The Thing (Game)
Posted: September 15th, 2020, 5:09 pm
The Thing (original name in Serbian:Појам) is a game I created as younger based on some guessing games,but it was much more complex than these and I continued to play it up to this day.
The Thing is played with one Imaginator and at least one Guesser. The Imaginator comes up with one thing and other guess what it is as well. That should be something generic,like duck,pine,helium,octave,not some more specific like 2016 USA election,expect if that thing,place or person is widely known. Also,some poorly known chemical compound has no place in The Thing. Generally it is a guessing game with removed childish elements. Also,it can express everything.
After the Imaginator came up with something,everyone begins to attempt to discover what it is. If there is only one,only it guesses. However,if there are more,they do that alternately.
At the first the Category needs to be guessed.
Categories are the groupings of things around something.
Here are the some most common ones and their explanations:
Geography includes anything about physical geography,like the places around the world and various formations. (social geography and astronomy are taken as separate categories)
Biology includes any life forms and species and things related to them,like unprepared things they directly produce.
Cuisine includes any recipes and indegrients that do not belong specifically to Biology(gelatine,salt,sugar,floor,spice,as well as semi-products).
Music includes kinds of music,musical instruments and all things related to music.
Biography includes all more or less famous persons.
Trade includes things that can be bought or seen in the house.
Chemistry includes all elements and compounds.
Physics includes everything about physics.
Many categories overlap to a large degree,but they are mostly intelligible. More can be made if needed. However,we don't need one called Things made of glass since all its subjects already belong to Trade.
Some things are relevant in some places,but not in the others. While lesser-known mountain from some country can be relevant in it,it is not outside. The President of Uganda is also irrelevant outside Uganda since it is not well known unlike some European ones,for an example.
The best things to come up with in this game are some that are known to the most people,but about that most people don't think often and know just a bit.
After that,the players need to enter in the details to discover what exactly is that thing. The first to discover wins.
The players may ask for hints if nobody suceed in the revealing more.
They also can surrender.
After the discovery the Imaginator usually answers questions about that thing,but that is not needed,expect if it is not so well known and is not done in the competitive play.
The game is not childish at all despite the fact it was born from very childish ones.
Feel free to play The Thing here. I don't think the Imaginator have the reason to answer questions since it is not needed. Also,the alternate play is not needed here and is instead just forbidden to double-post.
Have a good day!
BokaBB
The Thing is played with one Imaginator and at least one Guesser. The Imaginator comes up with one thing and other guess what it is as well. That should be something generic,like duck,pine,helium,octave,not some more specific like 2016 USA election,expect if that thing,place or person is widely known. Also,some poorly known chemical compound has no place in The Thing. Generally it is a guessing game with removed childish elements. Also,it can express everything.
After the Imaginator came up with something,everyone begins to attempt to discover what it is. If there is only one,only it guesses. However,if there are more,they do that alternately.
At the first the Category needs to be guessed.
Categories are the groupings of things around something.
Here are the some most common ones and their explanations:
Geography includes anything about physical geography,like the places around the world and various formations. (social geography and astronomy are taken as separate categories)
Biology includes any life forms and species and things related to them,like unprepared things they directly produce.
Cuisine includes any recipes and indegrients that do not belong specifically to Biology(gelatine,salt,sugar,floor,spice,as well as semi-products).
Music includes kinds of music,musical instruments and all things related to music.
Biography includes all more or less famous persons.
Trade includes things that can be bought or seen in the house.
Chemistry includes all elements and compounds.
Physics includes everything about physics.
Many categories overlap to a large degree,but they are mostly intelligible. More can be made if needed. However,we don't need one called Things made of glass since all its subjects already belong to Trade.
Some things are relevant in some places,but not in the others. While lesser-known mountain from some country can be relevant in it,it is not outside. The President of Uganda is also irrelevant outside Uganda since it is not well known unlike some European ones,for an example.
The best things to come up with in this game are some that are known to the most people,but about that most people don't think often and know just a bit.
After that,the players need to enter in the details to discover what exactly is that thing. The first to discover wins.
The players may ask for hints if nobody suceed in the revealing more.
They also can surrender.
After the discovery the Imaginator usually answers questions about that thing,but that is not needed,expect if it is not so well known and is not done in the competitive play.
The game is not childish at all despite the fact it was born from very childish ones.
Feel free to play The Thing here. I don't think the Imaginator have the reason to answer questions since it is not needed. Also,the alternate play is not needed here and is instead just forbidden to double-post.
Have a good day!
BokaBB