Anyone interested in trying a new game?

In this game you will be given a category list with ten items on it. You will then be given a key letter. You must then fill in all the category blanks with words beginning in this key letter. You will score one point for each answer you come up with that another player has not duplicated. So originality is the key. Be creative!

Example: If a category is 'a colour' and the key letter is P, an answer of polar bear white would be less apt to be duplicated than would pink.
Take note, though: If you use the key letter twice in the same category item, such as pale puce for 'a colour', you would score two points. (Providing no one duplicates your answer.)

Only main words will be counted in the answer: For example it the category is 'Movies' and the key letter is C, [The] Crucible would be acceptable. The word 'the' is never counted.

Anyway, shall we try it? I will give you the category list and the key letter. You may then PM your answers to me. I will give anyone wishing to play several days to get their answers in before posting the 'round's results.

So without further ado here are the categories for "Cattergories", Round 1. The key letter is S. Have fun!

1. A boy's name
2. Cities
3. Insects
4. Breakfast Foods
5. TV Shows
6. Occupations
7. Trees
8. Personality Traits
9. Cartoon Characters
10. Crimes

Remember all answers must begin with the letter S.


If you have any questions please PM me.

Great idea, Ballykissangel. PM will be winging it's way to you later on today, when I get a bit of time to rummage around on Google

Me too BKA I love this game!

Great! I'm so glad!

Is alot of Fun. Good idea for a party game also.
Have submitted to you my answers.
PF

Did you get mine too?

Mine are sent.
I hope they make sense, I went a bit mad with the bold function

Great idea! I'll be sending my PM anon.

Yes. I got all your PMs.. You guys are brilliant at this! Got lots of original answers for sure. I'm glad you all seem to be enjoying it. I'll post results tomorrow morning as well as a new round.

Thanks all,

BKA

Just a 'heads up'. I probably didn't make it clear enough that it is perfectly acceptable to use descriptive words as a part of your answer and will be awarded more points.

For example: A girls name Saucy Suzy would count as 2 points. Get the idea? Feel free to make any changes you like to your entries.

Sent in my PM...hope I am not late...and hope I don't have the wrong idea!

Quote:

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This is only the beginning of the stuff we can come up with.

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I'll be looking forward to seeing them then.!

I'll be posting results of Round 1 shortly.

I'm glad we had so many game participants - 11 in all.

Results for Cattergories Round 1:

1. Boys name: Solomon, Sabin, Sacheverell, Saintly Santiago, Samuel, Spencer, Stephen, Selwyn

Seamus was a duplicate answer. (2) No points awarded for it.

2. Cities: sparkling St. Catharines, Sham Shek Tsuen, Sao Paulo, Shenandoah Square, Sligo, sunny Seville, Sault Ste. Marie, Sydney

San Sebastian was a duplicate. (2)

3. Insects: slater, small spiny stick insect, scarab beetle, strepsiptera stylops, sweet gum scale, small spruce sawfly, spider

Silverfish (2), stink bug (2)

4. Breakfast Foods: strawberry jam, Smart Start, Scrambled eggs, Strawberry Smoothie, Spoon Bread, sweetened scones, single serving of Sugar Smacks, Super Sugar Crisps, Sugar Puffs

Sausage (3)

5. TV Shows: The Sweeney, Secret Squirrel Show, Simpsons, Spongebob Squarepants, So! Graham Norton, Showbiz Show, Sapphire and Steele, Seventy-Seven Sunset Strip, Sudenly Susan, Sister Sister, Sesame Street

No duplicates here. You came up with some doozies!

6. Occupations: Seismologist, Silent Scrutineer(election), Silversmith, Sanitations Officer, Security Alarm Installer, Sword Slipper, Shoeing Smith, Structural Engineer, salaried Shoe Store Salesperson, Scientist, Store Santa

(some of these I had to look up! )


7. Trees: shady Scotch Pine, Shimpaku, Sterculia Africana

sycamore (2), serviceberry (2), spruce (3), sitka, (2)

8. Personality Traits: shy, spontaneous sociability, sarcastic, self-sufficient, single-mindedness, slovenly sloth, sophisticated, selflessness, spunky

9. Cartoon Characters: Sylvester the Cat, Scrooge McDuck, Sandi (Daria), Smokey Stover, sinister Yosemite Sam, Starr Twinkle, Snow White, Snoopy, Screwy Squirrel

Spongebob Squarepants (2)

10. Crimes: sodomising a minor, simple strangulation, sale of illegal substances, stealty stalking, serial slayings, stick-up (of convience store)

sedition (2), stabbing (2)

suicide (not considered a crime)

*If a word is duplicated twice in a category such as stabbing, and six simultaneous serious stabbings , neither answer will be be awarded any points.

Scores as follows:

SpanishLiz 20
Gats 18
Purple Fan 17
Elf Twinkle 16
Mugaboo 13
Santana, Ren 12
Ozzz, Gemini 9
Flynn, Jane 8


Well done, all.

*Remember for future reference that descriptive words using the key letter will award you more points.

Cattergories Round 2

1. Fictional Character
2. Countries
3. Ice Cream Flavours
4. Spices/Herbs
5. Hobbies
6. Diseases
7. Names Used in the Bible
8. People in Uniform
9. Celebrities
10. Sandwiches

Key Letter B

Have fun and go wild with the descriptive words!

Whew! You guys are getting into the swing of things now! wait til you see some of the answers I've received!
Good stuff. I'll be posting results sometime late Saturday evening.

Sorry, Folks, I won't be able to post results for Cattergories Round 2 until Monday some time. I've been busy at work. If anyone else wants to send in answers feel free.

Again with the apologies....lol
I've been too busy to even get to FT except for a few minutes. Sorry about holding everything up. I'll be around asap. Too bad when real life has to interfere with my fun in the forums. I miss you all.

Dawn

HI all. I'm not working tonight so I'm going to try and post Cattegories B results later this evening. Toodles.

Sorry it's taken me so long to post results. I promise it won'ttake as long next time. I'm not as busy over the next little while. At long last here they are:

"Cattergories" Round 2 Letter B

1. Fictional Character: Batty Barnard, Blinky Bill, Brave Battling Binx Bolling, Billy Budd, Billy Bunter, Bashful brave and bold Bilbo Baggins, Blustery Barnacle Bob, bright Big Bird, beautiful bright bouncy Betty Boop, boyish Billy Bathgate, Barrymore the Butler

Duplicate Answer: Billy Bunter


2. Countries: Baruba, Burkino Faso, beautiful Bolivia, bountiful Bahrain, boring Belgium, beautiful but barren Botswana, balmi Burundi, brilliant Bulgaria

Duplicate answers: Brazil, Belize


3. Ice Cream Flavours: Black berry, blue berry blast, blue bunny's bouncing bunny tracks, buttery butter brickle, blue berry, berries and banana, butterscoth ripple and banana bonanza, better butter brickle, brownies on the moon, buttery buterscotch, brownie batter, brandy butter betwixt butterscotch and brown bread ice cream

4. Spices/Herbs: Bergamont, bland Bison grass, Borage, Black Benny, black beans, bitter bay leaves, Barbecue Blend, Blue Bugle Bronze

Duplicate answers: basil and black pepper


5. Hobbies: Bottle and Beermat collecting, collecting Breakable Beer Bottles, Baseball card collecting, Blowing up Balloons, Building brilliant brown baskets to fill with bon-bons for my best buddies, , Button collecting, Buying books for browsing, browsing bargain bookstores, blowing big bubbles

Duplicate answer: Beekeeping


6. Diseases: Bubonic plague, Botulism, baffling Billet Bear Syndrome, brutally bad Bronchiogenic carcinoma, Breakbone Fever, Babesiosis, bed-ridden, bearing Brittle Bone Disease

Duplicate Answers; Beri Beri and Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (can you believe it! )


7. Names used in the Bible: Barnabus, Bethuel, blessed Baruch, Bezalel, Becorath, Balaam, son of Beor, bashful, blushing Benjamin, Belshazzar, king of Babylon

Duplicates: Bathsheba, Beezelbub


8. People in Uniform: bumbling baseball batter, Brigadeer of the British Army, big boofy brutal bouncers, big brass band, business-like bus drivers, Balance Bridge Assembler, Boy's marching band Bugler, brightly buttoned British bandsmen, Backchecker for the Boston Bruins , brave borrowed busby wearing blind Belarus Balalaika bandsman

Duplicate answer: British Bobbies


9. Celebrities: Barry Manilow, bubbly brash Bill Bixby, Blues Brothers, Billy Bon Thornton, blonde, Brooke Burns,
brilliant Barbara Bel Geddes, beautiful Billie Burke

Duplicate Answers: Britney Spears, Bridget Bardot


10. Sandwiches: Boiled ham, befuddling peanut butter banana bologna bonanza sandwich, Bell Beefer, Bacon on Brown Bread, Bacon banana and baked beans, boring bologna blue cheese and brie, braised beef and branston pickle beside broiled brisket in a baked crusty baguette, brown bread bacon butties, basic beluga baguette, belly bustin' ham and cheese, Bavarian beef


Participants & Scores:

Spanish Liz 30
Elf Twinkle 28
Mugaboo 28
Gemini 27
Santana 25
Gatsby 25
Blinky Bill 19
Purple Fan 18
Flynn 14
Ren 13
Ozzz 10
Jane Marple 6

Thanks for playing.

One Question: Do you think we should limit the amount of descriptive words allowed or keep things as is? I'm looking for input. Thanks.

Dawn

Cattergories Round 3 Key Letter G


1. Foreign cities
2. School Subjects
3. TV Stars
4. Book Titles
5. Footwear
6. Girls names
7. Languages
8. Movie Titles
9. Vegetables
10. Prime Ministers

I like the way it is now but maybe limit it to four per question.That might help when you have to check the answers and won't be so many for you to type.
Is a fun game.
PF

I feel that somehow you should limit 'enabling' words. An example is :brave borrowed busby wearing blind Belarus Balalaika bandsman (wearing is a word which enables the next four words to be used. Do you see what I mean ? Wearing does not begin with the designated letter)

I think that we will limit the descriptive words allowed to no more than three and any enabling word/s used must begin with the Key letter as Reb suggested. We'll see how that goes. Sound okay to everyone?

Have fun. I love reading your answers. You've got great imaginations.