September 10, 2008

  • More promises, and a little substance

    The promises are three great (and easy) recipes, tomorrow. The little substance is the rules for a word game that Linda and I have been playing recently:

    1. Choose an arbitration method (much like Scrabble – pick a dictionary, or some online source that will be the final arbiter of “is that a word?” disputes)

    2. Player 1 chooses a 2-letter word to begin the game.

    3. Player 2 picks one letter to drop out, and two letters to add (can include the dropped letter). S/he may rearrange the letters in any way to come up with a new word.

    4. Repeat, alternating turns until someone is stuck. The last person to come up with a word gets a point.

    5. If the person who received a point can also come up with a new word (that the other player missed), they get a bonus of some kind. Maybe another point, maybe a beer, whatever.

    6. Obviously, no cheating. Your brain, pen/paper/scrabble tiles/word processor, and the dictionary (to check your potential answer) should be all you use.

    Example:

    1. Player 1: to
    2. Player 2: rat (drops O, adds R A)
    3. Player 1: trot (drops A, adds O T)
    4. Player 2: froth (drops T, adds F H)
    5. Player 1: thorax (drops F, adds A X)
    6. Player 2: harlots (drops X, adds L S)
    7. Player 1: chariots (drops L, adds C I)
    8. Player 2: ostracism (drops H, adds S M)
    9. Player 1: hailstorms (drops C, adds H L)
    10. Player 2: assimilator (drops H, adds I A)
    11. Player 1: assimilation (drops R, adds I N)
    12. Player 2: (can’t think of anything)

    Player 1 would get a point for stumping Player 2, and also a bonus if s/he could come up with a word that could come next (e.g. “irrationalism” – drop S, add R R) or another word that works.

    Enjoy!

Comments (2)

  • Awesome game. Although I will probably suck more at it than anyone has ever sucked at anything, I will give this a try. On my next road trip or something.

  • My mom would LOVE this game. Maybe I’ll suggest it to her one night when I feel like I can handle more than ten minutes alone with her.

    Now, recipes please.

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