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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 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! Please use only blue links when associating. Piped links are acceptable in certain circumstances, such as [[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.

Try to update the word count each time you add a word. The official limit for the main game is 400 words. Please note that this word limit should not be raised as well!

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

We are now on Game #15! Looking to see how Game 14 turned out? Check out the archive!

Main word: "Cyclone" (closed)

Cyclone, Tracy, Darwin, Evolution, Revolution, Revolution 9, John Lennon, Vladmir Lenin, Nikita Khrushchev, Cruise Ship, Celia Cruz, Tom Cruise, Scientology, South Park, Kenny McCormick, Hardcastle and McCormick, Smith and Wesson, Grampa Simpson, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Sofia, Sophocles, Athens, Sparta, Spartan (comics), SuperTed, Teeny Little Super Guy, Sesame Street, Pigeon Street, Pigeon Forge, Blacksmith, Iron, Steel, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baseball, Major League Baseball, 2006 World Series, America, America (band), America (Paul Simon song), America (Neil Diamond song), America (The Book), Tornado Alley, Naked Lunch, Jenna Jameson, Jesse Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson, Shaft (2000 film), Elevator, Love in an Elevator, Mile High Club, Mile High Comics, Mile High City, Rocky Mountains, Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone, Sylvester the cat, Tweety Pie, Humble Pie, Peter Frampton, Peter Piper, pickles, Sweet Pickles, Mr. Men, X-Men, Mathematician, Kurt Gödel, Pierre de Fermat, Fermentation, Vinegar, Fish and chips, Haddock, Hickock, hiccup, Burp, Methane, Flatulence, Beano (dietary supplement), The Beano, Dennis the Menace, Dennis Thatcher, Dennis Leary, No Cure For Cancer, Bill Hicks, Relentless, Time, Newsweek, Newspaper, liberal, Conservatism, Christian right, The Wright Brothers, Kitty Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Falcon Crest, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Braves, The Brave Little Toaster, Berkeley Systems, Virus, Viral video, YouTube, Potato Gun, spray paint, Tag, Silly String, Biggest ball of twine, Useless, Eustace Scrubb, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Chronic, Dr. Dre, DJ Casper, Caspar Weinberger, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Laban, the friendly ghost, Dr. Seuss, Whoville, Who's on First, Joe vs. The Volcano, Tom Hanks, Philadelphia (film), Cream cheese, Cheesecake, Black Forest gateau, Battenberg cake, Gutenberg Bible, King James Bible, Good King Wenceslas, Alms, Almshouse, Poorhouse, Morehouse, Wodehouse, House in the Wood, Spades, Trick, Treat, Confectionary, Sugar, Prostitution, Sin City, Sim City, Street, Sesame Street, Sesame seed, Bun, Siopao, Kung Pao chicken, Chinese, Cantonese, Char siu, Charity, Charity Commission, Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Vatican City, Microstate, Micro Machines, Tonka, Barbie, Aqua, Water, Wine, Wein, Weib und Gesang, The Good Life, Surbiton, London, London Underground, Subway, Sub sandwich, Yellow Submarine, U-571, Enigma, hideout, Octopus's Garden, Squid, Sushi, salmon, fish, Fish fingers, Birds Eye, Eye of the Tiger, Starbucks, Star system, Star Wars, Star Wars Holiday Special, R2D2, H5N1, BBC, CBC, c2c, Sea to shining sea, The Sea, The Sea, The Old Man and the Sea, The Owl and the Pussycat, The Pussycat Dolls, Carmen Electra, Baywatch, David Hasselhoff, Knight Rider, The Black Knight, King Arthur, Excalibur, Lady of the Lake, Avalon (Stargate SG-1), Merlin, Legend, Legend of Zelda, pixels, Pixie, Dixie, Dixieland, Dixie Chicks, Texas, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, BBQ, Summer time, Summer Holiday, Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, Gunfight at the OK corral, Old West, Old Ironsides, Cutty Sark, Bluenose, Nova Scotia, The Trews, Crew, Graffiti, American Graffiti, American History X, Malcolm X, Spike Lee, 40 acres and a mule, 1957, Ghana, salt, salary, wage, incentive, guilt, Shame, Schadenfreude, Sour grapes, Bitterness, Tart, Pop Tarts, Kellogg's, Cornflakes, Frosted Flakes, Tony the Tiger, The Tyger, Tigger, Winnie-the-Pooh, Honey, Toast, Jam, Space Jam, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, The Walt Disney Company, Disneyland, Disney World, Orlando, Celebration, Celebrex, Pharmaceutical marketing, Spam, Python, Pythonesque, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Jane Fonda, Barbarella, Barbershop quartet, Barber pole, North Pole, Santa Claus, The Most Horrible X-mas Ever, Hägar the Horrible, Alexander the Great, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Turkey (bird), Duck, Duck duck goose, Stone, paper, scissors, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, Moe Syszlak, Maggie Simpson, Saffir-Simpson scale, Category 5, Hurricane Katrina, Michael Brown, Gordon Brown, Jerry Brown, James Brown, Funk, Depression, Dystopia, Slavery, Rat Race, Debbie Reynolds, Dean Stockwell, Stockwell Day, Groundhog Day, Easter, Cadbury's Creme Egg, Easter Bunny, Easter Island, Stonehedge, astronomy, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubba Bubba, Bubba Gump, Forrest Gump, Lieutenant Dan Taylor, Captain Hook, Crocodile, Steve Irwin, Ray, Stinger, Sting, Sting (wrestler), Sting operation, Operating System, PC, Motherboard, Mother ship, Hive-Ship, Wasp, Hornets, The Green Hornet, Nest, Oology, Eggs Benedict, Benedict Arnold, Homie the Clown, Fat Tony, Joe Mantegna, Italian American, Pizza, Pizza the Hutt, Quonset hut, Hut, Hut, HIKE!, Offsides on the defense, Offside trap, Mouse Trap, Mousehunt, Cheshunt, chestnut, Roasting, Smoking, Smoking jacket, Full Metal Jacket, Roger Ebert, Movie review, Quote whore, Ho, Ho, Ho, Home Run, Babe Ruth, Baby Ruth, Candy, Bar, Beer, Pale ale, Rhyme, Optimus Rhyme, Optimus_Prime, Transformers, Transformers the Movie, 2007, Calendar, Gregorian calendar, Gregorian Chant, Monty Python, And now for something completely different, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil, Quick Draw McGraw, Feathers McGraw, The Wrong Trousers, Wallace and Gromit, Aardman Animations, Creature Comforts, Stuffed animals, Pikachu, Peekaboo, Orange Pekoe, Orange Range, Fruit, Homosexual, Pride, Lion, Tiger!

Word count 400/400 as of word: Tiger (closed).

Branch: "Iron" (Closed)

Iron, The Iron Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, San Diego, San Sebastian, San Jose, Winchester Mystery House, Winchester rifle, Winchester, Massachusetts, The Other One, The Other Ones, Grateful Dead, Grateful Dawg, Deputy Dawg, Top Cat, Top Dog, Crufts, listcruft, LISTSERV, GNU Mailman, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan, that dog., Wolf, Peter and the Wolf, Five Live Drive, 2 Live Crew, 2Pac, 2PEP, British Rail, Fungal nail, Personal hygiene, Purell, Persil, Clearasil, Acne, Dynamite, Wile E. Coyote, Roadrunner, Coyote Ugly, Bar, Beer, Homer Simpson, Donuts, Sprinkles, Hundreds and Thousands, Cupcake, Brownie, Pixie, Pixy Stix, Coco Pops, Coco the Monkey, The Monkees, Mike Nesmith, James Naismith, Basketball, BASEketball, Bass Drum, Energizer Bunny, Infinity, Continuum hypothesis, Time Travel, Quantum Leap, JAG, Jaguar (car), Rolls Royce, Car, Escargots, Escalopes, Mussels, Seafood, Diet, Kokkai, Cockeyed, Cockney, The Streets, Birmingham, Brummie, Black Country.

Word count 80/80 as of word: Black Country (branch closed).

Branch: "Pickles" (Closed)

Pickles, Cucumbers, Green, Golf, Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Beetle, Run to the Sun, Prisoners of the Sun, Tintin in Thailand, Parody, "Weird Al" Yankovic, The Saga Begins, The Saga Continues..., Sega Genesis, In The Beginning, Babylon 5, Spaced, Hallucinogen, LSD, Drug, Wikipediaholic, Geek, /., :), Emotion, emo, Elmo, St. Elmo's Fire, Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Mr. Sheen, Mr. Clean, Mr Sparkle, Homer Simpson, Homey D. Clown, The Man, The Man Who Wasn't There, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, The Pink Panther (2006 film), Cowardly Lion, Courage, Braveheart, Military, Solder, Welding, Torch, Fantastic 4, Invisible Girl, Violet Parr, Violet Beauregarde, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Scrumdidilyumptious, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews, Edelweiss (song), Hollie Vise, Flexible, Stretch Armstrong, Plastic Man, Lego, Toy, Toy poodle, Labradoodle, Cockapoo, Cockatoo, Cockatiel, Cockadoodledoo, Chicken, Chicken Little, The Sky is Falling, Plane, Geometry, Pythagoras, Beans, Tomato, BLT sandwich, Subway, Glasgow Subway, A Clockwork Orange.

Word count 80/80 as of word: A Clockwork Orange (branch closed).

Branch²: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (Closed)

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Tony Walton, Wal-Mart, Target Corporation, Gift cards, Plastic, Barbie Doll, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Pixar, Animation, Chuck Jones, Bugs Bunny, Roadrunner, Beep beep, Nash Rambler, Nash Bridges, The Bridges of Madison County, Dolly Madison, McVities, Digestive biscuit, Graham cracker, Cinnamon, Cine film, Cineworld, Cynicism, Skepticism, Knowledge, Operation Ivy, Poison ivy, Drew Barrymore, Michael Barrymore, Swimming pool, Ian Thorpe, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Paralympics, London, Buckingham Palace, Ham, West Ham, Stoneham, Stone Mountain, Electric Mountain, Ben Franklin, Armonica, Mouth organ, Donovan, Donovan McNabb, EA Sports, Sports Illustrated, Milwaukee County Stadium, County Ground, Higher Ground, Watershed, Cinema, Popcorn, Cracker Jack, Cream cracker, Water biscuit, Water Music, Singin' in the Rain, Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Beetle, Wolfsburg, Felsberg, Middlesex Fells Reservation, Adirondack State Park, Skatepark, Sk8er Boi, Bubblegum pop, Hubba Bubba, Bubba Ho-Tep, Bruce Campbell, Bruce Springsteen, Spring, MindSpring, Athena, Minerva, Muse, Jason Mewes.

Word count 80/80 as of word: Jason Mewes (branch closed).

Branch: "Bill Hicks" (Closed)

Bill Hicks, Just for Laughs, Montreal, Smoked meat, Smoked mackerel, Smokey the Bear, Saccharine, TaB, tablature, Klavarskribo, The Netherlands, Hollandaise sauce, Mayonnaise, Mayo Clinic, Miracle Whip, Whip It, Whippits, Whippets, Handcuffs, Police, RCMP, Due South, Paul Gross, Gross, GDP, GST, GMT, The Village Voice, The Village People, Greenwich Village, Greenwich Meridian, Date Line, Dateline NBC, Colbert report, Dead Ringers, Jon Culshaw, Rory Bremner, Phil Cool, Cool Runnings, Toboggan, Sled, Rosebud, Anus, Anal retentive, Personality, Identity, Ego, Egg, Omlette, Ham, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Sound of Music, One Song To The Tune Of Another, One Chord to Another, Compact disc, iPod, iTunes, MP3, Napster, Peer-to-peer, Copywrong, Neologism, Language, Ebonics, Eurhythmics, Sweet Dreams, Enter Sandman, Sandpit, Antlion, RSPB Minsmere, Martin Mere, Windermere, Gone With the Wind, The Wind in the Willows, Toad, Toad of Toad Hall, Identical, Twins, Gemini, Apollo.

Word count 80/80 as of word: Apollo (branch closed).

Branch: "Poorhouse" (Closed)

Poorhouse, The Great Depression, Water-borne disease, The Bourne Identity, Robert Ludlum, Ludwig van Beethoven, Decomposing Composers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Dead Parrot, Jimmy Buffett, Buffet, Picnic, Brie and beaujolais, Luncheon of the Boating Party, Luncheon meat, Bologna, Spaghetti Bolognese, Fettuccine Alfredo, Alfred E. Neuman, Ears, Spock, Leonard Nimoy, I Am Not Spock, Dr. Spock, Dr. Seuss, The Cat In The Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, English breakfast, Earl Grey tea, Chai tea, The letter T, Sesame Street, Pigeon Street, Bird Flu, Panic sequence, Panic button, big red button, Nuclear football, Association football, FIFA World Cup, Cup, Holder, Holster, Cowboy, Rodeo, Rhododendron, Rhoda, Help Me Rhonda, Rhondda, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhymney, Rhyme, Meter, Iambic pentameter, Islamic, Ramadan, Fasting, Hunger strike, Force-feeding, Torture, Geneva Conventions, Switzerland, Swiss Army knife, Tool, Wikipedia:Tools, Tool Time, Flannel, Grunge Music, Sub Pop, Soda vs. Pop Debate, Dr Pepper, Mountain Dew, Just Do It, Advertising slogan, because you're worth it, For What It's Worth, Fort Worth, Interstate 35W, Interstate Love Song, Stone Temple Pilots, Shielded Twisted Pair.

Word count 80/80 as of word: Shielded Twisted Pair (branch closed).

Branch: "Surbiton" (Closed)

Surbiton, Suburbia, The Buddha of Suburbia, Hyacinth Bucket, Thomas Becket, Margaret Beckett, Samuel Beckett, Samael, Hell, Heaven, John Jakes, John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Hans Christian Schmidt, Hans Christian Andersen, Hans Moleman, Morocco Mole, Morocco, Casablanca, Capablanca, Copacabana, Barry Manilow, Muzak, Music on hold, Elevator music, Smooth jazz, New Orleans, The Tragically Hip, Can-con, The Band, Bob Dylan, Traveling Wilburys, Out of print, Out of Step, Chain Reaction (song), Chain Reaction, Chain Reaction (Stargate SG-1), Science Fiction, Stranger than Fiction, Speculative fiction, Speculum, Endoscope, Periscope, submarine, Submarine sandwich, Club sandwich, Breakfast Club, Simple Minds, A Beautiful Mind, Russell Crowe, Gladiator, Joaquin Phoenix, River Phoenix, Phoenix, Jean Grey, Earl Grey, Touch of Grey, Cherry Garcia, Don Cherry, Don Quijote, Donkey Kong, Don Caballero, Cowboy, Cowgirl, Milkmaid, Dairy Milk, Cadbury, Disgusting, Burger King, The Subservient Chicken, Chicken Cannon, potato gun, Fancy dress, Halloween, Yesterday, Yesterday (song), Tuesday's Gone, Monday Monday, The Mamas and the Papas, California Dreamin', New York State of Mind.

Word count 80/80 as of word: New York State of Mind (branch closed).

Branch: "The Black Knight" (Closed)

The Black Knight, John Cleese, Q, John de Lancie, John Le Mesurier, Elton John, Reggie, Reggie and the Full Effect, Full Metal Jacket, Full Metal Alchemist, Japan, Takeshi's Castle, reality TV, Spam (food), Corned beef, Brisket, Smoker, Chain smoking, Lung Cancer, Pneumoconiosis, Pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis, Antidisestablishmentarism, Church of England, Separation of church and state, First Amendment, Flag Desecration Amendment, Book burning, Memory hole, 1984, Big Brother, Reality television, Oxymoron, Retardation, Flame retardant, Asbestos, Asbestos (Quebec), Quebec, Fleur de Lys, Fleur-de-lis, Fleur Delacour, Beauty, Beast, Dragon, Komodo dragon, Commode, Commodore 64, Atari 2600, Those Were the Days, It was the best of times..., Time travel, Peabody's Improbable History, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Rene Russo, René François Artois, René Descartes, Calculus, Cuthbert Calculus, Cuthbert Cringeworthy, Comic strip, xkcd, binary code, Binary star, Nebula, clouds, You're So Vain, Nobody Does it Better, Better Than Ezra, Book of Ezra, Ezra Pound, Pound Puppies, Cabbage Patch Kids, kimchi, Okonomiyaki, Cornish pasty, Tourtière, Tortellini, Castelfranco Emilia, Little Italy, The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, Leslie Nielsen.

Word count 80/80 as of word: Leslie Nielsen (branch closed).

Branch: "Toast" (Closed)

Toast, Toaster, Wine, French, German, German measles, MMR vaccine, immunization, Smallpox, Louis Pasteur, Milk, Chunky, Nasty, Freak Nasty, Super Freak, Superfly, Superfluous man, Particle Man, Tiny Toon Adventures, Muppet Babies, Frog, Toad, The Wind in the Willows, Willow (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), lame, Wikipedia:lamest edit wars, !, !!!, xXx, Dos Equis, Dos cervezas por favor, Breweries, Beer, Hills Like White Elephants, Pink Elephants on Parade, Dumbo, Dum Dums, Blow Pops, Bubble gum, Tooth decay, Dentist, Dessert, Candy, Sugar rush, Sugar Mountain, Sugarloaf, pineapple, Apple, Apple Martin, Aston Martin, Ashton Kutcher, Butcher, Meat, Meeting, Dull, Sharp, Sharpe, Sharpie (marker), Writing, Composition, Music, Classical music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Ferdinand, Rio Ferdinand, Refer, Reefer, Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Finding Nemo, Finding Forrester, Saving Private Ryan, Saving Ryan's Privates, Parody, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Al Gore, Global warming, Greenhouse Effect.

Word count 80/80 as of word: Greenhouse Effect (branch closed).

Branch: "Duck duck goose (Closed)"

Duck duck goose, Duck Hunt, Eliza Dushku, True Lies, Arnold, Pat Morita, Happy Days, Weezer, hiatus, Sabbatical, Sabbath, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Bat, Adam West, Family Guy, 2point4 Children, 2x4, 4x4, Two by Two, Noah's Ark, Llama, Peru, Inca Empire, Empire State Building, Emperor, The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars, John Williams, Hank Williams, Your Cheatin' Heart, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Solar Eclipse, Halo, Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, Linus Van Pelt, Peanuts, Cashews, Gesundheit, Sneeze, ACHOO, Backronym, Acrophobia (game), Acropolis, Metropolis, National Skyline, Skyscraper, Chrysler Building, DaimlerChrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Janis Joplin, Rock music, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, John Lennon, Sean Lennon, Cibo Matto, Trip hop, Massive Attack, Bristol Sound, skiffle, Skittles, Smarties, Martians, Men, Mice, Rats!Rats!Rats!, Wet Wet Wet, Love is All Around, Round tuit, Procrastination, Voting, Hanging chad, Hangman, Cliffhanger, Cliff, Cliff Clavin, Mail, Chainmail.

Word count 80/80 as of word: Chainmail (branch closed).

Twig: "And Now For Something Completely Different"

And now for something completely different, Spinoff, Sitcom, Seinfeld, Cheers, Boston, Lincoln, Washington, Revolutionary War, Revolution Studios, The Revolution Smile, Simile, Metaphor, Allegory, Rhetoric, Rhubarb, Extra, Extract, Trimyristin, Nutmeg, Peanut!

Word count 20/20 as of word: Peanut.

Other Games


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."

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

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!

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 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...

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 Radiual 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.

Psychadelic

(Psychadelic games feature unusual ultra ideas. Games 1 to 6 were started by Xhin. Thryduulf has started the games from number 7 onwards)

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.

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 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.
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?!
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.

Players

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

Active players

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), TheGreatLlama (speak to the Llama!), Simon, AKKIfokkusuTaLk, bibliomaniac15, Simply south, Forum User, neverstarsburn, WaltCip, Baseracer, mugsiam, Irish Hog, Robin Chen, idjit, NapalmRiot, DannyQuack, Zeldafreak104, Mitchrocks is 105

Total: 105

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

Total: 52

Template

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Left side template:

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