It's time for another game ... How well do you know your game rules? Go on, have a go. You know you want to.
Melissa
Australia
Melbourne
Victoria
Best wishes to you all for 2011. xxx
Mostly offline, but trying.
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With bggcon about to start, I figure it's time for another GeekList game.
This one is more challenging (maybe ... some of that last lot were pretty tough) but is another "chain game".
Each new item posted should quote part of the rules to a game.
The next item should show the game that the previous item's rule belonged to, and then quote a new rule.
If there is a dispute, the person who posted the quote can adjudicate. Or I can.
Please, when you post an entry, keep an eye on the answers or questions that may be posted. And if no-one has it within a reasonable time, try posting another one.
Once again, there will be microbadges. This time, I know how to do them en masse so I won't have to do them all individually. That will save a heap of time.
The question is, though, whether I should get a new Microbadge for this game or just re-use the old one. I tend to think we should get a new one so if any kind soul wants to donate their Mad Microbadge Skillz that would be much appreciated.
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If it is right...
Quote: The Football Stadium does not allow an action. Not only can the Football Stadium not be bought, it can only be built
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Board Game: Le Havre
[Average Rating:8.09 Overall Rank:7]
Halesowen Boardgamer
United Kingdom
Halesowen
West Midlands
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Quote: The route taken by a goods token can never include two towns of the same colour
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Larry Welborn
United States
Anderson
South Carolina
Way to go, Bubba.
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Is this it?
Edit:
Quote: When a Tree is in the path of a shot, the player must take a Tree Test to determine if the shot cleared the tree.
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Joe Huber
Westborough
Massachusetts
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This it?
OK, I'll try this one...
Quote: The players are awarded points according to the values of their score cards and according to the number of their smallest tribe of people.
Hmmm... perhaps this will help...
Quote: If there is a discard pile with people cards, then a player may also select a card from this face-up pile instead of a culture card.
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Rob Derrick
United States
Los Alamos
New Mexico
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That one was tougher than woodpecker lips.
Hope this one is a challenge:
Quote: If the fox stands on the field with the fox hole, then the players no longer have the liberty of even one more error.
Everybody take a deep breath. I will be gone for about an hour. Here is a further clue:
Quote: Because the next time the fox has to be withdrawn because the players did not solve a task, then the fox disappears from the game board into its underground home...
Sorry about the time-out -- an unexpected obligation.
Quote: ... into its underground home and cannot any longer be overtaken by __________. If this happens, all players together have lost, because they did not succeed in taming the fox. It does not matter how many stars the players still have lying in front of themselves.
One more after this before I head home. And I admit, this one cannot be searched for or discovered. Because unless you own or otherwise personally know the game, it must be inferred. But, with the information thus provided, it can now be inferred.
Quote: • Can you guess the secret desires of your fellow players?
• Do you see the magic behind the obvious things?
• Can you draw the favorite hiding place of your childhood?
By the fulfillment of different tasks ______ travels from Planet to Planet and as reward the players may set stars in the sky.
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Thomas Taylor
United States
Pleasanton
California
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Total SWAG here.
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Goran Topic
Japan
Nerima-ku
Tokyo
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I have no clue about this game, but it really sounds like something about Le Petit Prince...
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Brad
United States
Tampa
Florida
Rise...Men of Sherwood...and Play Games!
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Quote: When any portion of a piece overlaps an enemy piece, the enemy piece is captured. A captured ____ is usually eliminated...
Lets see if that works.
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Uisge Beatha
Scotland
http://www.thekanofoundation.com/
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Ok, if that's right try this -
Quote: All players who have most unnameable markers (only one top player, or plural if tie case) are possesssed by Great Old Ones and perished as scapegoat.
Should be enough clues there I think ... 
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Joe Huber
Westborough
Massachusetts
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Purely a guess, since I've never played this...
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Matt Davis
United States
Upland
California
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This one, then?
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Thomas Taylor
United States
Pleasanton
California
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Thomas Taylor
United States
Pleasanton
California
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Yay! Go me!
Quote: My personal favorite line of text in the rules to this particular game is "GOAL OF THE GAME: VICTORY"
And because this is probably too vague, another.
Quote: Faced with the front facade, which gives to the Rolling Sidewalk, stands the Autowarrior Statue, a Herculean sculpture made of vanadium which represents an autowarrior with his plastiarmour and his helmet in hand. With a capacity for 385000 spectators, those are separated from the Arena by a moat of water and a plast-steel fence along it.
The configuration of the arena varies according to the spectacle being offered: The Battle Motor League, the Struggles of Cybeasts, Omegarock concerts or Ultraball matches are only part of the usual programming of this futuristic Coliseum.
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Dice Hate Me
United States
Durham
North Carolina
The boardgame blog with worse luck than you! dicehateme.com
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A true classic with this rules quote:
Quote: As the game begins, all territories belong to you! Your primary challenge is to defend your territories - especially your city territories - from invader takeovers. You can recapture lost city territories for a bonus. Your powerful lasers can destroy any enemy unit anywhere on the board!
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Matt Davis
United States
Upland
California
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Let me take this opportunity to once again beg FFG to somehow acquire the rights and reprint this. Thank you.
This one should go fast, I think:
Quote: This causes a great increase in metaphysical understanding which has no practical relevance in the game.
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Hiding Tiger
Australia
Parmelia
Western Australia
Growf!
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Quote: If it isn't your turn, you cannot hold any cards.
Hint #1: another rule
Quote: Play all of the cards in your hand each turn.
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Board Game: Fluxx
[Average Rating:5.73 Overall Rank:4257]
Dave Peters
Australia
Sydney
New South Wales
Powers:Coleridge:Milton: Faith...must be, if anything, a clear-eyed recognition of the patterns and tendencies, to be found in every piece of the world's fabric, which are the lineaments of God.
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Quote: If there is still a tie then I think God meant it to be that way and the game remains tied.
If it's any help, it's a game I've rated...
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Hiding Tiger
Australia
Parmelia
Western Australia
Growf!
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Quote: For one action, you may move your Thief to any room or entrance on the board.
As there seem to be very few players at the moment, I'll only drop extra hints hourly, at least until it appears that the rest of the world is waking up.
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Dave Peters
Australia
Sydney
New South Wales
Powers:Coleridge:Milton: Faith...must be, if anything, a clear-eyed recognition of the patterns and tendencies, to be found in every piece of the world's fabric, which are the lineaments of God.
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Quote: For 2, 3 or 4 players, the 5 “cutie-pie” animals are removed from the game.
Not a very good one, I'm afraid. It responds far too easily to a Google search...
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Pee di Moor
Netherlands
Rotterdam
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correct?
Quote: Players may never check the contents of the oven.
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Arthur
United States
California
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Mystery Game wrote: First - Divide into 2 teams. It doesn't matter if there are exactly the same number of people on a team. We like to play "girls against the guys". It just sounds funnier than mixed teams.
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B-ʎǝsnoW-ix
Netherlands
Santpoort-Zuid
a nice small town near the sea
Still tracking down my 2011 Secret Santa, I think I know who SHE is!
Engaged! - Planning for a wedding in June 2013. - Engaged!
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How about this game?
if correct, my question:
Quote: The tiles can be placed in many ways (including leaving spaces between them so there is no continues path)
shell we just continue playing, I think he old man is asleep...
I'll post a hint in 15 minutes.
Hint #1: it's about finding realy realy old books
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Geoff H
United States
Durham
North Carolina
U.S. 95th Infantry Division - The Iron Men of Metz
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Is this it?
OK here's my rule:
Quote: Members of the Order of the Sorcerers are not fully trusted by the High Wizards. When they encounter a High Wizard they will only have a chance to receive a Gem if they are in the company of a Master Sorcerer…
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Halesowen Boardgamer
United Kingdom
Halesowen
West Midlands
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Quote: Many races inhabit the Old World, but the great empire, which has known peace now for some hundred years is growing a bit decrepit around the edges.
20 minutes
Quote: Each player starts with a Teapot
35 minutes
Quote: There are thirteen foremen of various abilities as stated on the cards. A player must have one and only one foreman
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Rob Derrick
United States
Los Alamos
New Mexico
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! Nailed it with the Teapot. The third clue came in just as I was posting the answer.
Quote: According to the number of players and the card, three to seven tables can be free. The number in the middle of the tables indicates the number of publicity points which a player obtains for his pawn at the time of an evaluation.
Strangely, I just noted that these rules are not on the geek. I will try to rectify this soon.
No pictures either? No way! Is that possible?
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Whoa, this one may be way harder than I thought. Looks like the only rules set that is currently available anywhere on the net is in French, although it is a German game. The game description describes it as "One of ________'s better games", though it has vanishingly few ratings. One web site says, paraphrasing, [I feel that if _______ had been made by a fashionable publisher, the gaming world would be pontificating]
I translated this from the French a couple years ago, and then forgot about it. I was still in the process of putting final touches on the layout, but other things got in the way.
So, I'll give great big clues for a short while, and if nobody gets it after a few, or if Melissa decides to disqualify me, I'll give it up as too obscure. Here's the next one:
Quote:
Actions
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* Contact * / Goto Guy * / Special VIP *
The card "Contact" makes it possible to exchange the places of pawns. Only the pawns being on luxury locations can be affected by this card. Pawns on the paths or the home locations cannot be exchanged.
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* Helicopter / Helicopter / Meeting *
The helicopter makes it possible for the player to move one of his pawns from one location to another. As with the card "Contact", the pawn cannot be on a path or a home location.
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OK, herewith, the entire description of game play:
Quote: Game play
Each player represents a group of social climbers who try to obtain the best places possible for its members in the nearby elite restaurant, The “_______”, located at the middle of the gameboard. As soon as all of the free tables in the “_______” are occupied, the players carry out an evaluation of the victory points which represent the amount of publicity obtained by each group of socialites.
The game ends as soon as a player reaches the highest step of the publicity stairs or at the latest after the seventh evaluation. The player who has the most publicity points wins.
I see that a copy of the game is currently for sale on http://cgi.ebay.at -- where is *.at? Oh wait, Österreich!
Next, perhaps last, clue -- the complete game description (not on bgg, btw) {Update -- it is now!}:
Quote: The Game of Appearance and Reality
The “400”, the “glitterati”, the “beautiful people” and the “VIP’s”. Who wouldn’t want to be part of their world of luxury, glamour and glitz…
However, we can’t all belong to it. The road to the top leads through the best tables at the “_______”! The super-luxury-IN-temple in the center of the city. “The” restaurant.
Those seen there may rightfully count themselves among “High Society”. But in order to reach your goal must you keep your adversaries at bay. By use of "Scandals", "Rumors", "Contacts" and many other actions you are trying to climb the social ladder while trying to put a spike in the wheel of your opponents. Lucky for you that having a "Bodyguard" handy just might save you from just about everything.
And don't despair. Those who are IN today may be "Total OUT" tomorrow!
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I identified a game I rate a 2...
