Oh, this sounds like a blast! And just the kind of thing for a pick-up game -- no setup to speak of, no cleanup to speak of, people can jump in and out easy as Fluxx -- heck, this is a bus game! (Bus games are what we called games you can play on the way home on the schoolbus with nothing more than the back of a textbook.) I'm going to break it out at the Christmas party. On 12/19/06, Kristin Looney <kristin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
minimal real-time Zendo... fascinating! I look forward to trying this and hearing what others think... -Kristin --On December 19, 2006 David Artman <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Again, last night, I am running my weekly Monday Games Night in Durham, > NC, and after I left the main venue to go to my favorite pub, I had an > inspiration. I busted out a Treehouse stash and this is what happened.... > ---------- > Title: > Single-Stash Zendo > > This variant is best played with a limited number of people who all > present at the game start. This is because it is a one-stash variant and, > as such, you will not have enough pieces to build koans to seek the rule > or disprove a guess. > > Starting: > Begin as normal, with the Master thinking up a rule and making two koans, > one marked as having and one marked as not having the Budda Nature. > Determine who goes first any way that's legal in your area--or don't, and > let folks shout out as they see fit (but be sure to restrain someone who > is machine-gunning rule guesses). > > Playing: > Students do not build koans and do not ask Mondo or Master and do not > aquire guessing stones. Instead, on a Student's turn (or whenever a > Student shouts out a rule), the Student makes a guess at the rule or > passes. If the Student guesses and is incorrect, the Master must adjust > one of the two koans to disprove the guess. The Master may add or remove > pyramids to make this disproof. Then, it is immediately the next > Student's turn--don't let folks double-up and dominate the win! > > Winning: > If the Student's guess matches the Master's rule, that Student has won: > shake his or her hand as everyone laughs (or groans). That Student is the > next Master (or go in sequence or let the loudest whiner be next). > ---------- > The folks with whom I sat at the bar playing RAVED about it; and it > wasn't long before we were running "freeform," where they were making > guesses so quickly that I was almost constantly adjusting one or the > other koan. > > Thoughts? > David Artman > _______________________________________________ > Icehouse mailing list > Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse _______________________________________________ Icehouse mailing list Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse
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