This game is about guessing what an Invisible Rule is based on how people's posts are awarded or punished when the Invisible Rule is applied to them. Here are the (visible) rules:
1. The host chooses one Invisible Rule at start of game. Rules can be things like "
The letter 'O' may not be used"
or "
Someone's name must be mentioned."
The host is not a player, and he has no incentive to choose something overly difficult.
2. Each post the host makes must follow his own Invisible Rule.
3. When a player wants a post to be considered as an entry he precedes it with "
#x"
where x is the number of entries he will have made with the post. The first entry will be preceded with "
#1"
.
4. Each entry must have at least three words in it that differ when compared to any of the preceding entries in the game.
5. The host also precedes his entries with "
#x"
.
6. If a player makes a post that follows the Invisible Rule, he receives one rank point, whether he knew what the Invisible Rule was or not. Otherwise, he
loses one rank point and it goes into a pot. (like a poker pot)
7. A player may not exceed the number of posts made by the host. (Off-game posts are not counted.)
8. A player is said to be "
caught up"
if he has made as many posts in the game as the host. There is no obligation to stay "
caught up"
, but as you will see in the next two rules, it is necessary to win.
9. If a player is caught up, then he may at his option guess the Invisible Rule, by beginning his post with the words "
The Invisible Rule is"
followed by his description. If he guesses correctly, he wins the game. If he guesses incorrectly, he must wait for another player to guess before he can make another guess.
10. The winner gets modded up by the amount of the pot. In other words, the total amount of negative mods for the game are given to him. If he wishes to be host, he will also be given mod points to run the game.
If a host would like some mod points to run a game, just e-mail me at erikh@caravelgames.com.
I'll start the game with the next post. This post doesn't follow an Invisible Rule.
-Erik
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[Last edited by ErikH2000 at 10-01-2006 06:54 AM]
