that your skates are causing dangerous cracks. But does that stop you from skating on it? Of course not. In fact, the goal of this game, published by Live Oak Games in 2002, is to circle your opponents with cracks so that you're the last one skating on "safe" ice. Players plan their moves in secret and reveal them simultaneously.
Ice Blocks
This two-player stacking game was published in 2000 by Gamewright. Each player has a different color of ice block, and the goal is to have as many of yours as possible connected either horizontally or diagonally while preventing your opponent from building better than you.
The Coolest Game of All-Time
Naming the coolest board game of all-time is an extremely easy task, as long as the question is taken literally.
Ice Cube
This is believed to be the only board game to ever incorporate actual ice. It comes with an ice tray, and the first step to playing is to fill the tray with water and freeze it to create the playing pieces. The goal of Ice Cube is to be the last player with ice remaining after it's subjected to a series of traumatic events, such as the hot head, a bath, and a shower of warm water.
The box boasts that it includes a "self-contained waterproof game tray," but it was reportedly quite messy. In fact, the game's entry at BoardgameGeek says this: "The high mess factor ensured that many moms threw this one out, thereby allowing the rare remaining copies to command high prices on eBay." Copies in very good condition have sold for more than $100.
