Thin Ice
BGG rank
BGG #30,501
BGG rating
4.6

Thin Ice

1992

Rules assistance for Thin Ice

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–4 players
  • 30 min
  • 5+
  • Complexity 1.0/5

Rules assistant for Thin Ice

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Thin Ice is a board game released in 1992 for 2–4 players, 30 minutes per game, and ages 5 and up. It was designed by Larry Harris, Jr..

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About the game

This game has a lower tray that with supports suspending an upper ring in which a thin white tissue (the ice) is stretched. Players take the large Eskimo tweezers, and one at a time use them to place a marble on the "ice". Eventually the weight of the marbles breaks the "ice" and dumps them all down into the lower tray. The player who hasn't broken through the "ice" three times wins.

Publishers

  • Irwin Toy Ltd.
  • Pressman Toy Corp.
  • Playtoy Industries

Questions and answers

Thin Ice supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.