Whole new ball game...

topic posted Fri, December 10, 2004 - 2:52 AM by  Richard
Not a game envolving balls during play, this ISIHAC classic has earned ranking within the ball game genre as a result of the classification of what can only be descibed as its outcome; I refer of course to the legendary game of Cheddar Gorge - quoting from wikipedia (and correcting the mistakes) -

In spite of the strange name, the rules are quite simple. The gameplay consists of the progressive construction of a sentence, with players adding one word at a time in rotation. Each word must leave the possibility of the sentence being completed in a grammatically correct and meaningful manner, but players are to avoid actually completing the sentence. When a grammatically correct sentence has been formed, the player who added the final word is eliminated. Play continues with the remaining players starting a new sentence. The last player left is the winner.

I shall start:

Often
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Richard
London