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| 'Main' and 'Side' Sentences game; Challenging multi-word game | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 30 2007, 11:21:16 PM (714 Views) | |
| action9000 | Apr 30 2007, 11:21:16 PM Post #1 |
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Here's a unique idea for a word game that Littlefoot Fan and I came up with while talking on MSN this evening. It may sound complex at first, but give it a shot; it's actually fun! It takes some brain power to survive this game. Are you up to the challenge? B) The idea of this game is to link "MAIN" words together to make a sentence...but there's a catch: The game has two kinds of words: "MAIN" words and "SIDE" words. There is also the MAIN sentence and SIDE sentences. The overall goal of the game is to complete a MAIN sentence that makes perfect sense when read. Every "MAIN" word, like any normal word, is made up of letters (of course). The player must create a "SIDE" sentence or meaningful group of words, using the letters of the player's "MAIN" word. Each letter in the main word must have one "SIDE" word. The "SIDE" words must make sense when read from top to bottom, like this: APPLES <-----MAIN word, which is broken down into its letters: Ants <-------- SIDE word Playfully <---- SIDE word Populate <---- SIDE word Loam <-------- SIDE word Earth <--------- SIDE word Soil <---------- SIDE word Each player places one MAIN word, and all of the SIDE words for their MAIN word. There are some more complications to this, however: The game will start with one MAIN word (and all of its SIDE words) already played. The next player needs to choose their MAIN word carefully, as it needs to meet some requirements: 1) The MAIN words Must all form a complete sentence in the sequence that they were played (no re-arranging the MAIN words unless we absolutely have to). Therefore, the MAIN word that You play Must make sense with the previously-played MAIN words. 2) Your First SIDE word must be the EXACT same word as the previous MAIN word's Last SIDE word. This also means that the last letter of the previous MAIN word will be the same as the first letter of your MAIN word. For example: Previous MAIN word: APPLES: Ants Playfully Populate Loam Earth Sometimes <--- S: Sometimes SIDE Sentence: Ants playfully populate loam earth sometimes. When your turn comes, you choose a MAIN word that can follow the previous MAIN words to make a MAIN sentence. Your MAIN word could be something like: STACK: <----- When this MAIN word is placed after APPLES, the results is: "APPLES STACK..." which makes sense and can be extended into a meaningful sentence. Sometimes <-- Same as previous word (see above). S: Sometimes Tigers Attack Children Knowingly <--- The next player's MAIN word must start with K, and their first SIDE word must be "Knowingly". The next player's MAIN word must Also make sense after APPLES STACK... Ending a sentence: A MAIN sentence can be ended by any player, IF the sentence makes sense to this point. If you play a MAIN word (and its SIDE words) on a sentence, you can say "End of Sentence!" The next player can start a new sentence with any MAIN word of their choice. A player can only declare an "End of sentence" if the MAIN words form a Complete sentence. If a complete sentence exists but no "End of Sentence" was declared, you may Declare "End of sentence" on the Start of your turn, and play a new MAIN word (any word of your choice). A final note: I encourage people to try to make their SIDE sentences as reasonable as possible but I'm not worried about 100% perfect grammar. When you're writing your side sentences, please try to have them makes some kind of sense. If a SIDE sentence makes no sense, the next player can simply ignore that MAIN word and continue on with the game, as if the previous player never posted. If a MAIN sentence begins to make no sense and has no chance of being saved, the players can agree to scrap the sentence and start fresh. I know, it sounds complicated and there are a lot of rules. I think it could get interesting because it takes a degree of cooperation. Choosing the wrong MAIN word could result in our "team" of players getting stuck. We need to plan ahead so that we don't trap somebody one or two words later. Let's see what we can do, everyone! B) First MAIN word: LITTLEFOOT: Listen In To The Lovely Eluding Facets Of Our Time |
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| Malte279 | May 1 2007, 01:54:27 AM Post #2 |
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I'm a historian. I MUST be like that!
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CHEERFULLY Charming Heroes Er Elusive Right For Unknown Little Lightless Yards LITTLEFOOT CHEERFULLY |
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| Petrie. | May 1 2007, 06:53:36 AM Post #3 |
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WATCHED When A Tiger Catches Hopeless Endless Deer (Wow. :lol:) LITTLEFOOT CHEERFULLY WATCHED |
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| Littlefoot Fan | May 1 2007, 10:05:13 AM Post #4 |
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DERANGED Deer Eggs Read After Nocturnal Goats Enflame Dens LITTLEFOOT CHEERFULLY WATCHED DERANGED
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| action9000 | May 1 2007, 01:35:05 PM Post #5 |
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Hold on a second! Looks like Malte and Petrie both missed one of the rules (Littlefoot Fan has it correct though): The First Letter of your MAIN word must be the Same as the Last Letter of the Previous MAIN word. After LITTLEFOOT, the next MAIN word Must start with a T. Your first SIDE word must also be "Time" (same as my last SIDE word). Let's back up and try again: LITTLEFOOT: Listen In To The Lovely Eluding Facets Of Our Time |
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| Littlefoot Fan | May 1 2007, 04:53:00 PM Post #6 |
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TOUCHED Time Opens Up Choices Holding Endless Decisions LITTLEFOOT TOUCHED |
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| Petrie. | May 2 2007, 07:59:19 PM Post #7 |
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DAMP Decisions Always Made Punctual LITTLEFOOT TOUCHED DAMP |
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| Littlefoot Fan | May 3 2007, 11:16:27 PM Post #8 |
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PETALS Punctual Entries Take Alot Less Stalling (Yea, it doesn't make much sense, but it was the best I could think of :p) LITTLEFOOT TOUCHED DAMP PETALS |
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| Petrie. | May 8 2007, 12:04:16 PM Post #9 |
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SOFTLY Stalling Only Frustrates The Lonley You LITTLEFOOT TOUCHED DAMP PETALS SOFTLY |
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| action9000 | May 9 2007, 02:53:41 AM Post #10 |
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End of Sentence. B) Good job guys, we actually finished one! ----------------------------------------------------- PLEASE Plastic Leaves Evoke Artificial Sensory Energy |
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| Littlefoot Fan | May 9 2007, 08:38:32 AM Post #11 |
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ENTER Energy Needs To Exercise Regularly PLEASE ENTER |
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| Littlefoot1616 | May 10 2007, 07:55:41 AM Post #12 |
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This looks like fun! ROOM Round Oranges Often Move PLEASE ENTER ROOM... |
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| KingdomKey23 | May 13 2007, 12:35:25 PM Post #13 |
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MASKED Max Ate Smelly Kellogg's Eggos Dry (Note: Eggos are more than just the waffles. It can be cereal or any type of breakfast food (french toast or even the Syrup, though I doubt anyone would just eat the Syrup. So when I inply eggos, I'm talking about the breakfast foods in general. It can be any one except for the Syrup. XD)PLEASE ENTER ROOM MASKED |
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| Littlefoot1616 | May 16 2007, 09:22:53 AM Post #14 |
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WITH Women Inadvertently Throw Hairbrushes PLEASE ENTER ROOM MASKED WITH... |
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| Lain_EX | May 16 2007, 12:46:51 PM Post #15 |
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(Hey! This looks fun!) HAMMER Here Are My Mushrooms Entirely Ripe PLEASE ENTER ROOM MASKED WITH HAMMER |
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| Littlefoot1616 | May 28 2007, 07:05:38 AM Post #16 |
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AND Aunt Nelly's Dress PLEASE ENTER ROOM MASKED WITH HAMMER AND |
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| KingdomKey23 | May 28 2007, 01:01:41 PM Post #17 |
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NAILS Ned Ate Ian's Last Sausage PLEASE ENTER ROOM MASKED WITH HAMMER AND |
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| Littlefoot1616 | Jun 11 2007, 06:43:11 AM Post #18 |
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I reckon that's a sentence completed there. How about we start off another one? I'll start it off! BEFORE Beavers Eventually Fall Over Rapid Edges BEFORE |
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| Littlefoot Fan | Jun 13 2007, 12:55:07 PM Post #19 |
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EGGS Edges Get Gooey Stains BEFORE EGGS |
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| Lain_EX | Jun 13 2007, 02:47:06 PM Post #20 |
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SPROUT Stupid People Refuse On Usual Trashing BEFORE EGGS SPROUT |
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I think it could get interesting because it takes a degree of cooperation. Choosing the wrong MAIN word could result in our "team" of players getting stuck. We need to plan ahead so that we don't trap somebody one or two words later.









So when I inply eggos, I'm talking about the breakfast foods in general. It can be any one except for the Syrup. XD)
7:51 PM Jul 10