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title: "Icehouse"
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excerpt: "Two years ago this December, CATS members were entertained by a demo of a locally developed game called ICEHOUSE. The originators of the game --generally University of Maryland graduates working at Goddard Space Flight Center -- showed how their boardless board game goes when played by experts."
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# Icehouse

Two years ago this December, CATS members were entertained by a demo of a locally developed game called ICEHOUSE. The originators of the game –generally University of Maryland graduates working at Goddard Space Flight Center — showed how their boardless board game goes when played by experts.