Introduction

This is a fun and simple game. It's in the Sandbox - feel free to join in! It's a good place to practice making links to articles, and to start looking for interesting articles on Wikipedia.

How to Play

By way of example, a game might start off with: cat. Then, the next person might add cat, dog. And after a few more rounds, we might get cat, dog, pet, animal, forest, tree, ...

Simply, the game involves adding a single word to the list that is related to the previous one. Avoid repeating words, and keep the links tasteful! Clearly, as the game develops, one gets a pretty long list! If you're stuck for ideas, link to the last word in the list and add the first link that appears on that page as the next link. Thus Sebastian Junger would be followed by 1962, and Latin by language.

Try to update the word count each time you add a word. The official limit for the main game is 400 words.

Occasionally, it's good to have some branches that diverge the main game into several sections. The official limit for said branches is 80 words. Try not to make a branch when the main game is about to close down; that will only store your branch away in the archives. Please only branch when the word exists in the word list.

In spirit of the game, please only type one word consecutively. Then, another person can respond to your word, and the game continues!

The game

Main Word: 'Rhymes'

Rhymes, Poetry, Bob Dylan, Dylan Thomas, November 9, 9/11, 9-1-1, Telephone operator, Directory enquiries, Yellow Pages, White Pages, Notepad, Computer, Disc, Vinyl record, Deutsche Grammophon, Music, MTV VMA, VH1, Breaking Bonaduce, Bai Ling, Bail, Bonds, Chains, Balls, Abdomen, Belly, Button, Ornament, Christmas , Tree, Graph, Chart, Billboard, Advertisement, Advertising, Billboard, Lithography, Photography, Paparazzi, Hello!, Goodbye, Farewell, Adios, KMFDM, Acronym, STFU, Internet slang, LOL, AOL, Proxy, Proxima, Alpha Centauri, Sid Meyer, Oscar Meyer, Wiener, Vienna, Ultravox, Annoying, MTV, Music, Snobbery, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Christopher Hitchens, United Kingdom, Afternoon tea, Boston Tea Party, U.S. History, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Molly Pitcher, Molly Hatchet, Charles Hatchett, Niobium, Periodic table, Punctuation, Grammar, Kelsey Grammer, Frasier Crane, Seattle, Washington, George, Bush, Idiot, Moron, Mormon, Cult, cult film, Clerks., Jay and Silent Bob, Bobby pin, Hairdressing, Salon, Beauty, Caitlin Stasey, Neighbours, Australia, Convicts, Prison, Cell, Mobile phone, Orange, Lemon, Citrus, Fruit, Gay, homophobia, Bob Dornan, Who?, RTFA, initial, first, Prime, Prime Directive, Directive, Communism, Wikipedia is communism, hammer and sickle, USSR, Socialist, Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Elitism, Scottsdale, Arizona, Golf courses, Hole, The Hole, Prison, Rape, Deflower, Cherry, Sherry, Solera, Spain, Rain, precipitation, Snow, Ice, Ice-9, Galápagos, Kurt Vonnegut, Eighty-three, Forty-two, Douglas Adams, dead, Buddy Holly, Rock and Roll, Motion, Collapse, 2004 New York Yankees, Yankee Doodle, Anthem, Nation, The Nation, Newspaper, Fish and chips, Vinegar, Jesus, Bible, Religion, SubGenius, J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, Fraud, Hoax, Crop circles, Cereal, Chex, Grains, Gunpowder, Chinese, Chinese cuisine, Fortune cookie, Cookie monster, Sesame Street, Sesame seed, Seedless grape, Grape Ape, ABC, Monday Night Football, homoeroticism, Michael, Jordan, River, Phoenix, Viper Room, Sunset Strip, Hollywood, movies, UHF, VHF, Hf, Hafnium, Chemical, Toxic, dump, rubbish, Pollution, Smog, Golden Smog, Wilco, Alternative country, K.d. lang, Melissa Etheridge, David Crosby, Songwriter, Director, Conducting, Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra, Jeff Lynne, Grammy, CBS, Television, Celebrity, Daniel Radcliffe, Wizard, Magic, Magic 8-ball, Tyco,

Total Word Count: 218/400 as of word Tyco

Branch: 'Christmas' (CLOSED)

Christmas, Christmas lights, Lambeth, lambda, Wavelength, Thoughts, Secrets, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Erin Brockovich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, groping, Pervert, Hentai, tentacle rape, Pornography, Ron Jeremy, Judaism, manora, Minaret, mosque, Imam, Iman, Naomi Campbell, Campbell's chicken noodle soup, Andy Warhol, War, and Peace, Pies, Weebl and Bob, Homestar Runner, Lone Star State, Dallas Cowboys, American football, Brett Favre, Gulfport, Mississippi, Ghost town, Spook, Chanel Cole, Australian Idol, Crocodile Dundee, Stereotype, Ethnicity, Ethnic music, Sitar, India, Pakistan, Cricket, Grasshopper, Zurich, Turicum, Zurich, Swiss banks, Switzerland, Europe, Boxing Day, Santa Claus, Presents, Toys, December, Winter, Snowflakes, Snowman, Holiday, Feast, Culture, God, Bible, Church, Hymn, Christmas Carol, Music, Musical instrument, Choir, Religion, Reality, Love, Joy, Peace, Grace, Gratitude, Salvation, Jesus Christ, Pat Robertson, Coke, Cocaine, Drug addict, Courtney Love Valentine's Day, Cupid, stoopid, Connie Francis, France, Tricolour, Flag, Design, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Darwinism, social Darwinism, natural selection, Darwin Awards, Nobel Peace Prize, Alfred Nobel, dynamite, Napoleon Dynamite, Jared Hess, Rudolf Hess, Nazi, Fascist, Mussolini, Il Duce, Il Divo, Il Gattopardo, Sicily, Mafia, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Boots, Dora, explorer, Netscape, Mozilla Foundation, Long Now Foundation, y2k, January 1, New Year, New Year's Day (song), Chinese New Year, Tet, Vietnam, Laos, Asia, continent, Geography, Geology, Rock, Wrought, Amalgamate, Dental fillings, Orthodontist, expensive, Money, rupee, Zelda, Ocarina, Flute, Band, Song, Dance, CLOSED

Final Word Count: 148 as of word Dance

Branch: 'Ice'

Ice, Water, Waterfalls, Nature, Mother, Life, Meaning, Symbols, Cymbals, Drum stick, Chicken, Bone, Meat, Vegetarianism, Vegetables, Sprouts, Brussels, Belgium, Waffles, Breakfast, platter, Blue-plate special, Diner, Prefabricated, Production, Mass, Isaac Newton, Laws of motion, Inertia, Social inertia, Stagnation, Monotony, Monopoly, Top hat, Tuxedo, Penguin, Oswald, Assassination, Assassins' Guild, Ankh-Morpork, Hippopotamus, River, H2O, DHMO, Hoax, Trick, Magic, Harry Houdini, French, French fries, Poutine, Gravy, Meat, Cow, Chisholm Trail, Shirley Chisholm, Democrat, Political Party, Party, Rave, Ecstasy, Illicit drugs, Weed, Dandelion, Asteraceae, Daisy,

Total Word Count: 65/80 as of word Daisy.

Ultra Word Association

This is a fun derivative of word association that involves a bit more creativity. It is also a good way to start seeing how you make Tables on Wikipedia. And speaking of creativity, there are five variations to the game!

How to Play

Simply add your word to the grid, either going sideways or downwards. One word at a time please!

If you go sideways, your new word needs to associate with the word to the LEFT of it.
If you go downwards, your word need to associate with the word ABOVE it.

If there is a word ABOVE and to the LEFT of your word, it needs to be associated with BOTH of them.

You can't add a word so that there's an empty gap either above it or to the left of it.
You are not allowed red links.

By the time we can reach the final gridsquare, (bottom right), we will have a word associated with every single other word in the grid, that began as the top-left square.

Obviously, it is harder to fill in the in-between squares as you have to be creative to find the word that associates twice. Thus more satisfaction and praise goes to the guys who can get us closer to that elusive bottom-right square. If absolutely necessary, a previous word can be overwritten.

Give it a go!

Example

Here's what the beginning of a game might look like:

Angels	Demons	Fire	Hose
Halo	Kill	Gun	Water cannon
Ring	TV	Dirty Harry

Here's how those words are working. The highlighted squares show how the bottom-rightmost word is related to the one ABOVE and to the LEFT of it.

Angels First word.	Demons Related to Angels.	Fire Related to Demons.	Hose Related to Fire.
Halo Related to Angels.	Kill Related to Halo (via the X-Box game) AND related to Demons as Demons kill	Gun Related to Kill AND related to Fire via Gunfire.	Water cannon Related to Gun and related to Hose as the hose feeds water to the cannon.
Ring Related to Halo as it's a Ring	TV Related to Ring and Kill as in "The Ring", the TV Kills	Dirty Harry Related to Gun and TV as Dirty Harry uses guns on TV

This is achieved with the code:

| [[Angels]] || [[Demons]] || [[Fire]] || [[Hose]]
|-
| [[Halo]] || [[Kill]] || [[Gun]] || [[Water Cannon]]
|-
| [[Ring]] || [[TV]] || [[Dirty Harry]] ||

The ultra game: 'Melbourne Beach, Florida'

In this game, the initial word was chosen by clicking the "Random article" link.

Melbourne Beach, Florida	Brevard County	Atlantic	Pacific Ocean	Marianas Trench	Mariana	Marinara sauce
Melbourne	Country	Cape Verde	archipelago	Ryukyu Islands	University of the Ryukyus	Refectory
Melba toast	Australia	United Nations	Manhattan	Japan Air Lines	engineering	Architecture
Peach Melba	Vegemite	New Zealand	Island	Northern Mariana Islands
Nellie Melba	Toast	Three Mile Island	isolation	Chamorros
Nellie the Elephant	Woolly mammoth	Extinct	Dodo
Babar the Elephant	Tusks	Endangered
The BaBar experiment	Vertex
Particle physics
"Particle Man"
They Might Be Giants
Nephilim
Grigori Trilogy

Official Target Grid-Size: 7x15

Ultra Fixed Word Association: 'Barley'

This is a spinoff of the Ultra association. In this one, you don't have any control over what the initial words are.

Barley	Wine	Alcohol	AA	Battery	Energizer	Rabbit
Grain
Sand
Santa
Satan
Satin
Velvet
Cake
Pancake
Pan
Satyr
Satire
Johnathan Swift
Quick
Quicksand

Grid-Size: 7x15 (do not expand)

Radial ultra game: 'Crackpot'

The rules are identical to the ultra game, except that the starting point begins in the centre of the box, and words expand out from the centre, associating to all the adjacent cells.

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
A				Donkey Kong
B				Nintendo
C				Animal Crossing
D			Revolution	Gamecube
E			Stella octangula	Time Cube
F		Grassy knoll	Pyramid	Gene Ray	Altered state
G	John Seigenthaler Sr.	John F. Kennedy	Conspiracy theory	Crackpot	Marijuana	Cultivate	Subsistence farming
H		scandal	Iran-Contra	Crack cocaine	Illicit drugs	Afghanistan
I				Alkaloid	Opium
J				Arkanoid
K
L
M
N
O

Ultra Fixed Word Disassociation: 'Chaos' - Connection amid this chaotic world

This is a spinoff of the Ultra Fixed Word Association. In this one, not only do you not have control over what the initial words are, the "fixed" words are based on the Word Disassociation game, below. The main word is the first word in the originating Word Dissasociation game. In the interests of keeping this game readable on one screen, please keep the words reasonably short :-)

Chaos	Yams	Final Fantasy VII	cracker	Angels	Moon	router
Adidas	Asia	Nobuo Uematsu	Black hat	White hat
Plantains	indigo
Blu-tack	Silly Putty
pill	Apollo 8
Emperor Norton
Bingo
Michel Foucault
protein
Wibble
Red Screes
Monism
Exploding sheep
Titin
Cow

Grid-Size: 7x15 (do not expand)

Psychadelic Word Association: 10 Islands

In this one, words are in fixed places throughout the table. Like the radical word association, you can only add on next to a word that's been placed, but unlike it, there are several "islands".

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
A		leapfrog			megalomaniac
B
C		house arrest
D			Spork
E				redskin
F
G
H		rap	wrap
I
J
K	fisherman
L
M		London Bridge			Claymore
N						Anemia
O		Salvation

Grid-Size: 7x15 (do not expand)

Word Disassociation

Introduction

This is a take-off of the original word association, and hasn't been seen since Game #3.

As with the ultra word association and the ultra branch, leave this here to archive itself seperate from the main game.Also, feel free to make a branch occasionally.

How to play

This is much like the regular word association,except instead of trying to put a word that is related to the previous one, you put one that has no relation whatsoever!

Sometimes, the game degenerates back into the normal version of word association, but it really doesn't matter because it's fun either way! (See if you can pick out when these switchovers occur)