Comments on: “Set” the game http://eluciv.com/knowledge/2008/02/27/set-the-game/ Feed Your Mind Sun, 20 May 2012 07:09:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Andrew Sundstrom http://eluciv.com/knowledge/2008/02/27/set-the-game/#comment-7 Andrew Sundstrom Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:21:46 +0000 http://eluciv.com/knowledge/2008/02/27/set-the-game/#comment-7 Yet another category of game centers on linguistic (but still combinatoric) synthesis. A friend and I were inspired by the James Thurber word game (a.k.a. "SuperGhost" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_(game)]) and invented a variant where the assembled fragment may undergo anagrammatic transformation. So there's not just one word fragment growing at both ends at each player's turn, but an ever expanding set of admissible fragments one can generate through rearrangement. This really taxes one's memory while rewarding skill for visualizing and generating novel combinations of symbols. Yet another category of game centers on linguistic (but still combinatoric) synthesis.

A friend and I were inspired by the James Thurber word game (a.k.a. “SuperGhost” [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_(game)]) and invented a variant where the assembled fragment may undergo anagrammatic transformation. So there’s not just one word fragment growing at both ends at each player’s turn, but an ever expanding set of admissible fragments one can generate through rearrangement.

This really taxes one’s memory while rewarding skill for visualizing and generating novel combinations of symbols.

]]> By: Azariy http://eluciv.com/knowledge/2008/02/27/set-the-game/#comment-6 Azariy Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:06:19 +0000 http://eluciv.com/knowledge/2008/02/27/set-the-game/#comment-6 Good job, bro! I wish you success! Good job, bro! I wish you success!

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