What are your favorite games to play while sitting around the campfire or while sitting under the tarp waiting for the storm to blow over? (Remember that this is a family oriented list, so keep it clean ;-) A couple of years ago we played a dice game, using a hatch cover to roll the dice in. If I remember right you tried to be the first to get to a thousand points or something. There was some strategy involved but I can't remember much about it. Two dice and a hatch cover created hours of fun for 9 people. Brian (tired of safety talk) Heifner. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 09:39 AM 6/10/98 , Brian Heifner wrote: >What are your favorite games to play while sitting around the campfire >or while sitting under the tarp waiting for the storm to blow over? >(Remember that this is a family oriented list, so keep it clean ;-) <snip> >Brian (tired of safety talk) Heifner. If you decide to play a friendly little game of spin-the-paddle, make sure that the one you use isn't feathered! Ow! ________________________________________________________________ Doug Barnard Virtual Acreage Agoura, California (near L.A.) Visualization in 2D/3D/4D http://virtualacreage.com 818-991-9328 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Heifner [SMTP:bheifner_at_Rational.Com] > Sent: June 10, 1998 9:39 AM > To: paddlewise-digest_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subject: [Paddlewise] And now for something completely > different... > > What are your favorite games to play while sitting around the campfire > or while sitting under the tarp waiting for the storm to blow over? > (Remember that this is a family oriented list, so keep it clean ;-) > > A couple of years ago we played a dice game, using a hatch cover to > roll > the dice in. If I remember right you tried to be the first to get to > a thousand points or something. There was some strategy involved but I > can't remember much about it. Two dice and a hatch cover created hours > of fun for 9 people. > > Brian (tired of safety talk) Heifner. > ********************************************************************** > ***** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > ********************************************************************** > ***** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
the game is called 5000, The goal is to be the first to reach a score of 5000 by rolling certain combinations on six dice. Combinations : 1-2-3-4-5-6: 1500 6-6-6: 600 5-5-5: 500 4-4-4: 400 3-3-3: 300 2-2-2: 100 1-1-1: 1000 1s: 100 each 5s: 50 each You roll six dice. If you score you can either take you current points and pass the dice to the next player, or keep some or all of the dice you scored points with, and throw the remaining dice again. If you make a no-point roll, you loose all the points from this turn. the comminations must be from one roll (not from combinations with the dice you have set aside). The Game ends when the first person reaches a score of 5000. > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Heifner [SMTP:bheifner_at_Rational.Com] > Sent: June 10, 1998 9:39 AM > To: paddlewise-digest_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subject: [Paddlewise] And now for something completely > different... > > What are your favorite games to play while sitting around the campfire > or while sitting under the tarp waiting for the storm to blow over? > (Remember that this is a family oriented list, so keep it clean ;-) > > A couple of years ago we played a dice game, using a hatch cover to > roll > the dice in. If I remember right you tried to be the first to get to > a thousand points or something. There was some strategy involved but I > can't remember much about it. Two dice and a hatch cover created hours > of fun for 9 people. > > Brian (tired of safety talk) Heifner. > ********************************************************************** > ***** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > ********************************************************************** > ***** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
For safety sake, never drop exploding dice. Little Johnny down the block lost his eye that way. Happy paddling *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 09:39 6/10/98 -0700, brian wrote: >>> >>>What are your favorite games to play while sitting around the campfire >>>or while sitting under the tarp waiting for the storm to blow over? >>>(Remember that this is a family oriented list, so keep it clean ;-) >>> >>>A couple of years ago we played a dice game, using a hatch cover to roll >>>the dice in. If I remember right you tried to be the first to get to >>>a thousand points or something. There was some strategy involved but I >>>can't remember much about it. Two dice and a hatch cover created hours >>>of fun for 9 people. >>> >>>Brian (tired of safety talk) Heifner. we play the "geography game" where someone names a place, then the next person names a place that starts with the last letter of the place named. if you can't think of a place, you're out... we set the rules first, such as "at least two people must have heard of it" etc. example: denver rhode island denmark kansas salina arkansas denve[R]hode_islan[D]enmar[K]ansa[S]alin[A]rkansas you get the idea!! mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page #-Fortune: Don't look back, the lemmings are gaining on you. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Mark Zen wrote: > > we play the "geography game" where someone names a place, then the next > person names a place that starts with the last letter of the place named. > if you can't think of a place, you're out... we set the rules first, such > as "at least two people must have heard of it" etc. > You mean two of the people around the campfire? Dang. Most of the people I paddle with have never heard of some of the places I have been. Let alone being able to spell Ouagadougou. Steve *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
We generally sit around and tell river lies, which for some odd reason, seem to become more exaggerated as the evening wears on and more of our non-paddling friends homebrew disappears. (Hey, they make beer, we make carnage, it's an exchange of entertainment value.) Which brings me to my favorite river joke... Know what the difference between a fairy tale and a river story is? All fairy tales start with "Once upon a time..." and all river stories start with "NO S**T! There I was..." ---Rsk Rich Kulawiec rsk_at_gsp.org *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 16:38 6/10/98 -0400, cramer_at_coe.uga.edu wrote: > > >Mark Zen wrote: >> >> we play the "geography game" where someone names a place, then the next >> person names a place that starts with the last letter of the place named. >> if you can't think of a place, you're out... we set the rules first, such >> as "at least two people must have heard of it" etc. >> > >You mean two of the people around the campfire? Dang. Most of the people >I paddle with have never heard of some of the places I have been. Let >alone being able to spell Ouagadougou. > >Steve it does make it difficult ;-) but nobody asked for an "easy" game, they asked for a game you could play while rained in/out!! we have also noticed, most locations starting in "A" end in "A" ... so you run out of "A"'s really fast ;-) you can bring a mini-atlas if you want, then have to delegate someone to "verify" place names... usually the first eliminated, so they can't use the book to come up with new places!! what fun!! have played it many a time, but not in the last few years. mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page #-Fortune: Don't look back, the lemmings are gaining on you. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Brian. >What are your favorite games > >A couple of years ago we played a dice game, using a hatch cover to roll >the dice in. What is your home address so we can notify your State Gaming Board as to these potentially illegal extracurricular activities that are happening in your area. <Grin> Hank Hays *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
A favorite of mine, that probably reveals my Midwestern roots, is the card game uchre - great for backpacking too, because it only requires half the deck. Gotta trim those ounces<g> Dave Seng Juneau, Alaska > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Heifner [SMTP:bheifner_at_Rational.Com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 8:39 AM > To: paddlewise-digest_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subject: [Paddlewise] And now for something completely > different... > > What are your favorite games to play while sitting around the campfire > or while sitting under the tarp waiting for the storm to blow over? > (Remember that this is a family oriented list, so keep it clean ;-) > > A couple of years ago we played a dice game, using a hatch cover to > roll > the dice in. If I remember right you tried to be the first to get to > a thousand points or something. There was some strategy involved but I > can't remember much about it. Two dice and a hatch cover created hours > of fun for 9 people. > > Brian (tired of safety talk) Heifner. > ********************************************************************** > ***** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > ********************************************************************** > ***** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Brian Wrote: >What are your favorite games to play while sitting around the campfire >or while sitting under the tarp waiting for the storm to blow over? >(Remember that this is a family oriented list, so keep it clean ;-) These old word game puzzles often crop up: Someone proposes a scenario, and the rest of the group has to figure out what happened by asking questions, proposer answers with just yes or no. The more wit, and surprising the answer the better. Example scenarios are: 'Man walks into a room to find a wet carpet, a cat, and two naked bodies.' What happened ? 'A man is found dead next a bag in a phone box. The phone is off the hook, and his wrists are slit.' What happened ? ''Two men in a restaurant, both order albatross. When it arrives, after eating a bit one of them throws up.' What happened ? If anyone is interested, email me for the answers. Loads more where these came from. Then there are puzzles like Granny's picnic .... Group tries to figure the puzzle by asking what Granny takes on the picnic. ... Granny would clearly take apples and a banana, but she probably wouldn't take cheese .... If these get a bit dull, then there is as Rich Kulawiec pointed out, the fine and noble art of 'bullshiting'. First take alcohol, a group of preferably male companions, and then simply lie about your prowess boating/climbing/skiing/bikeing/(add sport of the moment here). This one is usually played in the pub though, and is generally helpful when you want to commit yourself the next day to something you probably don't actually want to do :-) Cheers Colin Calder 57º19'N 2º10'W *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Scenarios are ony of my favorite games to play as well. In addition to Colin's offerings, I like the one where... - A man pushes a car down a road, stops in front of hotel, gives the owner of the hotel $200, and continues pushing his car down the road. Why did he do this? (note: it's still lots of fun even though it does not involve a murder...) - A man lives on the 12th floor of a building, and every day he goes to work by riding the elevator to the groud floor. But when he returs home, he always rides the elevator up to the seventh floor, then takes the stairs to the 12th. Why?? - You see a teenage kid ride his bike into a warehouse. A few minutes later, you hear a gunshot. When you run into the warehouse, you see the kid lying in a pool of blood, and on the ground you see a total of fifty four bicycles. Who killed the boy, nd why? Enjoy, Kevin ___________________ / Kevin Whilden \ |Dept. of Geosciences \___ |University of Washington \ |kwhilden_at_u.washington.edu| \________________________/ On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Colin Calder wrote: > Brian Wrote: > > >What are your favorite games to play while sitting around the campfire > >or while sitting under the tarp waiting for the storm to blow over? > >(Remember that this is a family oriented list, so keep it clean ;-) > > > These old word game puzzles often crop up: > > Someone proposes a scenario, and the rest of the group has to figure out > what happened by asking questions, proposer answers with just yes or no. The > more wit, and surprising the answer the better. > > Example scenarios are: > > 'Man walks into a room to find a wet carpet, a cat, and two naked bodies.' > What happened ? > > 'A man is found dead next a bag in a phone box. The phone is off the hook, > and his wrists are slit.' What happened ? > > ''Two men in a restaurant, both order albatross. When it arrives, after > eating a bit one of them throws up.' What happened ? > > If anyone is interested, email me for the answers. Loads more where these > came from. > > Then there are puzzles like Granny's picnic .... Group tries to figure the > puzzle by asking what Granny takes on the picnic. ... Granny would clearly > take apples and a banana, but she probably wouldn't take cheese .... > > If these get a bit dull, then there is as Rich Kulawiec pointed out, the > fine and noble art of 'bullshiting'. First take alcohol, a group of > preferably male companions, and then simply lie about your prowess > boating/climbing/skiing/bikeing/(add sport of the moment here). This one is > usually played in the pub though, and is generally helpful when you want to > commit yourself the next day to something you probably don't actually want > to do :-) > > Cheers > > Colin Calder > 57º19'N 2º10'W > > > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > *************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Okay, Here's the answer to the first teaser below, which can be attributed to my clever high school math teacher, Mr. Dave Badger. On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, K. Whilden wrote: > > - A man pushes a car down a road, stops in front of hotel, gives the > owner of the hotel $200, and continues pushing his car down the road. Why > did he do this? (note: it's still lots of fun even though it does not > involve a murder...) This one is the most fun to give, since the clues tend to cause more and more confusion, until suddenly... a paradigm shift occurs! It's a game of monopoly, which is doubly dastardly because most people have a hard time thinking like the kid they used to be. The little boy (not a grown man), is using the little race car game piece. Cheers, Kevin > > - A man lives on the 12th floor of a building, and every day he goes to > work by riding the elevator to the groud floor. But when he returs home, > he always rides the elevator up to the seventh floor, then takes the > stairs to the 12th. Why?? > > - You see a teenage kid ride his bike into a warehouse. A few minutes > later, you hear a gunshot. When you run into the warehouse, you see > the kid lying in a pool of blood, and on the ground you see a total of > fifty four bicycles. Who killed the boy, nd why? > > Enjoy, > Kevin > > ___________________ > / Kevin Whilden \ > |Dept. of Geosciences \___ > |University of Washington \ > |kwhilden_at_u.washington.edu| > \________________________/ > > On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Colin Calder wrote: > > > Brian Wrote: > > > > >What are your favorite games to play while sitting around the campfire > > >or while sitting under the tarp waiting for the storm to blow over? > > >(Remember that this is a family oriented list, so keep it clean ;-) > > > > > > These old word game puzzles often crop up: > > > > Someone proposes a scenario, and the rest of the group has to figure out > > what happened by asking questions, proposer answers with just yes or no. The > > more wit, and surprising the answer the better. > > > > Example scenarios are: > > > > 'Man walks into a room to find a wet carpet, a cat, and two naked bodies.' > > What happened ? > > > > 'A man is found dead next a bag in a phone box. The phone is off the hook, > > and his wrists are slit.' What happened ? > > > > ''Two men in a restaurant, both order albatross. When it arrives, after > > eating a bit one of them throws up.' What happened ? > > > > If anyone is interested, email me for the answers. Loads more where these > > came from. > > > > Then there are puzzles like Granny's picnic .... Group tries to figure the > > puzzle by asking what Granny takes on the picnic. ... Granny would clearly > > take apples and a banana, but she probably wouldn't take cheese .... > > > > If these get a bit dull, then there is as Rich Kulawiec pointed out, the > > fine and noble art of 'bullshiting'. First take alcohol, a group of > > preferably male companions, and then simply lie about your prowess > > boating/climbing/skiing/bikeing/(add sport of the moment here). This one is > > usually played in the pub though, and is generally helpful when you want to > > commit yourself the next day to something you probably don't actually want > > to do :-) > > > > Cheers > > > > Colin Calder > > 57º19'N 2º10'W > > > > > > > > *************************************************************************** > > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > > *************************************************************************** > > > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > *************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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