The Icehouse Signatorium

A Museum of Icehouse Signatures

Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans, curator

"Signatures" are the distinctive arrangements of pieces used by most serious Icehouse players on their stash pads. Some players do not consider themselves "ready to play" until the pieces on their stash pad are in just the right personal arrangement.

No signature has been proven to affect game play, but they definitely add to the beauty of the game, and allow each player to display a little bit of their own personal style.

Here are a number of Icehouse signatures that I have culled from various places, including back issues of the old Icehouse Games publication, "Hypothermia". If you have one you'd like me to add to the Signatorium, please send me email with either a very good text description, and/or a graphical attachment less than 10 kilobytes in size.

Select (click on) any of the thumbnails below to see a larger diagram and digital photograph of the signature. In some cases, the photograph displays the concept more clearly; in others, less clearly.

All diagrams and photos are intended to show what that signature looks like from the point of view of the player using it. That is, the bottom of each picture is "towards the player", not "towards the field of play".

Some signatures have been modified from their original format. They have been modified to fit the standard size stash pad.

The Traditional Unknown	The Liam William Cooper	The Welsh Chris Welsh
Nap Time Greg Crowe	Smiling Jack Stevyn Travillian	The Alleghenies Stevyn Travillian
Waves Stevyn Travillian	Kitten Tracks Kara Gray	Amphitheatre Arwen Domenico
The Stagger Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans	Phalanx Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans	Porcupine Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans
Orbs Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans	Stars and Guarders Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans	The Different Drummer Andrew "Zarf" Plotkin
Stockpiles Andrew "The Emperor" Looney	Trees Andrew "The Emperor" Looney	Temple of Dendur Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans
Small Mountain Range Emily Frawley	Barber Pole Eric Zuckerman	V3 Eric Zuckerman & Daniel Efran
YKK Eric Zuckerman	Outside Looking In Ryan McGuire	PPG One Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans
StarStash Ryan McGuire	Schiesser-Cat Kerin Schiesser	Shellgame Kerin Schiesser
Focus Liam Bryan	Appalachia Liam Bryan	Efficiency Dan Isaac
Fruit Slices Nick "Mr. Teapot" Wedig

All signatures in the signatorium are the property of their designers. This collection is Copyright © 1999 - 2002 Elliott C. Evans and all rights are reserved. All graphics are Copyright © 1999 - 2002 Elliott C. Evans except when donated by the signature designer in which case they are the property of the designer.