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Golden Rule Game
Icy North Started conversation May 12, 2006
This is a game which is a little different. It has rules, well, one rule, but I'm not going to tell you what it is. It's for you to work it out. How it works is this:
I post a word or phrase, which follows "the golden rule". The next person then posts another word or phrase which they think might follow the rule, and so on.
If I see that the last posting breaks the rule, I will say so, and I will then post a new word or phrase which follows the rule. I will not tell you what the rule is, and I will not highlight any broken rules in the backlog postings that I may have missed.
As the game progresses, players will begin to realise what the Golden Rule is.
If I see that five consecutive postings follow the rule, I will declare the game finished, state what the rule was, and award a point to the last researcher who posted.
I will then start a new game with a brand new rule, indicating this in the thread title.
And that's all there is to it!
OK, Golden Rule Game #1 starts with the following:
Whale
Golden Rule Game #1
Icy North Posted May 12, 2006
'Jonah' breaks the rule.
Continuing from posting 1 (Whale):
Electric eel
Golden Rule Game #1
Icy North Posted May 12, 2006
"Dolphin" breaks the rule (why didn't I pick an easier one!)
Continuing from posting 3 "Electric Eel":
Limpet
Golden Rule Game #1
Icy North Posted May 12, 2006
"Sea-horse" breaks the rule 
Continuing from posting 5 "Limpet":
Trawler
Golden Rule Game #1
Icy North Posted May 12, 2006
"Mackerel" breaks the rule
Continuing from posting 7 "Trawler":
Regatta
Golden Rule Game #1
Icy North Posted May 12, 2006
"Submarine" breaks the rule
Continuing from posting 9 "Regatta":
Airship
Golden Rule Game #1
Icy North Posted May 12, 2006
"Jumbo Jet" breaks the rule
Continuing from posting 11 "Airship":
Pontoon
Golden Rule Game #1
Icy North Posted May 12, 2006
"Jumbo Jet" breaks the rule
Continuing from posting 14 "Pontoon":
Navigate
Golden Rule Game #1
Icy North Posted May 12, 2006
Apologies - cut & paste error
"Military" breaks the rule
Continuing from posting 14 "Pontoon":
Navigate
Golden Rule Game #1
Icy North Posted May 12, 2006
"Hemisphere" breaks the rule
Continuing from posting 18 "Navigate":
Embark
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Golden Rule Game
- 1: Icy North (May 12, 2006)
- 2: Artisan (May 12, 2006)
- 3: Icy North (May 12, 2006)
- 4: Artisan (May 12, 2006)
- 5: Icy North (May 12, 2006)
- 6: Artisan (May 12, 2006)
- 7: Icy North (May 12, 2006)
- 8: Artisan (May 12, 2006)
- 9: Icy North (May 12, 2006)
- 10: Artisan (May 12, 2006)
- 11: aka Bel - A87832164 (May 12, 2006)
- 12: Icy North (May 12, 2006)
- 13: aka Bel - A87832164 (May 12, 2006)
- 14: Icy North (May 12, 2006)
- 15: aka Bel - A87832164 (May 12, 2006)
- 16: Artisan (May 12, 2006)
- 17: Icy North (May 12, 2006)
- 18: Icy North (May 12, 2006)
- 19: aka Bel - A87832164 (May 12, 2006)
- 20: Icy North (May 12, 2006)
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