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On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 7:44 PM, .alyn.post. <alyn.post@lodockikumazvati.org
> wrote:

> In the improve community, I'm familiar with two variations of this
> game used as warm-up tools.
>
> One I know as word popcorn, where you say the first word that comes
> to mind, no matter what it is.  It is designed to break down self-
> censorship.
>
> The other I know as Word at a time, where each person says one word
> around the circle trying to tell a cohesive story.
>
> A variation of that game is a counting game, where as a group, with
> no pattern or clues, you try as a group to monotonically count to 20.
> If a number is repeated (say two people say '2') or a pattern developers
> (like the count going clockwise around the circle) you start over at
> 1 and try again.
>
> For your game, sufficiently clever players would need to ban use of
> the word 'si'!
>
> -Alan
>

You're right. I hadn't thought about the magic words. This game is basically
the word at a time one, although more simple. One of my friends compared it
Mad Libs. (Speaking of, wouldn't a Lojbanic Mad Libs be great?)


> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 07:20:11PM -0600, Jonathan Jones wrote:
> >    I recently came up with a very simple game that my friends find highly
> >    addictive - we've been playing it in English, but I'm willing to bet
> it'd
> >    be just as fun in Lojban too.
> >
> >    The rules of the game are simple: Get a bunch of people together, the
> more
> >    the better, and make a sentence. Each person gets one word, going in a
> >    circle, for as long as everyone is able to keep straight faces. It'd
> >    probably be a good idea to not count gadri as a word when playing this
> in
> >    Lojban.
> >
> >    The best part is, it's nearly guaranteed that the resulting sentence
> will
> >    be hilarious, without any effort to make it so.
> >
> >    --
> >    mu'o mi'e .aionys.
> >
> >    .i.a'o.e'e ko cmima le bende pe lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi
> patfu
> >    do zo'o
> >    (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )
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<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 7:44 PM, .alyn.post. <sp=
an dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:alyn.post@lodockikumazvati.org">alyn.p=
ost@lodockikumazvati.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204=
, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
In the improve community, I&#39;m familiar with two variations of this<br>
game used as warm-up tools.<br>
<br>
One I know as word popcorn, where you say the first word that comes<br>
to mind, no matter what it is. =A0It is designed to break down self-<br>
censorship.<br>
<br>
The other I know as Word at a time, where each person says one word<br>
around the circle trying to tell a cohesive story.<br>
<br>
A variation of that game is a counting game, where as a group, with<br>
no pattern or clues, you try as a group to monotonically count to 20.<br>
If a number is repeated (say two people say &#39;2&#39;) or a pattern devel=
opers<br>
(like the count going clockwise around the circle) you start over at<br>
1 and try again.<br>
<br>
For your game, sufficiently clever players would need to ban use of<br>
the word &#39;si&#39;!<br>
<br>
-Alan<br></blockquote><div><br>You&#39;re right. I hadn&#39;t thought about=
 the magic words. This game is basically the word at a time one, although m=
ore simple. One of my friends compared it Mad Libs. (Speaking of, wouldn&#3=
9;t a Lojbanic Mad Libs be great?)<br>
=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8=
ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div><di=
v class=3D"h5">

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 07:20:11PM -0600, Jonathan Jones wrote:<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0I recently came up with a very simple game that my friends find=
 highly<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0addictive - we&#39;ve been playing it in English, but I&#39;m w=
illing to bet it&#39;d<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0be just as fun in Lojban too.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0The rules of the game are simple: Get a bunch of people togethe=
r, the more<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0the better, and make a sentence. Each person gets one word, goi=
ng in a<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0circle, for as long as everyone is able to keep straight faces.=
 It&#39;d<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0probably be a good idea to not count gadri as a word when playi=
ng this in<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0Lojban.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0The best part is, it&#39;s nearly guaranteed that the resulting=
 sentence will<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0be hilarious, without any effort to make it so.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0--<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0mu&#39;o mi&#39;e .aionys.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0.i.a&#39;o.e&#39;e ko cmima le bende pe lo pilno be denpa bu .i=
 doi.luk. mi patfu<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0do zo&#39;o<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )<br>
&gt;<br>
</div></div>&gt; =A0 =A0--<br>
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