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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 find interesting pages to edit on Wikipedia.

How to play

Simply, the game involves adding a single word to the list that is related to the previous one. Edit "The Game" section, add a word, enclose it in brackets, and save the page.

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, …

Avoid repeating words, and keep the links tasteful! Please use only blue links when associating. Piped links are acceptable in certain circumstances, such as when a word may have many ambiguities, like [[Queen (band)|Queen]]. 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 "ancient".

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

Rules for Game #19

In Game #19, as to simplify the game, do not add branches to the game. Try to update the word count each time you add a word. The official limit for the main game is 1000 words. Please note that this word limit must not be raised.

This is Game #19. If you want to see Game #18, go here.

The Game "Planet of the Apes"

Planet of the Apes, Jerry Goldsmith, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., YMCA, Village People, Gay icon, Marie Antoinette, Cake, Chocolate, Love, The Beatles, Music, Rhythm, Drum, Snorlax, Ajax, Cape Town, South Africa, Kruger National Park, The Kurgan, Russia, Tetris, Video Games, Joystick, Computer peripheral, C++, Programming language, Pig Latin, Google, Search engine, Yahoo!, cheer, Claire Bennet, Hayden Panettiere, Kairi, Sea, Aqua, Aftershave, Shaving, A Close Shave, Wallace and Gromit, Wensleydale cheese, Cheddar Gorge, Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Colorado Springs, Colorado Avalanche, National Hockey League, Hanson Brothers, Slap Shot, Hockey, Philadelphia Flyers, Treehouse of Horror IV, Dogs Playing Poker, Gambling, Las Vegas, Elvis Presley, Dude, Quincy Jones, Bleach (manga), Gay, Off-topic, Tangent, Sine, Transcendence, Meditation, Yoga, Yoda, Frank Oz, The Wizard of Oz, The Wicked Witch of the West, Ruby slippers, Dorothy, Kansas, State, Province, Provincetown, Cape Cod, Sandwich, Earl, Perl, Pascal, Musician, Intuition, Women, Men, sexy, Sexy fish, Shark Tale, Finding Nemo, Ellen DeGeneres, Talk show, Space Ghost, Television, Media, The Faint, The Saint, Roger Moore, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Bugs Bunny, Brooklyn, New York, Queens, Drag queen, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Clint Eastwood, Gorillaz, Feel Good Inc., Heroin, Ozzy Osborne, Pick, Guitar, La Brea tar pits, Asphalt, Curb cut, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David, Larry King, CNN, Darth Vader, Father, Mother, Daughter, Cell division, Biology, Science, Bill Nye, Guy, Man, Son, Sun, Moon, Jules Verne, Around the World in 80 Days, Michael Palin, Palindrome, Hannah, Hana Gitelman, Gentile, Soft, Soft Cell, Splinter Cell, Sam Fisher, Carrie Fisher, Star wars, Star Wars Holiday Special, Christmas, The War on Christmas, Peter Brimelow, Deuce Bigalow, gigolo, Pimp, P.I.M.P., 50 Cent, 50 Cents, Half dollar,

Word count is 154/1000 as of word: Half dollar.


Archive of old games

Normal

(normal games are played out one word after another, with occasional splitting branches.)

Lasted until we had about 400 words on the list, and a bunch of repeated ones.
Our first attempt at word disassociation. Creativity was somewhat lower.
Our third word association game. Lasted until there were around 849 words on the list, including four "branches".
Our fourth word association game. Was limited to 400 words in the main branch, but several branches arose, including two invisible branches.
The fifth word association game.
The sixth word association game, with 400 words in the main branch and 5 other branches totaling another 510 words.
  • Game #7 ("Tram" → "Tom Bombadil")
The seventh word association game.
  • Game #8 ("NIMBY" → "Crystal Cave")
The eighth word assocation game, with branches "King", "AAA", "Dudley" and "Iowa".
The ninth word assocation game, with three normal branches and a branch of a branch.
  • Game #10 ("Pennsylvania" → "Alphabet soup")
The tenth word association game, with 400 words and four branches.
The eleventh word association game, with 400 words and four branches.
The twelfth word association game, with branches "The Sims", "Skyscraper", "Paddy wagon" and "K2"
  • Game #13 ("High Force" → "Pease Porridge Hot")
The thirteenth word association game, featuring the branches "Indian Reservation," "Bandit," "Hopscotch," and "I, Robot."
  • Game #14 ("Reflectance" → "Chewbacca Defense")
Game number 14 ended up having no fewer than ten branches, three of which were branches of other branches! The branches were: "Mirror," "Pansy," "The Final Solution," "Super Mario Kart," "Robinson Crusoe," "Big Ben," "Insect," "Guinness," "Vincent Van Gogh," and "Mustache."
With ten total branches (one twig and one branch of another branch), this game was a whole lotta fun!
Game number 16 and its crazy associations! Tons of branches too, as well as 2 branches of branches!
Game number 17 with quite a few branches, including one branch that branches out 3 times! In total there were 19 branches but for the first time ever, those branches were still open when the main game was closed.
Game number 18 consisted of well over 1000 words (not in the main game), containing a slew of smaller and smaller branches — the largest game yet. Interestingly enough, there were still a few red linked words (though nowhere near the number when the game first started).

Ultra

(Ultra games are played out on a 7x15 table, associating from the upper left to the bottom right)

The first Ultra Association game on a 7x15 grid.
Second Ultra-Association game, random seed on 7x15. The game only got to 7x14 when it ended.
Third Ultra-Association game, random seed on 7x15.
Fourth Ultra-Association game, random seed on 7x15.
Fifth Ultra-Association game, random seed on 7x15.
Sixth Ultra-Association game, random seed on 7x15.
Lucky sevens!
No hiding behind the 8 ball during this game!
No myths about this 9th game, just word associations.
What do Monty Python and taxidermy have in common? Find out here...
From a small English village to tropical produce in 105 easy steps!
There's a lot of space in this game!
No bad luck, just traditional Chinese medicine to American popular culture via Latin.
quite humorous choice for the last word (a disguised duplication!).
Sex, violence and Walt Disney!
Railways featured heavily in this game.
Monarchs and the United States
Another game with a lot of words related to the United States
Just what is Joik and what does it have to do with Klezmer? Find out here!

Fixed

(fixed games are played on a 7x15 grid, starting with the top and left filled and going to the bottom right.)

The branch of an older game, with slightly different rules than ultra that started it all.
The second ultra fixed game.
The third ultra fixed game.
The fourth ultra fixed game.
The fifth ultra fixed game.
Wikipedians hit this game for 6!
Lucky or the seventh deadly sin? Look at the archive and decide for yourself
A somewhat European game!
From a god to a ship via Birmingham, Discworld and the Soviet Union
Another eclectic gathering including Desperate Housewives, Meat Loaf and Shrinkwrap.
  • Ultra Fixed #11 ("Kidwelly railway station" → "The Goodies and the Baddies")
From Rural Wales to a British comedy via American Football? Only on Wikipedia!
Don't know what Gypogyna means? Neither do most people, but find out here how it links to tournament!
This game included a lot of fattening food, but also a famine!
Judaism, Easter and Monty Python!
Horses, New Jersey and Boxing
Both start and end words seem to have things in common. Find out exactly how they are linked.

Radial

(Radial games begin in the center of a 7x15 table and expand outwards.)

  • Radial Ultra #1 ("Albert Einstein" → "Child", "Malnourishment", "L'Inferno (1911)" and "Sexual slavery")
The first game of Radial Ultra Association
  • Radial Ultra #2 ("Crackpot" → "Piracy", "Stephen King", "Bikini" and "Madame de Staël")
The second game of Radial Ultra Association
  • Radial Ultra #3 ("Language" → "BBC Two", "Christmas special", "Fish" and "La Francophonie")
The third game of Radial Ultra Association
  • Radial Ultra #4 ("Curling" → "Trail of Tears", "Tony Blair", "Electra" and "Red")
The fourth game of Radial Ultra Association
  • Radial Ultra #5 ("Rutland" → "Witchfinder General", "Second Avenue Line", "Computer Virus" and "Coolness")
The fifth game in the increasingly inaccurately named Radial Ultra Association trilogy
  • Radial Ultra #6 ("ColdFusion" → "Prison", "Dutch courage", "Sexual abstinence" and "Top Ten")
The sixth game - it seems Wikipedians enjoy radiating words
  • Radial Ultra #7 ("True Lover's Knot" → "James Bond", "Incineration", "Fireplace" and "Sunset Strip")
Seventh heaven?
  • Radial Ultra #8 ("Beit Al Qur'an" → "Punch", "Poverty", "Legendarium" and "Colon")
The eighth game, I'm sure you understand it all by now.
  • Radial Ultra #9 ("World Sevens Series" → "π", "Slapstick", "Can't Sleep, Clown will eat me" and "Orange Juice")
Game number nine; a rip-roaring ride of fun!
  • Radial Ultra #10 (Sam Brown (Rastafari) → "Calories", "Shoe", "George VI of the United Kingdom" and "Plasma TV")
The Radial game goes to double figures
  • Radial Ultra #11 (Toronto dollar → SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library, The Winner Takes It All, Listen with Mother and British Empire)
Lucky legs eleven for Radial Ultra
  • Radial Ultra #12 (Derek Jameson → The Frog Princess, Jackson, Robert Victor, Barney Gumble and Antivenin)
Actually there are some who would compare Derek Jameson to Barney Gumble... find out what else they have in common!
  • Radial Ultra #13 ("St. Andrew's College, Dublin" → "Music", "1972 Summer Olympics", "Lorem ipsum" and "Saddell Abbey")
Saints, Scotland and Royalty!
  • Radial Ultra #14 ("Horace Fletcher" → "Engrish", "All terrain vehicle", "Run-of-the-mill" and "Creation-evolution controversy")
Cars and Australian fauna.
  • Radial Ultra #15 ("Battle of Öland" → "Marvel Comics", "Conscience", "Culture of Iran" and "Water")
A great deal of militaristic references

Radial Ultra Cross

(Radial ultra cross games begin in the center of a 7x15 table and expand outwards with predetermined letters forming a cross shape.)

  • Radial Ultra Cross #1 ("One" → "Word surfing champion", "Percussion", "War Pigs" and "Human evolution")
The first game of Radial Ultra Cross Association. The start letters were: "W O R D A S S O C I A T I O N" (vertical) and "C R O S S" (horizontal, centred on the 'O' of 'association')
The second game of Radial Ultra Cross Association. The start letters were "EMERALD", "RINGS" across and "PEARLANDDIAMOND" down.
The third game of Radial Ultra Cross Association. The start letters were "SOUTH" and "CHINA" across, and "DEUSEXMACHINA" down.
  • Radial Ultra Cross #4 ("North Sea" → "Isaac", "Killing In The Name", "Prawn Cocktail" and "Green curry")
The fourth game of Radial Ultra Cross Association. The start letters were "L SANGER" across, and "JIMMY DONAL WALES" down.
The start letters were "CIVITAS" across, and "QUEEN ELIZABETH 2" down.
The start letters were the letters of the alphabet from A to U radiating out clockwise from the centre. Additionally V, W, Y and X were start letters for the corner cells.
  • Radial Ultra Cross #7 ("Trinity, Jersey" → "Cruise ship", "Christianity", "Sogn og Fjordane" and "Quadruped")
The start letters were "ELIZABETH CASTLE" down and "FORTIFY" across. Quite a European game with emphasis on Belgium and Scandinavia!
The start letters were "BRITISH RAILWAYS" down and "AMTRACK" across. Turned into quite a religious game if you count caravanning and comic books as religion...
  • Radial Ultra Cross #9 ("Actress" → "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", "La Bocca della Verità", "Desiccation" and "Independence")
The start letters were "MIRIAM MARGOLYES" down and "BELARUS" across because of Ms Margolyes' Belarusian haritage.

Reverse Radial Ultra

Radial Ultra association in reverse - start at the corners and work to the middle.
The second game of working towards the centre from the corners
  • Reverse Radial Ultra #3 ("Varduli", "Andover, South Dakota", "Yi Yi: A One and a Two" and "Claus Spahn" → "The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarve")
The third game that became strangely syncronised towards the centre
War and heavy metal
Quite a lot of food in this one!
  • Reverse Radial Ultra #7 ("Highways Act 1980", "Carluke", "Architecture in London" and "Greg Graffin" → "Stephen King bibliography")
Fantasy novelists, Beatles songs and various cities all have this in common
  • Reverse Radial Ultra #8 ("Only Fools and Horses", "Tactical Divers Group", "Bundesverdienstkreuz" and "Meremere" → "Violence")
Along with British and American culture and swimming, violence was prevalent in this game.
Queens, consorts and dogs with a little bit of baseball.
Languages and war were the major themes of this game, with felines, spiders and north-west England also making an appearance.
Language and entertainment (television and music both) were common themes.

Psychadelic

(Psychadelic games feature unusual ultra ideas. Games are started by Xhin, Thryduulf, and Francs2000. )

The first game of Psychadelic Word Association; featured ten words in random places.
Featured four unknown words that had to be guessed at.
In possibly the best effort of word associationists, you had to play the game like psychadelic #1, except all of the first letters are fixed, some of them t, e, a, e, or s. There were only three letters remaining at the end. Well done.
In this edition, you had to Expand out the entire table from one word, reaching all four corners of an 8x8 grid.
In this flavor, you had to-- Well, why don't you read the instructions for yourself?
Your run of the mill radial word association, with one exception...
A remake of game #1, this time the words were the names of islands and the word "island" was prohibited.
A development on the 10 islands idea, except the starting words were placed in a diamond pattern around the board.
Another 10 islands game, this time the words were all related to 10, so "10" and "Ten" were prohibited.
Ultra association, but words must associate to all adjacent ones and one from a list - which one depends on how many letters were in the previously added word!
An Ultra Game, but if it's in a colored cell, it must also associate with the other word in that color.

Sliding Doors

(Sliding Doors associations are two parallel games of ultra association with the same start word)

Based on the film Sliding Doors, this was two games of ultra fixed in one. This game inspired the other Sliding Doors associations.
Two games of ultra association in one
One game featured the Soviet Union heavily, while Star Trek and insects featured in the other.
One game was quite eclectic with astrology, deities, queens and sweets. London and Manchester predominated in the other.

Ultra Fixed Disassociation

(Another 7x15 grid game. The beginning words are not associated with previous games. Played like Word Disassociation)

Like the Ultra Fixed association games, but the words don't associate with each other.
Same as last time but with different disassociations.
Same as last two times but with different disassociations.
Same as last two times but with different disassociations.

Misc

(An archive of different game concepts that haven't had four in a series yet.)

  • Enigmatic #1 (Scratching post, Garfield:The movie, pink panther, Dowsing rod, the internet movie database.)
The first game of Enigmatic. Was like a condensed version of psychadelic #2.
  • Enigmatic #2 (Tuxedo, Channel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Tutles, Dominoes, Microwave)
Like the first Enigmatic game, although this took a little longer.
Like the normal assocation games, but with words not associated with the previous one.
Like word association, but without associating the words!
Associate with a spiral of disassociated words.
Each player adds one word, and selects location of next move, and whether to associate or disassociate.
WA with a purpose?!
Word association with a goal?!

Players

Here is where you can place your name and become a common player.

Active players

Bigcheese630, Swinny Me, Themcman1, SOLVE INFERNIS, Nickptar, Takitei, Rixth, fratboy, Hosterweis (talk) (contribs), Sirmob, Enkauston, GeeJo, CannotResolveSymbol, 24.83.111.176, Craig3410, Mark J, Snhivhitavae, Jimmyatic, Soo, Occono, jaurisova6, Braddie,  Grue , FunFuBarMan, RobyWayne,  Alfakim --  talk , Larrymels, Gururvishnu, Bearbear, gkhan, Catamorphism, Neoballmon, Akako|☎, Peter T.S., Stix, hydnjo, Malacandra, Underorbit, GVOLTT, WAvegetarian, Algebra, Luigi30, mikecb, MatthewF, Francs2000 , Cristi Is Awsome, PinkDeoxys, 86.145.132.168, Maltmomma (chat),  chsf , Thryduulf, Simply MP, WriterFromAfar755, Sparky Lurkdragon, Melaen, User:FlorenceWynne, dposse, 81.151.156.0, PhatePunk, mahlered, Phileas,   Jordy540 , Aaronak, Mazzy, Michaelritchie200, 64.229.218.70, Rholton, T.o.n.y, Perimosocordiae, Paragon12321, Deyyaz, Michael J, 2KT, Uncke Herb, SeanMcG, Andy Blak, Kookykman|(t)e, PatDonovan130, FunkyCheese47, Steve Farrell, Blade boy222, BratX, PilgrimDeckhand, OsmosisChesterfieldFoodstuff, tckma, FireSpike, Wikiwow, Fairgoldberry, Crabbyass, Húsönd, (co), Simon, AKKIfokkusuTaLk, bibliomaniac15, Simply south, Forum User, neverstarsburn, WaltCip, Baseracer, mugsiam, Irish Hog, Robin Chen, idjit, NapalmRiot, DannyQuack, Zeldafreak104, Mitchrocks, Agatehawk, File:The Spongebob Squarepants Movie Soundtrack.jpgSpongeSebastian, Samuel 69105, taser6, Sp3000, ReverendG, Arrista30, PYLrulz, User: MattC13, TheGoogle, 84.67.141.110, Neonsunshine, BlueFlashlight, CanadaAotS, WalterWalrus3, BLaNkStaRE, Squad51, Dbproguy, Soliloquial, Freqrexy,

Total: 126

Casually Observing Players

11kowrom, ANNA REXIA, Corey520, knoodelhed, PryItOpen, Kodukadvakch (KOE-due-KODD-vahk), Jonathan Weiss, Nil Einne, Yayasirrah, FrankCostanza, Dewar912, Milk77, Aquarius Rising, Xiagu, PrinceDog, Calibration, Ilyanep, mahlered, HappyCamper, Sceptre (Talk), ArkansasTraveler, gobeirne, Daniel, Ian Manka, Ghelae, Anthon, Majora4, Sotakeit, talktothehand07, Sonicrazy, Midgetmogget, Keeperoftheseal, Bubzie29!, Mproud, Jordan Elder(talk), MarinBeth, Qwertyuiop, Think Fast, He Who Is, Pharaoh Hound, BJK, Algebra, GregE, Gray Porpoise, User:Jeffklib, Keakealani, ? JARED (t) , —Editor at Large, Robert, Edlin2, D•a•r•k•n•e•s•s•L•o•r•d•i•a•n•••C•••, Whispering, youri, BLaNkStaRE, User:LokiV Jake95 09:42, 16 December 2006 (UTC) Addict 2006 (Don't take my name seriously), TheGoogle, IanF, namamyaham, User:Acid0057, User:Penwhale, User:LoganK, natsthename, User:CommonEditor2345, Cocoaguy ここがいい contribstalkTodays Pick 03:28, 25 February 2007 (UTC), Total: 67 [reply]

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