A Lexicon Game (Ghost) - Game 2 started

[Aimless]

Here's a little forum fun :

This game is about spelling, but there's a catch. The game starts when a player names a later. Each of the other players must add another letter, in sequence, with the following restrictions : the sequence must always be capable of spelling a legal (and, by legal, I mean in an English dictionary) word, but can never complete that word.

Play proceeds in a round robin fashion, each player adding one letter at a time to the end of the sequence. If the player before you adds a letter which makes the sequence illegal (that is, a sequence which cannot spell any legal word), you may challenge, and the player before you must name a word which the sequence can spell. If they name a legal word, the challenging player loses and is eliminated from the game; if they do not, then the challenged player loses and is eliminated. Also, if the player before you accidentally spells a word, you may call "word" and the player before you is eliminated. You may only challenge or call "word" on your turn, and only against the player immediately before you in the rotation.

Once a player is eliminated, the player immediately after them in the rotation starts a new sequence; play continues until only one player remains.

The final rule is that any word which has been previously spelled in the game does not count as a word in subsequent rounds; this allows for more interesting game play, if, for instance, someone were to accidentally spell 'be' or something similar in early rounds.

Edit : At Fircoal's suggestion, I'm adding the "words of 4 letters or less don't count" rule, since it will also make things more interesting.

Edit 2 : At further consideration, I'll add the "5 lives" rule as well; each time a player loses a challenge, they'll get a letter added to their name on the player list (spelling "ghost"); once they've lost 5 times, they're out. I'm iffy on this, though; since this won't be real-time, the five lives rule might make things take forever.

This is a little complicated, so I'll give an example of game play (suppose there are three players) :

Player 1 :
t

Player 2 :
th

PLayer 3 :
thi

(Note: Had player 3 said the letter 'e', he would have lost, since that spells 'the' which is a valid English word.)

Player 1 :
thir

Player 2 :
thirx

Player 3 :
Challenge!

(At this point, player 2 loses and is out of the game, since there are no valid words which begin "thirx".)

Any number of players can sign up, but this usually works best with 5-10. Post if you're interested. I'll start things off once we get enough interest.

Game 2 Sign-Ups :
1. Aimless
2. pancakemix
3. Incandenza
4. LSU Tiger Josh
5. Skoffin
6. Fircoal
7. The1exile
8. Colaalone
9. Anarkistsdream

Game 2 - Order of Play / Score :
LSU Tiger Josh - Gh
Aimless - Ghos
Fircoal - Ghos
pancakemix - Ghos
Incandenza - G
Skoffin - Gho

Eliminated :
spinwizard - Ghost
Colaalone - Gho
freezie - Ghost
The1exile - Ghost
Anarkistsdream - Ghost

[Fircoal]

IN!

This is basicilly Ghost, a game I played on scumchat, and utterly LOST! (no kidding.)

[Aimless]

IN!

This is basicilly Ghost, a game I played on scumchat, and utterly LOST! (no kidding.)

There is an official name for this game, but it's been several years since I last played it on IRC, and I don't remember what it is.

[Fircoal]

Aimless, just an idea, but maybe you should do it a bit how I played it. Where you have 5 lifes, and words that have 4 or less letters don't count. But it doesn't matter what way you do it. I'm still in.

[Fircoal]

IN!

This is basicilly Ghost, a game I played on scumchat, and utterly LOST! (no kidding.)

There is an official name for this game, but it's been several years since I last played it on IRC, and I don't remember what it is.

IT's Ghost, but there are adaptions that I posted below. (Or at least how I played it. )

[Aimless]

Aimless, just an idea, but maybe you should do it a bit how I played it. Where you have 5 lifes, and words that have 4 or less letters don't count. But it doesn't matter what way you do it. I'm still in.

I've seen it done that way, as well.

Mmmm. And I think I will make it so that words 4 letters or less don't count; that makes the game much more interesting. Thanks for reminding me.

[pancakemix]

That's exactly what I was thinking. This is Ghost, which I am OK at.

[Incandenza]

Sounds like a laugh... I'll jump in on this.

[Fircoal]

IS it going to be 5 lives, or not. What do you guys think it should be.

And who here thinks I'm going to lose?

[Aimless]

IS it going to be 5 lives, or not. What do you guys think it should be.

And who here thinks I'm going to lose?

I've changed the rules to make it five lives, although as I said I'm iffy on this. This won't be realtime, so five lives might take forever.

[pancakemix]

Oh yeah, I'm in, if that wasn't hinted.

[Fircoal]

IS it going to be 5 lives, or not. What do you guys think it should be.

And who here thinks I'm going to lose?

I've changed the rules to make it five lives, although as I said I'm iffy on this. This won't be realtime, so five lives might take forever.

for some maybe, for some no.

ALso it makes luck become a smaller part of it.

[Incandenza]

Why don't we make it one and done for this first one... have a quickish game under our belts, then we'll talk about a longer game.

[Fircoal]

Why don't we make it one and done for this first one... have a quickish game under our belts, then we'll talk about a longer game.

too much luck involved.

[Aimless]

Why don't we make it one and done for this first one... have a quickish game under our belts, then we'll talk about a longer game.

That'll work.

Actually, in that same vein, we might as well just go with the four of us for now; maybe we can generate more interest for game 2.

With that in mind, I'll start :

Play order :
Aimless
Fircoal
pancakemix
Incandenza

******

q

(To make this easier to read, please include the whole sequence in your post, and bold the letter you're adding.)

[Fircoal]

qu

I'm not going to be caught that easily.

[Incandenza]

Why don't we make it one and done for this first one... have a quickish game under our belts, then we'll talk about a longer game.

too much luck involved.

Speak for yourself.

[Aimless]

Why don't we make it one and done for this first one... have a quickish game under our belts, then we'll talk about a longer game.

too much luck involved.

Speak for yourself.

You know, I just realized... you're going before me. Memo to self - shuffle the order next time.

[Fircoal]

Why don't we make it one and done for this first one... have a quickish game under our belts, then we'll talk about a longer game.

too much luck involved.

Speak for yourself.

You know, I just realized... you're going before me. Memo to self - shuffle the order next time.

lol, Pancake is going to be safe as long as I'm in.

[pancakemix]

Qui

[Incandenza]

Why don't we make it one and done for this first one... have a quickish game under our belts, then we'll talk about a longer game.

too much luck involved.

Speak for yourself.

You know, I just realized... you're going before me. Memo to self - shuffle the order next time.

A point in your favor is that I've never played this particular game before...

A point not so much in your favor is that I have the vocabulary that would make Mr. Webster shit his britches...

[Incandenza]

Quin

[Fircoal]

Why don't we make it one and done for this first one... have a quickish game under our belts, then we'll talk about a longer game.

too much luck involved.

Speak for yourself.

You know, I just realized... you're going before me. Memo to self - shuffle the order next time.

A point in your favor is that I've never played this particular game before...

A point not so much in your favor is that I have the vocabulary that would make Mr. Webster shit his britches...

A point in my favorite is that I have played this game before.

A point not in my favor is that I have the vocabulary of a 5 year old on drugs.

SO I guess we're opposite.

[Incandenza]

That's a new siggy right there...

[Aimless]

How did I know that I'd wind up with quin?

Quinc