20 questions
OP - September 28, 2011, 06:34 PM
Everyone knows this one, right? This is a bit more involved than some of the others, but it's a fun game that uses imagination, logic and deductive reasoning.
A variation is: Person or Place.
~ There is one Answerer who chooses one specific person or place.
~ Answerer posts: "I am a place" (or a person).
~ Anyone can ask 1 question at a time to try and guess what the Answerer has in mind.
~ Up to 20 questions can be asked. Incrementally number the question when you ask it.
~ Only Yes/No type of questions can be asked.
~ Multiple questions may be asked if the Answerer is offline (as long as they are total under 20) - use questions creatively, so if another questioner asked "Are you alive", then don't also ask "Are you dead" or you will waste the 20-question limit. Answerer can respond to all the questions when they are back online.
~ Answerer responds with Yes or No to each question (post the question along with the response)
~ If anyone guesses at any point who or what the Answerer had in mind, then post it here.
~ If it is the correct answer, the Answerer will confirm it and the right guesser becomes the new Answerer.
~ If the guess is incorrect, the guesser is out of the game (for that round).
~ Silly questions don't count towards the 20.
~ Unclear questions may be asked to be rephrased (and don't count towards 20).
~ Please follow along in each round to avoid asking repetitive questions.
~ Hints/clues may be given by the Answerer at the discretion of the Answerer.
~ If nobody has guessed after 20 questions, the Answerer gives the answer and then any one else can start a new round and become the Answerer.
~ Answerer should only pick people or places that are famous enough that could be guessed by at least a few people here.
~ Person picked can be dead or alive, real or fictional. (questions should ask if it's one or the other)
~ Place picked can be on earth (a real place) or in fiction. (questions should ask if it's one or the other)
Simple example:
Answerer thinks of the Eiffel Tower and posts "I am a place"
Questions may be:
1-Are you on earth? (Answerer posts yes)
2-Are you a country? (Answerer posts no)
3-Are you a city? (Answerer posts no)
4-Are you a landmark? (Answerer posts yes)
5-Are you in Europe? (Answerer posts yes)
Someone tries to guess: You are the Big Ben! (this is a guess and since it's incorrect, the Answerer posts: Incorrect! and this player is out of this round)
Game goes back to other players:
6-Are you in Italy? (Answerer posts no)
7-Are you in France? (Answerer posts yes)
Person #7 or another person guess: You are the Eiffel Tower! (Answerer posts: Correct! and game moves on)
So, anyone want to play?
I'll start:
I am a place.
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Topic: 20 questions