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  1. The Forum for Long Running Games with set player rosters. Also a good place for Chess games or Mafia.

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  1. Word association game

    Give the first word that pops into your mind when I say... Red

    Started by Sarahfeena‎, 24 Jan 2011 11:35 PM
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  2. The next person to post in this thread...

    ...lives within 500 miles of his or her birthplace.

    Started by OneCentStamp‎, 03 Apr 2009 07:57 AM
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  3. Let's play Botticelli!

    The rules: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_(game) A previous SDMB thread, so you can see how it goes: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=626545 House rules: Please label indirect questions "IQ," and when you've...

    Started by Elendil's Heir‎, 30 May 2012 09:22 PM
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  4. Guess the Word

    This is like mastermind or whatever with words. I have chosen a word and replaced all the letters with blanks. Look, there it is! -------- You have to find out what the word is. In order to do that you must post a word with the same number...

    Started by Inner Stickler‎, 31 Dec 2010 12:30 AM
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  5. Post brief quotes from fiction/narrative/whatever

    Yeah, so I was reading *Daniel Deronda* by the notoriously ugly George Eliot (according to Virginia Woolf and Henry James). James was not far off when, I think he applied the words "loose baggy monsters" to Eliot's novels. And he was such a bitchy...

    Started by Jizzelbin‎, 14 Dec 2015 10:00 PM
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  6. Tell a story 3 words at a time.

    5 stranded castaways...

    Started by Sarahfeena‎, 15 Feb 2011 08:34 PM
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  7. Chate One Letter Modification Super Happy Fun Game Time

    OK, when chate flatlines, we sometimes get into this thing where one person posts a random (usually) 4-letter word, the the next poster changes one letter (and one letter only) to create a new word. This thread might sink like a stone, but eh. ...

    Started by Trojan Man‎, 12 Oct 2010 06:32 PM
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  8. I give you 5 letters, you give me a 5 word sentence.

    The words have to start with the letters, in the order they are given. Post the sentence, and give another 5-letter challenge. Here's the first one: E P N T L

    Started by Sarahfeena‎, 25 Sep 2009 08:05 PM
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  9. The A to Z of Bad Habits

    Apathy

    Started by criminey.jicket‎, 31 Mar 2009 07:57 PM
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  10. Finish my sentence!

    OK, I had a brainwave and chose to try it out. I'll start with a partial sentence (a question), which can be completed by the next poster. Said poster answers the question they just completed, then supplies their own partial sentence... hopefully,...

    Started by Trojan Man‎, 11 May 2012 07:04 AM
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  11. Name 5.

    SHAMELESSLY ripped off from a board that shall not be named. Looked fun, though, so here we go! Name a category that includes at least 5 items. Next person has to name 5 things in the category (NO GOOGLING, PEOPLE), and then post another...

    Started by Sarahfeena‎, 19 Jan 2011 04:00 PM
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  12. Count to infinity in pictures

    Started by Sarahfeena‎, 15 Feb 2011 07:00 PM
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  13. This, that, or the other?

    Choose one of the three, then give three of your own for the next poster. I'll start with... Ross, Chandler, or Joey?

    Started by Sarahfeena‎, 15 Feb 2011 11:18 PM
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  14. Make your own Google Searchstory, and share it with us!

    Remember that fun Super Bowl ad for Google that told a "searchstory" about finding true love in Paris? nnsSUqgkDwU Google has a fun new tool that allows you to make your own. Let's see what you got! :dumbo:

    Started by Sarahfeena‎, 14 Apr 2010 02:09 PM
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  15. Mellophant Mad Libs

    Hello, children. I thought it would be fun for us to try our hand at Mad Libs. I have written a story and taken out some of the words. I will ask you to provide new words, and when we are done I will reveal the completed story and o how we will...

    Started by Myrnalene‎, 20 Nov 2009 06:19 PM
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  16. The Guess the Movie from the Screenshot Game

    I have no idea if this post should go here in The Dark Room, in Games and Sports or the Guggenheim. Mods, do as you will. I throw my hands in the air and wave em like I just don't care. You don't have have to post anything to guess, or guess any...

    Started by Myrnalene‎, 21 Mar 2009 03:22 PM
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  17. Botticelli letters used so far

    A B - June 2012, July 2012 C - July 2012 D - June 2012 E - May 2012

    Started by Elendil's Heir‎, 29 Aug 2012 02:37 PM
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  18. Truth or Dare

    Says it all, motherfuckers! I can't really start this by myself, but it seems amusing enough. At least more than this Frodo Donolvan shit I don't know anything about, to me. Truth or dare motherfuckers!

    Started by Jizzelbin‎, 14 Jun 2015 11:04 PM
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  19. Post a brief snippet of imagined conversation, à la Herzog (Bellow)

    "You're goddamned right you fat pig, and if you look at my window one more time with your disgusting neighbors, I'm going to make scrapple out of your white ass."

    Started by Jizzelbin‎, 07 Jul 2018 02:11 PM
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  20. Mellophant Trivia Quiz Main Thread.

    Okay, after a delay I am ready to begin the First (and potentially last :D ) Mellophant Trivia Quiz. We have 22 contestants and there will be 10 rounds. How we play. I will post a set of 22 questions for each round. Each question will...

    Started by The Original An Gadaí‎, 10 Mar 2010 09:23 AM
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  21. Interview

    The rules are simple: You ask a question, the next poster answers it, and then they have to ask a question. If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?

    Started by Nrblex‎, 17 Aug 2010 08:09 PM
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  22. Beauty and the Beast (a visual) *Quik-E-List*

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 29 Jan 2012 08:41 PM
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  23. Hangman

    ---- ------- -----/ ---'-- ----- -----/ ----------- ----/ - --------- -----------

    Started by Inner Stickler‎, 31 Dec 2010 01:38 AM
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  24. Word Association:

    That's right, type the first word(s) that comes into your mind from the previous posters word. Here is the first word: Tapioca

    Started by What Exit?‎, 28 Jun 2010 01:26 PM
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  25. Red face Realigned NBA

    If I realigned the NBA before this season, the 1st rd matchups would've been: ATL/NO HOU/WASH TOR/MEM SA/DAL GS/PHO CLEV/MILW POR/OKC

    Started by Erictelevision‎, 16 Jun 2015 02:41 PM
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  26. Rejected Family Feud survey questions

    Besides "nigger", name an offensive term for black people

    Started by Rube E. Tewesday‎, 21 Jan 2016 09:25 PM
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  27. Band Game

    1. Go to Wikipedia, click on random article. This is the name of your band 2. Go to Wikiquote, click on random page. The last 3-6 words of the first quote is the name of your album 3. Go Google and image search the words that will be the title...

    Started by Cluricaun‎, 04 Oct 2009 06:23 PM
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  28. The NSFW make-up-a-funny X-rated comment or insult and try to do better than the last person RPG game

    Yeah, so this is like how I wake up in the AM and go to sleep at night. Not trying to find anything, but I like to think of funny things to say. Don't try very hard or at all, they just kind of are part of my inner monologue. Don't have...

    Started by Jizzelbin‎, 03 Mar 2014 04:56 PM
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  29. The Cryptic Song Titles Game

    I've tried this before on another message board, let's see if it works here. Try and guess the song from the clue... They're all popular music, from a range of genres. Some I think are easy, others are rather tough. 1. The bucket, we hear, is...

    Started by TheFlame‎, 04 Mar 2009 08:06 PM
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  30. Turn state abbreviations into celebrity names

    Shamelessly ripped off from a blog I read. Here are the state abbreviations. Start with Alabama, and name a celebrity with the initials AL. Next person goes to the next state, in alphabetical order. I'll start: Annie Leibowitz

    Started by Sarahfeena‎, 25 May 2011 09:41 AM
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  31. Red face 3 sport athletes in D-I

    I'm you knew many 3 sport athletes in HS, and maybe even college if you were at at smaller school. Can you think of any athlete who played 3 sports? (X-country and the two seasons of track are 1 sport)

    Started by Erictelevision‎, 26 Aug 2015 07:36 PM
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  32. It's Party Time!

    I figure it's about time someone set up a Party game on this great forum. Sign up now for the party of your lives! The rules are simple: there are two types of players, Guests and Hosts. Every post a Guest makes has to have some common theme, and...

    Started by AllWalker‎, 08 Apr 2009 01:37 AM
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  33. Math question (team sports schedule)

    In a sports league with 8 games, how many different ways can their home and road games be distributed? I think it's (2^8)/2

    Started by Erictelevision‎, 26 Nov 2017 02:39 AM
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  34. The Name Game

    Name: Michael Jackson Next poster can repeat either the first or the last name while changing the other. Examples: Michael Landon or Joe Jackson and on and on. Cary Grant

    Started by jali‎, 28 Apr 2009 03:14 PM
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  35. Haiku d'ya say something?

    I'll write a haiku, Use the previous haiku's Last line to start yours. --------------------------------- That one's hard to start with, so I'll make an easier one. Mellophant haiku

    Started by Trojan Man‎, 21 Mar 2011 10:31 AM
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  36. Action/Reaction

    I'm still trying to figure out the rules of this game. I'm not ashamed to be thinking of Rachel Weisz in the movie *Chain Reaction* with that dude. Action: Lock one of the sliding glass doors on a condo common area, when someone is outside...

    Started by Jizzelbin‎, 28 Jul 2015 11:35 PM
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  37. Punter puts Joon in his place live on air

    https://twitter.com/tensporttv/status/812224254330580992

    Started by Trojan Man‎, 24 Dec 2016 12:47 AM
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  38. Question If U of West Virginia moved to more reasonable conference

    If they moved to the SEC or ACC, or even Big 10, what realignment dominoes would that set off?

    Started by Erictelevision‎, 12 Jan 2016 06:47 PM
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  39. Physical fitness OMNIBUS thread

    I'm sure there's one like this already, but I don't see it. Someone can add to my current repertoire of: (i) pretending to get my 100 good-form pushup/presssups in -- meh, my biceps and pecs get enough. It's not that many, but I need them to...

    Started by Jizzelbin‎, 28 Mar 2018 03:50 PM
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  40. 2016 Baseball of Fame

    Congrats to Piazza and Griffey! Griffey broke Seaver's % record. (3 votes shy of 100%)

    Started by Erictelevision‎, 06 Jan 2016 06:24 PM
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  41. More impressive lifter

    Of these 2 women, who's lifting ability is more impressive: Stephanie (6'5, 250 lbs) Benchpress: 265 lbs for 35 reps Squat: 470 for 15 Deadlift: 700 for 5 Legpress: 950 for 5 Amanda (5'4, 140)

    Started by Erictelevision‎, 06 May 2018 01:08 PM
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  42. Knee injury recovery

    How much longer would it take to recover from tearing all 4 cruciate ligaments v. Both tendons and menisci?

    Started by Erictelevision‎, 28 Apr 2015 10:31 PM
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  43. Barnyard Fun: Funny Personal Classifieds

    I thought it would be funny to think up the most upsetting "personal ads" -- like for Tinder or whatever the hell people do to sell themselves off like prostitutes. I guess there could be real ones that are funny also. I'm kind of tired of...

    Started by Jizzelbin‎, 14 Dec 2015 09:41 PM
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  44. Dingbats

    Time for some dingbats (a.k.a. Rebus puzzles). If you aren't familiar with them, they're a "visual pun" of a well known phrase. For instance, the dingbat: BLU E Is a pun of "blue movie". The phrase should be obvious, when somebody...

    Started by CRSP‎, 24 Apr 2009 10:31 AM
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  45. ESPN baseball hypothetical

    Let's say ESPN wanted to try the following schedule rules for 2016 1.Every stadium visited 2.Every team gets a road game 3.No match ups duplicated Are there enough Sundays and Wednesdays to pull it off?

    Started by Erictelevision‎, 01 Jun 2015 12:42 PM
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  46. WSOP question

    Generally the Main Event gets about 7000 entrants, and looking at the structure: 3 days before the "bubble" bursts (about 1000 players get money), and 7 to get to a final table. They play 5 blind levels a day, so I'm curious: what day would someone...

    Started by Erictelevision‎, 04 Mar 2018 02:10 AM
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  47. Can YOU Get a Suspension from Taunton Schools...

    ... for your "violent" drawing of something? For background: An 8 yo special needs student in Taunton, MA has been suspended for making a violent drawing in school. His subject matter? A stick figure Jesus, allegedly labelled as such, nailed...

    Started by OtakuLoki‎, 16 Dec 2009 05:03 AM
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  48. How much $$ would it take to get teams to, and back to, Seattle

    The Coyotes are worth $225M, and the Raptors are worth $920M. So that's 1.15B. How much would it cost to make Key Arena NBA worthy/replace, and put in NHL legal ice surface?

    Started by Erictelevision‎, 28 Apr 2015 08:51 PM
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  49. Question Consecutive road games in the NFL, not going home between

    There was a team that had consecutive road games, both on East Coast I believe. The team, the Raiders I believe, stayed on East Coast to prepare for second game. Why don't more teams do this?

    Started by Erictelevision‎, 27 Sep 2015 01:04 PM
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  50. NFL Draft trade question

    According to a trade calculator I found, the #1 pick is worth 3,000 points. How much are: the starting, back-up and #3 QB worth? To make the trades I tried worth it, the values needed are: 525 for the #3 1683 for the backup 2256 for the...

    Started by Erictelevision‎, 12 May 2015 03:28 PM
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