Author Topic: trying to find games to play in the car on long trips (Read 4845 times)

TFKrocks44 · « **on:** April 13, 2010, 06:16:20 PM »

trying to find games to play in the car on long trips

legal ones

Isildur · « **Reply #1 on:** April 13, 2010, 07:03:55 PM »

What are you looking to use to play games? Your question is too vague :p

The Warrior · « **Reply #2 on:** April 13, 2010, 07:06:09 PM »

Quote from: TFKrocks44 on April 13, 2010, 06:16:20 PM

trying to find games to play in the car on long trips

legal ones

show me an illegal one

Warrior_Monk · « **Reply #3 on:** April 13, 2010, 08:33:06 PM »

Quote from: Isildur on April 13, 2010, 07:03:55 PM

What are you looking to use to play games? Your question is too vague :p

I'm guessing it's between a notebook and nothing.

BubbleBoy · « **Reply #4 on:** April 13, 2010, 10:24:15 PM »

Personally, I actually like the alphabet game.

Isildur · « **Reply #5 on:** April 13, 2010, 10:59:28 PM »

Quote from: BubbleBoy on April 13, 2010, 10:24:15 PM

Personally, I actually like the alphabet game.

wait what?

BubbleBoy · « **Reply #6 on:** April 13, 2010, 11:04:26 PM »

Quote from: Isildur on April 13, 2010, 10:59:28 PM

Quote from: BubbleBoy on April 13, 2010, 10:24:15 PM
Personally, I actually like the alphabet game.
wait what?

What? ...The alphabet game? You know...where you read the street signs and try to find all the letters of the alphabet...Maybe it's a family thing...

TheKarazyvicePresidentRR · « **Reply #7 on:** April 13, 2010, 11:05:45 PM »

It isn't though we had an option rule (to elongate the game) that only the FIRST letters of words counted.

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2010, 11:09:45 PM »

Quote from: BubbleBoy on April 13, 2010, 11:04:26 PM

What? ...The alphabet game? You know...where you read the street signs and try to find all the letters of the alphabet...Maybe it's a family thing...

My family likes to play that game too.

Another fun letter game is to play "don't complete the word". One person starts with a letter and you take turns going around adding one letter each. Whoever finishes a word is out. If you think a person is bluffing (adding a letter to avoid finishing a work but that couldn't lead to an actual real word) then you can challenge. If they can't tell you what word could be finished from their start, then they are out. But if they can, then you're out.

Other fun games include travel versions of Connect 4, Chess, and Checkers. Then of course there are portable game systems like Gameboy and PSP.

BubbleBoy · « **Reply #9 on:** April 13, 2010, 11:12:04 PM »

Quote from: Prof Underwood on April 13, 2010, 11:09:45 PM

Another fun letter game is to play "don't complete the word". One person starts with a letter and you take turns going around adding one letter each. Whoever finishes a word is out. If you think a person is bluffing (adding a letter to avoid finishing a work but that couldn't lead to an actual real word) then you can challenge. If they can't tell you what word could be finished from their start, then they are out. But if they can, then you're out.

Ooh, that sounds like fun. I'll have to try that.

Professoralstad · « **Reply #10 on:** April 13, 2010, 11:18:35 PM »

BubbleBoy · « **Reply #11 on:** April 13, 2010, 11:21:37 PM »

Quote from: Professoralstad on April 13, 2010, 11:18:35 PM

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I will come back and reply to this post as soon as we find the other 18 letters of the alphabet.

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #12 on:** April 13, 2010, 11:26:30 PM »

Quote from: Professoralstad on April 13, 2010, 11:18:35 PM

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In this particular format, we'll have to set the number of players starting the game so we know when to cycle back through again. Lets' say that the first 5 people to post letters are in the game. Which means that after myself and 3 other people post a letter it is back to the "other Prof's" turn. That being said...

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Professoralstad · « **Reply #13 on:** April 13, 2010, 11:30:39 PM »

Well that's unfair. If there are 5 people, I can already foresee my demise. The rest of the players can very easily conspire to make me lose.

redemptioncousin · « **Reply #14 on:** April 13, 2010, 11:32:28 PM »

...but I won't...

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Rawrlolsauce! · « **Reply #15 on:** April 13, 2010, 11:33:50 PM »

...but I will...

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Warrior_Monk · « **Reply #16 on:** April 13, 2010, 11:51:39 PM »

H
I lose?

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #17 on:** April 13, 2010, 11:58:59 PM »

Quote from: Ring Wraith on April 13, 2010, 11:51:39 PM

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I lose?

No, that is only an abbreviation, not a real word. I should also mention at this point that proper nouns and foreign language words also don't count.

Quote from: Professoralstad on April 13, 2010, 11:30:39 PM

Well that's unfair. If there are 5 people, I can already foresee my demise. The rest of the players can very easily conspire to make me lose.

But if we don't limit it, then an unlimited number of people would want to play until there was no way to add another letter, then no one new would want to join, and the original person wouldn't wrap around either. Thus the game would end. There has to be a set number.

All that being said, we're back around to "the other Prof" with SYNTH...

Professoralstad · « **Reply #18 on:** April 14, 2010, 12:08:05 AM »

Quote from: Prof Underwood on April 13, 2010, 11:58:59 PM

Quote from: Ring Wraith on April 13, 2010, 11:51:39 PM
H
I lose?
No, that is only an abbreviation, not a real word. I should also mention at this point that proper nouns and foreign language words also don't count.

Quote from: Professoralstad on April 13, 2010, 11:30:39 PM
Well that's unfair. If there are 5 people, I can already foresee my demise. The rest of the players can very easily conspire to make me lose.
But if we don't limit it, then an unlimited number of people would want to play until there was no way to add another letter, then no one new would want to join, and the original person wouldn't wrap around either. Thus the game would end. There has to be a set number.

All that being said, we're back around to "the other Prof" with SYNTH...

I understand. I usually have played this game with at most three people; five just seemed rather arbitrary, and given your choice, redemptioncousin made sure that I would lose by the first five people saying S-Y-M-B-O or S-Y-S-T-E. I might have been able to come up with something, but I doubt it. But he didn't, so I will continue the game:

SYNTHE

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #19 on:** April 14, 2010, 12:20:38 AM »

Quote from: Professoralstad on April 13, 2010, 11:18:35 PM

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Quote from: Prof Underwood on April 13, 2010, 11:26:30 PM

SY

Quote from: redemptioncousin on April 13, 2010, 11:32:28 PM

SYN

Quote from: Rawrlolsauce! on April 13, 2010, 11:33:50 PM

SYNT

Quote from: Ring Wraith on April 13, 2010, 11:51:39 PM

SYNTH

Quote from: Professoralstad on April 14, 2010, 12:08:05 AM

SYNTHE

SYNTHET

Rawrlolsauce! · « **Reply #20 on:** April 14, 2010, 12:27:57 AM »

EDIT: You're right. I've always played a different variation where you're eliminated if you can't add a letter. Guess thats what I get if I don't read the rules

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Professoralstad · « **Reply #21 on:** April 14, 2010, 12:29:13 AM »

You don't understand the game. As soon as someone makes a real word, he loses. In order to make any of those words, I would have either had to make symbol or system.

redemptioncousin · « **Reply #22 on:** April 14, 2010, 12:40:25 AM »

Quote from: Prof Underwood on April 14, 2010, 12:20:38 AM

Quote from: Professoralstad on April 13, 2010, 11:18:35 PM
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Quote from: Prof Underwood on April 13, 2010, 11:26:30 PM
SY
Quote from: redemptioncousin on April 13, 2010, 11:32:28 PM
SYN
Quote from: Rawrlolsauce! on April 13, 2010, 11:33:50 PM
SYNT
Quote from: Ring Wraith on April 13, 2010, 11:51:39 PM
SYNTH
Quote from: Professoralstad on April 14, 2010, 12:08:05 AM
SYNTHE
SYNTHET

SYNTHETI

Rawrlolsauce! · « **Reply #23 on:** April 14, 2010, 12:42:55 AM »

Quote from: redemptioncousin on April 14, 2010, 12:40:25 AM

Quote from: Prof Underwood on April 14, 2010, 12:20:38 AM
Quote from: Professoralstad on April 13, 2010, 11:18:35 PM
S
Quote from: Prof Underwood on April 13, 2010, 11:26:30 PM
SY
Quote from: redemptioncousin on April 13, 2010, 11:32:28 PM
SYN
Quote from: Rawrlolsauce! on April 13, 2010, 11:33:50 PM
SYNT
Quote from: Ring Wraith on April 13, 2010, 11:51:39 PM
SYNTH
Quote from: Professoralstad on April 14, 2010, 12:08:05 AM
SYNTHE
SYNTHET
SYNTHETI

SYNTHETIS

EDIT: Nevermind, I'm an idiot.

Warrior_Monk · « **Reply #24 on:** April 14, 2010, 12:43:32 AM »

Quote from: Da Muzik Maker on April 14, 2010, 12:35:26 AM

is sythetical a word?

no.

Quote from: Rawrlolsauce! on April 14, 2010, 12:42:55 AM

Quote from: redemptioncousin on April 14, 2010, 12:40:25 AM
Quote from: Prof Underwood on April 14, 2010, 12:20:38 AM
Quote from: Professoralstad on April 13, 2010, 11:18:35 PM
S
Quote from: Prof Underwood on April 13, 2010, 11:26:30 PM
SY
Quote from: redemptioncousin on April 13, 2010, 11:32:28 PM
SYN
Quote from: Rawrlolsauce! on April 13, 2010, 11:33:50 PM
SYNT
Quote from: Ring Wraith on April 13, 2010, 11:51:39 PM
SYNTH
Quote from: Professoralstad on April 14, 2010, 12:08:05 AM
SYNTHE
SYNTHET
SYNTHETI
SYNTHETIS

SYNTHETISE

Warrior_Monk · « **Reply #25 on:** April 14, 2010, 12:51:10 AM »

syntheticaly is a word. sythetise is not however!

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #26 on:** April 14, 2010, 03:20:59 AM »

Quote from: Ring Wraith on April 14, 2010, 12:43:32 AM

Quote from: Rawrlolsauce! on April 14, 2010, 12:42:55 AM
Quote from: redemptioncousin on April 14, 2010, 12:40:25 AM
Quote from: Prof Underwood on April 14, 2010, 12:20:38 AM
Quote from: Professoralstad on April 13, 2010, 11:18:35 PM
S
Quote from: Prof Underwood on April 13, 2010, 11:26:30 PM
SY
Quote from: redemptioncousin on April 13, 2010, 11:32:28 PM
SYN
Quote from: Rawrlolsauce! on April 13, 2010, 11:33:50 PM
SYNT
Quote from: Ring Wraith on April 13, 2010, 11:51:39 PM
SYNTH
Quote from: Professoralstad on April 14, 2010, 12:08:05 AM
SYNTHE
SYNTHET
SYNTHETI
SYNTHETIS
SYNTHETISE

Back to the "other Prof's" turn.

BubbleBoy · « **Reply #27 on:** April 14, 2010, 08:00:36 AM »

Hm...what word starts with synthetise?

Professoralstad · « **Reply #28 on:** April 14, 2010, 09:40:12 AM »

I thought synthetise looked suspiciously like a word, so I looked it up. According to dictionary.com, synthetise is a word, it is the British spelling of synthetize, which is an alternative spelling of synthesize. So if we accept British spellings, Ring Wraith loses. If we don't, then I challenge Ring Wraith to provide a word he was going for.

Warrior_Monk · « **Reply #29 on:** April 14, 2010, 10:12:25 AM »

Quote from: Professoralstad on April 14, 2010, 09:40:12 AM

I thought synthetise looked suspiciously like a word, so I looked it up. According to dictionary.com, synthetise is a word, it is the British spelling of synthetize, which is an alternative spelling of synthesize. So if we accept British spellings, Ring Wraith loses. If we don't, then I challenge Ring Wraith to provide a word he was going for.

Sythetiseur. I googled it, but I'm pretty sure it's a foreign word...
if sythetise is British, then it's foreign, right?

TDK · « **Reply #30 on:** April 14, 2010, 10:13:58 AM »

if you have a gameboy or a DS the number 1 game to play is Mario

BubbleBoy · « **Reply #31 on:** April 14, 2010, 10:16:08 AM »

I think Ring Wraith is disqualified...

Warrior_Monk · « **Reply #32 on:** April 14, 2010, 10:31:57 AM »

Quote from: BubbleBoy on April 14, 2010, 10:16:08 AM

I think Ring Wraith is disqualified...

which is better than losing! wait...
Sythetism was the only other possibility google showed...and I didn't want to lose. so I cheated.
we should create a seperate topic for this game.

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #33 on:** April 14, 2010, 10:34:32 AM »

Quote from: Professoralstad on April 14, 2010, 09:40:12 AM

I thought synthetise looked suspiciously like a word, so I looked it up.

I did too, but foreign words don't count. In fact for a word to count it must be in the "Scrabble Dictionary", which synthetise is not.

Quote from: Professoralstad on April 14, 2010, 09:40:12 AM

I challenge Ring Wraith to provide a word he was going for.

Quote from: Ring Wraith on April 14, 2010, 10:12:25 AM

Sythetiseur.

That word is also not in the Scrabble Dictionary (and is probably foreign), and therefore "the other Prof" wins the challenge.

Quote from: BubbleBoy on April 14, 2010, 10:16:08 AM

I think Ring Wraith is disqualified...

This is correct. Which means that we now start the next round with only 4 players left. Prof A, Prof U, RCuz, and Sauce (in that order). Since it was Prof A's turn when we finished, he gets to start the next round.

And since this is a car game, people should really play it without using Google or dictionaries to look up words (unless you think a person has finished a word). We're supposed to be just using our heads here

Quote from: Ring Wraith on April 14, 2010, 10:31:57 AM

we should create a seperate topic for this game.

This is also a good idea. Prof A, why don't you start round 2 in a new thread.

Warrior_Monk · « **Reply #34 on:** April 14, 2010, 10:37:15 AM »

aww, would I have been out if I had just lost normally? if not, I declare non-explanation of the rules!

when you said RCuz, my first thought was Roy Cruz...

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #35 on:** April 14, 2010, 04:24:36 PM »

Quote from: Ring Wraith on April 14, 2010, 10:37:15 AM

aww, would I have been out if I had just lost normally? if not, I declare non-explanation of the rules!

I don't think there was really anything you could've done really except for challenging RCuz's word before you. I think he was bluffing. As for the non-explanation of rules, I apologize. Just trying to remember all the rules off the top of my head was obviously not the best way to go. Good news is that you're back in as soon as only 3 more people are out.

Warrior_Monk · « **Reply #36 on:** April 14, 2010, 05:32:00 PM »

Quote from: Prof Underwood on April 14, 2010, 04:24:36 PM

Quote from: Ring Wraith on April 14, 2010, 10:37:15 AM
aww, would I have been out if I had just lost normally? if not, I declare non-explanation of the rules!
I don't think there was really anything you could've done really except for challenging RCuz's word before you. I think he was bluffing. As for the non-explanation of rules, I apologize. Just trying to remember all the rules off the top of my head was obviously not the best way to go. Good news is that you're back in as soon as only 3 more people are out.

Synthetism. also a word I googled, but I almost challenged it.

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Author Topic: trying to find games to play in the car on long trips (Read 4845 times)

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