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An INVENTION: Anti-Twitter (aka The Status Game) · 3 August 09
PERFECT FOR A LAZY DAY!
For 2 or MORE players (who enjoy each other’s company, but are kind of bored)
Object of Anti-Twitter:
Without using a computer or cell phone, contestants attempt to guess what friendly-non-contestants are currently doing.
The person with the most correct guesses is the winner.
BONUS: In doing so, contestants often fish out invitations to do interesting things with people they may not usually do interesting things with.
Required Materials:
Gameplay Phase: Pen and paper, and perhaps a timekeeping device
Scoring Phase: A phone
Game Preparation:
The contestants make a list a list of friendly local folks who are not playing the game (aka Friendly Non-Contestants, henceforth FNCs).
Each player copies the list onto their own paper, leaving a space of, oh I don’t know, approximately 140 characters open to the right of each name.
Game Play:
A timer is set for some reasonable amount of time.
Each player writes in what they think each FNC is currently doing.
When the timer buzzes, players stop writing.
Scoring Phase:
The players go through the list, calling or texting each FNC. Suggested opening line, “Hey, I was just hanging out with [name of most popular other player], and we were wondering what you were up to.”
Each correct written answer receives 1 point. At the end, the person with the most points wins.
VERY IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATION:
If, at any point, an FNC invites you to engage in something other than the Anti-Twitter Game, please do so.
My friend Lloyd and I invented this game by accident. Actual game sheet photographed above. Please let me know if you try it. NOTE: I’m not anti-Twitter, that’s just the name of the game. “Anti-” like “anti-matter,” you know, the opposite of.
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