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Challenge 14: Himeji Castle; Individual Im-BOO-nity
Topic Started: Mar 1 2016, 05:49:32 PM (172 Views)
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Amid the excitement of the last TC, you may have noticed that Tokugawa, our ghost, is no longer among us. At least, that appears to be the case. Just to be sure, we are going to be going on a ghost hunt at Himeji Castle, one of the most famous castles of Feudal Japan.

That means we will be playing Ghost! Each of you will be faced against one other player. The player to go first will state a letter. The other player will then add a letter to either the front or the back. Then the third player will add a letter to the front or back of that. This will continue until one of the players makes a word of more than 3 letters, at which point they will be declared the loser and will be eliminated from the challenge.

Here's a sample game:
 


Herodotus goes first and picks "B".

Thucydides may add to either the front or the back of that. Let's say he chooses the letter "O". He can make either "BO" or "OB". For this example, we'll say he does the former.

Herodotus must add a letter to that. He chooses "R", and adds it to the back. Now the string is "BOR".

Thucydides adds another letter. He puts an "R" on the front this time, creating "RBOR".

It's Herodotus' turn, and if he spells "ARBOR", then he loses. In desperation he puts a "G" on the end, creating "RBORG".

Thucydides knows that there are no words that contain "RBORG", so he says "I challenge!". If Herodotus can think of a word that contains "RBORG", then he wins! But there aren't any, so he loses and Herodotus is out of the challenge.


Remember, letters can be added to the front OR back. Also, while you do not want to spell a word, you must always be building towards a word.

We will be doing this tournament-style. All matchups have been randomly determined:

Game 1: Isabella vs Bismarck
Game 2: Gandhi vs Reagan
Game 3: Roosevelt vs Justinian
Game 4: Churchill vs Victoria

Game 5: Winner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2
Game 6: Winner of Game 3 vs Winner of Game 4

Finals: Winner of Game 5 vs Winner of Game 6

I will make a subforum in the Challenge Beach for you to play your games. In the interest of keeping this moving, I highly recommend each pair agrees on a time you can both be online and then hammer out the entire match at once.

Remember, outside aids are not allowed! If you won a challenge advantage earlier in the game and wish to use it, please post something to that effect BEFORE your first post in your match.
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In case nobody noticed the new subforum, the games will be played HERE.
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What constitutes a word? Scrabble dictionary rules?

Are there any rules about prolonged absence?
Edited by Reagan, Mar 1 2016, 08:25:43 PM.
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Um, try not to be a dick about it, I guess?

If somebody goes too long I'll harass them over Facebook, and then if it continues I'll harass them some more, and then strike three is disqualification? That sounds good.

EDIT: Yes, Scrabble dictionary rules.
Edited by Herodotus, Mar 1 2016, 08:27:09 PM.
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Okay, follow up question. Will you accept "Drumpf" as a word?
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I will not.

"Bern" is also a proper noun and is similarly disallowed.
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Alright, that took longer than I thought it would take, but we are finally done. First off, who got last place?

In a four-way tie for last was...
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the First clue is not that Challenging