Theme Daze Instructions and rules
Posted: Wed May 14, 2025 1:17 pm
I don't see a translation tool for Vietnamese and Indonesian. Maybe if I had a webTV keyboard. Anyway...
Instructions: Each game will have a number of clues, usually ten, that lead to apparently unrelated answers. If you inspect the answers closely, however, you might find a theme emerging. It works much like lb’s themes in Lyrically Speaking, except here I’m not limited to song lyrics (although those will occasionally turn up.) The first game will be an example game (posted on the afternoon of May 14) and therefore might be a lot easier than succeeding games. In some games, the theme will be completely contained in the answers. In others, the answers might need to be combined with something missing in order to identify the theme. The themes are not as complex as a Tangredi (I don’t think) but there are similarities. I have three of these games written so far, which should take us up to my Ireland vacation (June 20-30), where I don't plan to visit the Bored at all. After that, we can re-evaluate to see if people want to continue.
Rules: Each game will be posted on Monday (unless a holiday interferes). Answers, including theme guesses should be submitted no later than Thursday night, so I can have the whole weekend to score them. Some of the questions are quite difficult, but I encourage people not to use search engines or other electronic aids (looking at you, ChatGPT!) to assist you. Each completely correct answer will be worth 2 points, and the theme will be worth 10, so most games will be worth 30 points. As usual for Bored games these days, please spoilerize your answers. And have fun!
Instructions: Each game will have a number of clues, usually ten, that lead to apparently unrelated answers. If you inspect the answers closely, however, you might find a theme emerging. It works much like lb’s themes in Lyrically Speaking, except here I’m not limited to song lyrics (although those will occasionally turn up.) The first game will be an example game (posted on the afternoon of May 14) and therefore might be a lot easier than succeeding games. In some games, the theme will be completely contained in the answers. In others, the answers might need to be combined with something missing in order to identify the theme. The themes are not as complex as a Tangredi (I don’t think) but there are similarities. I have three of these games written so far, which should take us up to my Ireland vacation (June 20-30), where I don't plan to visit the Bored at all. After that, we can re-evaluate to see if people want to continue.
Rules: Each game will be posted on Monday (unless a holiday interferes). Answers, including theme guesses should be submitted no later than Thursday night, so I can have the whole weekend to score them. Some of the questions are quite difficult, but I encourage people not to use search engines or other electronic aids (looking at you, ChatGPT!) to assist you. Each completely correct answer will be worth 2 points, and the theme will be worth 10, so most games will be worth 30 points. As usual for Bored games these days, please spoilerize your answers. And have fun!