Census The Census and Games Gaming Thread v3.0 -

20.

 

Rats. I'm dead, so whoever is next.

 

20: Mister_Master, Jedi

But here's the twost - Loyal's a Jedi too, so he knocked himself out, and you get his number.

//1\\ //2\\ //3\\ //4\\ //5\\
//6\\ //7\\ //8\\ //9\\ //10\\
//11\\ //12\\ //13\\ //14\\ //15\\
//16\\ //17\\ //18\\ //19\\ //20\\
//21\\ //22\\ //23\\ //24\\ //25\\
//26\\ //27\\ //28\\ //29\\ //30\\


Rebels: 1
Sith: 0
Jedi: 2

5. Mister_Master
8. padawanLissa
9. StarWarsFreak444

 

OK cool. I'll be picking 17 then.

 

That's me, the last rebel.

 

Correct. Congrats MM and SWF444, you won the first game in the new thread!!!


Next game's Bassil's, so look for that soon

 

Once again, it's no colors for me...

But congrats MM and SWF444!

 

And on to Rare Entries!

A reminder of the rules:

This game has no sign-up necessary.

I will post a set of six categories, each of which has a small pool of correct answers (like "One of the Seven Deadly Sins" or "Character who was in all three films of the OT"), and anyone who wishes to take part PMs a list with one answer for each. Once the submission period (72 hours) is up, I will then assign points for each correct response based on how many people answered it; one point if only one gave it, two if two did, and so on. An incorrect answer is worth one point more than the highest-scoring correct answer.


<blockquote>For example, to use the Deadly Sins question, if only one guy said sloth, he'd get one point, but the four people who picked lust would each get four. Assuming that was the most popular answer, then the person who answered jaywalking would get five points. Once all the answers have been given scores, a person's six numbers are then multiplied to come up with a final score, with the lowest-scoring person being the winner. Someone with all unique answers would score a perfect one point. The categories will be on varied subjects, and research is allowed and encouraged.</blockquote>

Remember, the point is to score less than everyone else by having the most unique answers.

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You guys have 72 hours (3 days) to PM me your answers, so they're due by [b]1 p.m. board time on Friday[/b]. It's really easy, and and easy chance to win colors, so I'd like to see a bunch of people playing!!

This round's categories are:

A queen of England (ruling monarch, not the wife of a king)
A main character from How I Met Your Mother
A color of the rainbow
A published book by Brandon Sanderson
A Disney princess (one of the official 8; new ones don't count)
A Star Wars movie


Good luck!!

 

I've only had a couple entries Any other takers? You've got until tomorrow.

 

Mister_Master

A queen of England (ruling monarch, not the wife of a king) Queen Mary 1
A main character from How I Met Your Mother Barney Stinson
A color of the rainbow Blue
A published book by Brandon Sanderson Elantris
A Disney princess (one of the official 8; new ones don't count) Pocahontas
A Star Wars movie ROTJ


Path-seeker

A queen of England: Mary I (Bloody Mary)
A main character from How I Met Your Mother: Lily Aldrin
A color of the rainbow: Yellow
A published book by Brandon Sanderson: Mistborn: The Hero of Ages
A Disney princess: Snow White
A Star Wars movie: A New Hope


Same number of points, so they both win


Bassil will be in here next

 

MM, I can't believe we canceled on Queen Mary. I thought everyone would go with Victoria, Elizabeth or Anne.

Also, the rest of y'all need to get on board this game. It really doesn't take a lot of time or brain power, just a bit of strategy and a lot of luck.

 

That one surprised me too - I thought everyone would go with Elizabeth.

And I agree - more people next time would be nice

 

So did I, that was why I picked Mary.

 

Guess next time someone should pick Matilda

 

Let's play some Snap!

Here's the shortened rules since HTML doesn't work for me yet:
Or, I could give you the rules in four sentences:

Game starts. You have 24 hours to PM me a list of the order of your five cards. Once I announce the number of players in the game, you then have 24 hours to give me your prediction.

And then a winnar is you.


And we have begun, 24 hours to get those PMs into me folks. Probably a little more than 24 actually.

 

Sent mine!

 

Sent!

 

Okay, it's been 24 hours since the thread title was changed, (thanks, Nat), so I'm going to announce that we have

4

players in this edition of SNAP!


24 hours to get in your predictions.

 

Okay, time for the results.


1.J Q J K
2.Q J J J
3.J J K J
4.J K J Q
5.K J Q J


Therefore, the correct prediction is 1

So, congratulations to padawanlissa and Tyi-Maet_Nefer, our winners!

I'll have the next game to play up later tonight.

 

Congrats, lissa and Tyi!

 

Alright, how about some...

Pirate's Dice



Inspired from the dice game played in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest between Davy Jones, Will Turner and his father, Bootstrap Bill. Actually, the game is virtually identical, with possible tweaks here and there.

The rules are very simple. This game involves a distinct amount of strategic gambling and bluffing. A lot of fun.

1. -- Sign-ups will consist of eight players. More players could cause the game to last for too long, however it is not out of the question. It would be possible, however, to have an all-in free for all game (as is done in the movie) where winner takes all if there is interest.

2. -- Once the game begins, each player will be given five dice at random. The host will deal these out randomly by rolling dice in real life and then PMing each person with their set.

3. -- To begin with, an order of the table is determined. Betting (which we will come to in a minute) progresses in order. Initially, this order will begin as the order of sign-ups. Once a person "wins" a round, they will then begin the betting in the next round with the order following them in the original sign-up list to come next.



The set-up is complete. Now the game begins...


Betting...

Betting consists of posting an amount of a certain dice number. However, while each player only sees their set of five dice, all dice on the table is involved in the bet. To begin with, you could bet "one 3". This means that you are claiming that there is at least one dice number of 3 on the table. Of course, in an opening scenario of eight players, I'm sure there would be many more 3's than just one (eight players with five dice each means that for the first round there would be a total of 40 dice in play).

Betting is done in order as mentioned above. The next player must bet "higher" than the previous bet. A higher bet is in amount (if the bet was "two 3's", than a bet of "four 3's" is higher), in number (if the bet was "two 3's", than a bet of "two 5's" is higher) or in both (if the bet was "two 3's", than a bet of "five 6's" is higher).

This process continues around the table in order. Each player must bet. You cannot pass. On any turn in the game a player may declare that somebody is a LIAR on their turn. Usually this occurs when a player thinks that somebody has bet too high or is afraid to bet any higher themselves. Declaring LIAR is in place of your bet. You may only declare LIAR if it is your turn.

When somebody declares "LIAR", the round stops and all players reveal what dice they have (the host will confirm the dice shown). If the current bet is on the table - for instance if ten 5's were declared and there were 10 (or more) on the table - then the person who called LIAR loses the round and is eliminated from the game. If the bet is not on the table (ten 5's are declared and there are only nine or less), then whoever laid that bet down is declared a LIAR and is eliminated from the game. This continues for 7 rounds until we have our winner.



Your turn...

Consists of either placing a bet of dice OR calling "LIAR" on the previous bet.



Timing...

Because we are on a forum and not sitting around a table or on a pirate ship together (unfortunately), there has to be a set rule of how much time players have:

* Each player has 24 hours for their turn.

* Turns are in order, so the 24 hours start from when the previous person has posted their bet.

* If a person does not bet in any given round, they are eliminated from the game.

* Rounds stop if a person is eliminated because of time. Only the host may eliminate a player. This means that there will always be seven rounds of play.




Winner...

You win by staying in the game. It's that simple.


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Savvy?

 

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1. Gunny
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Savvy.



Sign-ups:

1. Gunny
2. Tyi-Maet Nefer
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1. Gunny
2. Tyi-Maet Nefer
3. LilyHobbitJedi
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